diff --git a/api/database.php b/api/database.php
index 32669d0..d684bd5 100644
--- a/api/database.php
+++ b/api/database.php
@@ -190,11 +190,6 @@ function migrateDB(PDO $db): void {
         try { $db->exec("ALTER TABLE products ADD COLUMN subcategory TEXT DEFAULT NULL"); }
         catch (PDOException $e) { if (strpos($e->getMessage(), 'duplicate column') === false) throw $e; }
     }
-
-    if (!in_array('subcategory', $colNames)) {
-        try { $db->exec("ALTER TABLE products ADD COLUMN subcategory TEXT DEFAULT NULL"); }
-        catch (PDOException $e) { if (strpos($e->getMessage(), 'duplicate column') === false) throw $e; }
-    }
     
     // Empty barcode strings break UNIQUE (only one '' allowed); normalize to NULL.
     $db->exec("UPDATE products SET barcode = NULL WHERE barcode IS NOT NULL AND TRIM(barcode) = ''");