diff --git a/api/cmd/portainer/main.go b/api/cmd/portainer/main.go
index cc0ba59c4..66e01edbf 100644
--- a/api/cmd/portainer/main.go
+++ b/api/cmd/portainer/main.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/portainer/libhelm"
 	portainer "github.com/portainer/portainer/api"
@@ -142,15 +141,6 @@ func initDataStore(flags *portainer.CLIFlags, secretKey []byte, fileService port
 	go func() {
 		<-shutdownCtx.Done()
 		defer connection.Close()
-
-		exportFilename := path.Join(*flags.Data, fmt.Sprintf("export-%d.json", time.Now().Unix()))
-
-		err := store.Export(exportFilename)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error().Str("filename", exportFilename).Err(err).Msg("failed to export")
-		} else {
-			log.Debug().Str("filename", exportFilename).Msg("exported")
-		}
 	}()
 
 	return store
diff --git a/api/datastore/migrator/migrate_ce.go b/api/datastore/migrator/migrate_ce.go
index 54d22d5e3..f6b85e67c 100644
--- a/api/datastore/migrator/migrate_ce.go
+++ b/api/datastore/migrator/migrate_ce.go
@@ -32,15 +32,13 @@ func (m *Migrator) Migrate() error {
 	}
 
 	newMigratorCount := 0
-	versionUpdateRequired := false
-	if schemaVersion.Equal(semver.MustParse(portainer.APIVersion)) {
+	apiVersion := semver.MustParse(portainer.APIVersion)
+	if schemaVersion.Equal(apiVersion) {
 		// detect and run migrations when the versions are the same.
 		// e.g. development builds
 		latestMigrations := m.latestMigrations()
 		if latestMigrations.version.Equal(schemaVersion) &&
 			version.MigratorCount != len(latestMigrations.migrationFuncs) {
-
-			versionUpdateRequired = true
 			err := runMigrations(latestMigrations.migrationFuncs)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ func (m *Migrator) Migrate() error {
 		// regular path when major/minor/patch versions differ
 		for _, migration := range m.migrations {
 			if schemaVersion.LessThan(migration.version) {
-				versionUpdateRequired = true
+
 				log.Info().Msgf("migrating data to %s", migration.version.String())
 				err := runMigrations(migration.migrationFuncs)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -59,27 +57,27 @@ func (m *Migrator) Migrate() error {
 				}
 			}
 
-			newMigratorCount = len(migration.migrationFuncs)
+			if apiVersion.Equal(migration.version) {
+				newMigratorCount = len(migration.migrationFuncs)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	if versionUpdateRequired || newMigratorCount != version.MigratorCount {
-		err := m.Always()
-		if err != nil {
-			return migrationError(err, "Always migrations returned error")
-		}
-
-		version.SchemaVersion = portainer.APIVersion
-		version.MigratorCount = newMigratorCount
-
-		err = m.versionService.UpdateVersion(version)
-		if err != nil {
-			return migrationError(err, "StoreDBVersion")
-		}
-
-		log.Info().Msgf("db migrated to %s", portainer.APIVersion)
+	err = m.Always()
+	if err != nil {
+		return migrationError(err, "Always migrations returned error")
 	}
 
+	version.SchemaVersion = portainer.APIVersion
+	version.MigratorCount = newMigratorCount
+
+	err = m.versionService.UpdateVersion(version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return migrationError(err, "StoreDBVersion")
+	}
+
+	log.Info().Msgf("db migrated to %s", portainer.APIVersion)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json b/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json
index 0789b6002..96b0daa75 100644
--- a/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json
+++ b/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json
@@ -930,6 +930,6 @@
     }
   ],
   "version": {
-    "VERSION": "{\"SchemaVersion\":\"2.17.0\",\"MigratorCount\":1,\"Edition\":1,\"InstanceID\":\"463d5c47-0ea5-4aca-85b1-405ceefee254\"}"
+    "VERSION": "{\"SchemaVersion\":\"2.17.0\",\"MigratorCount\":0,\"Edition\":1,\"InstanceID\":\"463d5c47-0ea5-4aca-85b1-405ceefee254\"}"
   }
 }
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