diff --git a/backend/canisters/community/CHANGELOG.md b/backend/canisters/community/CHANGELOG.md
index 93d8fff0e1..faedeb1d4e 100644
--- a/backend/canisters/community/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/backend/canisters/community/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+## [[2.0.1377](https://github.com/open-chat-labs/open-chat/releases/tag/v2.0.1377-community)] - 2024-10-10
+
 ### Added
 
 - Add support for expiring access gates ([#6401](https://github.com/open-chat-labs/open-chat/pull/6401))
diff --git a/backend/canisters/community/impl/src/lifecycle/post_upgrade.rs b/backend/canisters/community/impl/src/lifecycle/post_upgrade.rs
index cb126327f5..a7912e2b03 100644
--- a/backend/canisters/community/impl/src/lifecycle/post_upgrade.rs
+++ b/backend/canisters/community/impl/src/lifecycle/post_upgrade.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::jobs::import_groups::finalize_group_import;
 use crate::lifecycle::{init_env, init_state};
 use crate::memory::get_upgrades_memory;
-use crate::{mutate_state, read_state, Data};
+use crate::{read_state, Data};
 use canister_logger::LogEntry;
 use canister_tracing_macros::trace;
 use community_canister::post_upgrade::Args;
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use ic_cdk::post_upgrade;
 use instruction_counts_log::InstructionCountFunctionId;
 use stable_memory::get_reader;
 use tracing::info;
-use types::CanisterId;
 
 #[post_upgrade]
 #[trace]
@@ -32,15 +31,6 @@ fn post_upgrade(args: Args) {
 
     info!(version = %args.wasm_version, "Post-upgrade complete");
 
-    let windoge_community = CanisterId::from_text("ow6el-gyaaa-aaaar-av5na-cai").unwrap();
-    mutate_state(|state| {
-        if state.env.canister_id() == windoge_community {
-            for channel in state.data.channels.iter_mut() {
-                channel.chat.events.populate_search_index();
-            }
-        }
-    });
-
     read_state(|state| {
         let now = state.env.now();
         state
diff --git a/backend/libraries/chat_events/src/chat_events.rs b/backend/libraries/chat_events/src/chat_events.rs
index 08b51f0529..6a9cca8117 100644
--- a/backend/libraries/chat_events/src/chat_events.rs
+++ b/backend/libraries/chat_events/src/chat_events.rs
@@ -44,22 +44,10 @@ pub struct ChatEvents {
     last_updated_timestamps: LastUpdatedTimestamps,
     video_call_in_progress: Timestamped<Option<VideoCall>>,
     anonymized_id: String,
-    #[serde(default)]
     search_index: SearchIndex,
 }
 
 impl ChatEvents {
-    // TODO remove this
-    pub fn populate_search_index(&mut self) {
-        for event in self.main.iter(None, true, EventIndex::default()) {
-            if let EventOrExpiredRangeInternal::Event(e) = event {
-                if let ChatEventInternal::Message(m) = &e.event {
-                    self.search_index.push(m.message_index, m.sender, Document::from(&m.content));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn new_direct_chat(
         them: UserId,
         events_ttl: Option<Milliseconds>,