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+BEGIN;
+    ALTER TABLE packages DROP COLUMN readme;
+    ALTER TABLE packages DROP COLUMN readme_raw;
+    ALTER TABLE packages DROP COLUMN readme_type;
+    ALTER TABLE packages DROP COLUMN readme_needs_to_be_processed;
+END;