diff --git a/app/controllers/management/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/management/users_controller.rb
index 43f23f40e..786f7b890 100644
--- a/app/controllers/management/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/management/users_controller.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ class Management::UsersController < Management::BaseController
       @user.confirmed_at = Time.current
 
       @user.newsletter = false
-      @user.email_on_proposal_notification = false
       @user.email_digest = false
       @user.email_on_direct_message = false
       @user.email_on_comment = false
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230523090028_remove_email_on_proposal_notification_from_users.rb b/db/migrate/20230523090028_remove_email_on_proposal_notification_from_users.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d855b38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230523090028_remove_email_on_proposal_notification_from_users.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RemoveEmailOnProposalNotificationFromUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  def change
+    remove_column :users, :email_on_proposal_notification, :boolean, default: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 802fe82b0..75b8d5713 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_02_06_141152) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_05_23_090028) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_trgm"
@@ -1630,7 +1630,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2023_02_06_141152) do
     t.string "redeemable_code"
     t.string "gender", limit: 10
     t.datetime "date_of_birth"
-    t.boolean "email_on_proposal_notification", default: true
     t.boolean "email_digest", default: true
     t.boolean "email_on_direct_message", default: true
     t.boolean "official_position_badge", default: false