diff --git a/migrations/20250724102340-backupTargets-create-table.js b/migrations/20250724102340-backupTargets-create-table.js
index 075f38e46..955a42398 100644
--- a/migrations/20250724102340-backupTargets-create-table.js
+++ b/migrations/20250724102340-backupTargets-create-table.js
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ exports.up = async function (db) {
         'format VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL,' +
         'schedule VARCHAR(128),' +
         'priority BOOLEAN DEFAULT false,' +
-        'taskId INTEGER,' +
         'creationTime TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,' +
         'ts TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,' +
-        'FOREIGN KEY(taskId) REFERENCES tasks(id),' +
         'PRIMARY KEY (id)) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin';
 
     await db.runSql(cmd);
diff --git a/migrations/schema.sql b/migrations/schema.sql
index 6406cd075..5fc1f4966 100644
--- a/migrations/schema.sql
+++ b/migrations/schema.sql
@@ -313,11 +313,9 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS backupTargets(
     format VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL,
     schedule VARCHAR(128),
     priority BOOLEAN DEFAULT false, // only because 'default' and 'primary' are reserved keywords
-    taskId INTEGER, // current task
     creationTime TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
     ts TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
 
-    FOREIGN KEY(taskId) REFERENCES tasks(id),
     PRIMARY KEY (id)
 );