diff --git a/appspec.yml b/appspec.yml
index f5ac38fd8..c6a713089 100644
--- a/appspec.yml
+++ b/appspec.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ hooks:
       location: scripts/aws_change_ownership.sh
       runas: root
       timeout: 300
-    -
-      location: scripts/aws_db_updates.sh
-      runas: ubuntu
-      timeout: 300
-  ApplicationStart: 
+  ApplicationStart:
     - 
       location: scripts/aws_start_app.sh
       runas: root
diff --git a/scripts/aws_db_updates.sh b/scripts/aws_db_updates.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e45ecc843..000000000
--- a/scripts/aws_db_updates.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-python3 db.py db upgrade
diff --git a/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
index a74b4ccea..e36fae522 100755
--- a/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ echo "Install dependencies"
 cd /home/ubuntu/notifications-admin;
 export FLASK_CONFIG=/home/ubuntu/config.cfg
 pip3 install -r /home/ubuntu/notifications-admin/requirements.txt
+python3 db.py db upgrade