diff --git a/InvenTree/common/apps.py b/InvenTree/common/apps.py
index 06b825c574..0acc72c377 100644
--- a/InvenTree/common/apps.py
+++ b/InvenTree/common/apps.py
@@ -6,87 +6,4 @@ class CommonConfig(AppConfig):
     name = 'common'
 
     def ready(self):
-
-        """ Will be called when the Common app is first loaded """
-        self.add_instance_name()
-        self.add_default_settings()
-
-    def add_instance_name(self):
-        """
-        Check if an InstanceName has been defined for this database.
-        If not, create a random one!
-        """
-
-        # See note above
-        from .models import InvenTreeSetting
-
-        """
-        Note: The "old" instance name was stored under the key 'InstanceName',
-        but has now been renamed to 'INVENTREE_INSTANCE'.
-        """
-
-        try:
-
-            # Quick exit if a value already exists for 'inventree_instance'
-            if InvenTreeSetting.objects.filter(key='INVENTREE_INSTANCE').exists():
-                return
-
-            # Default instance name
-            instance_name = InvenTreeSetting.get_default_value('INVENTREE_INSTANCE')
-
-            # Use the old name if it exists
-            if InvenTreeSetting.objects.filter(key='InstanceName').exists():
-                instance = InvenTreeSetting.objects.get(key='InstanceName')
-                instance_name = instance.value
-
-                # Delete the legacy key
-                instance.delete()
-
-            # Create new value
-            InvenTreeSetting.objects.create(
-                key='INVENTREE_INSTANCE',
-                value=instance_name
-            )
-
-        except (OperationalError, ProgrammingError, IntegrityError):
-            # Migrations have not yet been applied - table does not exist
-            pass
-
-    def add_default_settings(self):
-        """
-        Create all required settings, if they do not exist.
-        """
-
-        from .models import InvenTreeSetting
-
-        for key in InvenTreeSetting.GLOBAL_SETTINGS.keys():
-            try:
-                settings = InvenTreeSetting.objects.filter(key__iexact=key)
-
-                if settings.count() == 0:
-                    value = InvenTreeSetting.get_default_value(key)
-
-                    print(f"Creating default setting for {key} -> '{value}'")
-
-                    InvenTreeSetting.objects.create(
-                        key=key,
-                        value=value
-                    )
-
-                    return
-
-                elif settings.count() > 1:
-                    # Prevent multiple shadow copies of the same setting!
-                    for setting in settings[1:]:
-                        setting.delete()
-
-                # Ensure that the key has the correct case
-                setting = settings[0]
-
-                if not setting.key == key:
-                    setting.key = key
-                    setting.save()
-
-            except (OperationalError, ProgrammingError, IntegrityError):
-                # Table might not yet exist
-                pass
+        pass