diff --git a/backend/alembic/versions/2023_01_12_0119-befa42582ea4_remove_accepted_messages_from_message_.py b/backend/alembic/versions/2023_01_12_0119-befa42582ea4_remove_accepted_messages_from_message_.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46b7545d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/alembic/versions/2023_01_12_0119-befa42582ea4_remove_accepted_messages_from_message_.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""remove accepted_messages from message_tree_state
+
+Revision ID: befa42582ea4
+Revises: 05975b274a81
+Create Date: 2023-01-12 01:19:59.654864
+
+"""
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = "befa42582ea4"
+down_revision = "05975b274a81"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_column("message_tree_state", "accepted_messages")
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.add_column(
+        "message_tree_state", sa.Column("accepted_messages", sa.INTEGER(), autoincrement=False, nullable=False)
+    )
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/backend/oasst_backend/models/message_tree_state.py b/backend/oasst_backend/models/message_tree_state.py
index ba551129..2f7ce363 100644
--- a/backend/oasst_backend/models/message_tree_state.py
+++ b/backend/oasst_backend/models/message_tree_state.py
@@ -67,4 +67,3 @@ class MessageTreeState(SQLModel, table=True):
     max_children_count: int = Field(nullable=False)
     state: str = Field(nullable=False, max_length=128, index=True)
     active: bool = Field(nullable=False, index=True)
-    accepted_messages: int = Field(nullable=False, default=0)