diff --git a/app/models/proposal.rb b/app/models/proposal.rb
index 7bd4b7a92..2f0c76094 100644
--- a/app/models/proposal.rb
+++ b/app/models/proposal.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Proposal < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :last_week,                -> { where("proposals.created_at >= ?", 7.days.ago)}
   scope :retired,                  -> { where.not(retired_at: nil) }
   scope :not_retired,              -> { where(retired_at: nil) }
-  scope :successfull,              -> { where("cached_votes_up + physical_votes >= ?", Proposal.votes_needed_for_success)}
+  scope :successfull,              -> { where("cached_votes_up >= ?", Proposal.votes_needed_for_success)}
 
   def to_param
     "#{id}-#{title}".parameterize
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class Proposal < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def total_votes
-    cached_votes_up + physical_votes
+    cached_votes_up
   end
 
   def voters
diff --git a/db/migrate/20161229110336_remove_physical_votes_from_proposals.rb b/db/migrate/20161229110336_remove_physical_votes_from_proposals.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34e0e5e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20161229110336_remove_physical_votes_from_proposals.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RemovePhysicalVotesFromProposals < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    remove_column :proposals, :physical_votes
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index acfc87dbb..0c3cfd3cf 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161221151239) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161229110336) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20161221151239) do
     t.string   "responsible_name",    limit: 60
     t.text     "summary"
     t.string   "video_url"
-    t.integer  "physical_votes",                 default: 0
     t.tsvector "tsv"
     t.integer  "geozone_id"
     t.datetime "retired_at"
diff --git a/spec/helpers/proposals_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/proposals_helper_spec.rb
index 82206afb5..cee1ec648 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/proposals_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/proposals_helper_spec.rb
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ describe ProposalsHelper do
       expect(progress_bar_percentage(proposal)).to eq 50
     end
 
-    it "should take into account the physical votes" do
-      proposal = create(:proposal, cached_votes_up: ((Proposal.votes_needed_for_success/2)-100), physical_votes: 100)
-      expect(progress_bar_percentage(proposal)).to eq 50
-    end
-
     it "should be 100 if there are more votes than needed" do
       proposal = create(:proposal, cached_votes_up: Proposal.votes_needed_for_success*2)
       expect(progress_bar_percentage(proposal)).to eq 100
@@ -45,10 +40,6 @@ describe ProposalsHelper do
       expect(supports_percentage(proposal)).to eq "100%"
     end
 
-    it "should take into account the physical votes" do
-      proposal = create(:proposal, physical_votes: Proposal.votes_needed_for_success/2)
-      expect(supports_percentage(proposal)).to eq "50%"
-    end
   end
 
 end
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