diff --git a/sql/branch.sql b/sql/branch.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index cd4060a71..000000000
--- a/sql/branch.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-CREATE TYPE localized_string AS (string text, lang text);
diff --git a/sql/composites.sql b/sql/composites.sql
index c64b901fe..1832f29f1 100644
--- a/sql/composites.sql
+++ b/sql/composites.sql
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ $$ LANGUAGE SQL;
 
 CREATE CAST (elsewhere AS elsewhere_with_participant)
     WITH FUNCTION load_participant_for_elsewhere(elsewhere);
+
+
+-- * LocalizedString
+
+CREATE TYPE localized_string AS (string text, lang text);
diff --git a/sql/migrations.sql b/sql/migrations.sql
index d67ba445f..b78b5274a 100644
--- a/sql/migrations.sql
+++ b/sql/migrations.sql
@@ -3420,3 +3420,6 @@ ALTER TABLE exchange_routes ADD COLUMN is_default_for currency;
 ALTER TABLE elsewhere ADD COLUMN last_fetch_attempt timestamptz;
 ALTER TABLE repositories ADD COLUMN last_fetch_attempt timestamptz;
 DELETE FROM rate_limiting WHERE key LIKE 'refetch_%';
+
+-- migration #170
+CREATE TYPE localized_string AS (string text, lang text);
diff --git a/sql/schema.sql b/sql/schema.sql
index 997882954..513325e11 100644
--- a/sql/schema.sql
+++ b/sql/schema.sql
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ COMMENT ON EXTENSION pg_stat_statements IS 'track execution statistics of all SQ
 
 -- database metadata
 CREATE TABLE db_meta (key text PRIMARY KEY, value jsonb);
-INSERT INTO db_meta (key, value) VALUES ('schema_version', '169'::jsonb);
+INSERT INTO db_meta (key, value) VALUES ('schema_version', '170'::jsonb);
 
 
 -- app configuration