diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1c687495e..94047f9b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2637,6 +2637,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lemmy_db_migrations"
+version = "0.17.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "diesel_migrations",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lemmy_db_schema"
 version = "0.17.1"
@@ -2652,6 +2659,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "diesel-derive-newtype",
  "diesel_ltree",
  "diesel_migrations",
+ "lemmy_db_migrations",
  "lemmy_utils",
  "once_cell",
  "regex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f275ddbf8..4d38ea265 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/db_views",
     "crates/db_views_actor",
     "crates/db_views_actor",
+    "crates/db_migrations",
     "crates/routes"
 ]
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ lemmy_routes = { version = "=0.17.1", path = "./crates/routes" }
 lemmy_db_views = { version = "=0.17.1", path = "./crates/db_views" }
 lemmy_db_views_actor = { version = "=0.17.1", path = "./crates/db_views_actor" }
 lemmy_db_views_moderator = { version = "=0.17.1", path = "./crates/db_views_moderator" }
+lemmy_db_migrations = { version = "=0.17.1", path = "./crates/db_migrations" }
 activitypub_federation = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["actix-web"] }
 diesel = "2.1.0"
 diesel_migrations = "2.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/src/comment/update.rs b/crates/api_crud/src/comment/update.rs
index 730f6b3b8..027326d8b 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/src/comment/update.rs
+++ b/crates/api_crud/src/comment/update.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl PerformCrud for EditComment {
 
     let comment_id = data.comment_id;
     let form = CommentUpdateForm::builder()
-      .content(content_slurs_removed.map(|s| s.into_owned()))
+      .content(content_slurs_removed.map(std::borrow::Cow::into_owned))
       .language_id(data.language_id)
       .updated(Some(Some(naive_now())))
       .build();
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
index 34ecef4fa..42dbafff1 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ impl Object for ApubPost {
       PostInsertForm {
         name,
         url: url.map(Into::into),
-        body: body_slurs_removed.map(|s| s.into_owned()),
+        body: body_slurs_removed.map(std::borrow::Cow::into_owned),
         creator_id: creator.id,
         community_id: community.id,
         removed: None,
diff --git a/crates/db_migrations/Cargo.toml b/crates/db_migrations/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e9cdcc74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/db_migrations/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[package]
+name = "lemmy_db_migrations"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+description.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+documentation.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+
+[lib]
+name = "lemmy_db_migrations"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+doctest = false
+
+[dependencies]
+diesel_migrations = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/db_migrations/src/lib.rs b/crates/db_migrations/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d060381c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/db_migrations/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#![feature(trace_macros)]
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate diesel_migrations;
+
+use diesel_migrations::EmbeddedMigrations;
+
+trace_macros!(true);
+pub const MIGRATIONS: EmbeddedMigrations = embed_migrations!();
+trace_macros!(false);
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml b/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
index aa26382c0..8642efd90 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ doctest = false
 [features]
 full = ["diesel", "diesel-derive-newtype", "diesel-derive-enum", "diesel_migrations", "bcrypt", "lemmy_utils",
     "activitypub_federation", "sha2", "regex", "once_cell", "serde_json", "diesel_ltree",
-    "diesel-async", "deadpool", "ts-rs"]
+    "diesel-async", "deadpool", "ts-rs", "lemmy_db_migrations"]
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = { workspace = true }
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ strum_macros = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 activitypub_federation = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 lemmy_utils = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+lemmy_db_migrations = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 bcrypt = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 diesel = { workspace = true, features = ["postgres","chrono", "serde_json"], optional = true }
 diesel-derive-newtype = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/src/lib.rs b/crates/db_schema/src/lib.rs
index 479972066..e8f55755e 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/db_schema/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ extern crate diesel_derive_enum;
 
 // this is used in tests
 #[cfg(feature = "full")]
-#[macro_use]
 extern crate diesel_migrations;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "full")]
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs b/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
index bba1d810b..9288a2c63 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/db_schema/src/utils.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use diesel_async::{
     AsyncDieselConnectionManager,
   },
 };
-use diesel_migrations::EmbeddedMigrations;
+use lemmy_db_migrations::MIGRATIONS;
 use lemmy_utils::{error::LemmyError, settings::structs::Settings};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use regex::Regex;
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ async fn build_db_pool_settings_opt(settings: Option<&Settings>) -> Result<DbPoo
   Ok(pool)
 }
 
-pub const MIGRATIONS: EmbeddedMigrations = embed_migrations!();
-
 pub fn run_migrations(db_url: &str) {
   // Needs to be a sync connection
   let mut conn =