diff --git a/src/migrations/migrate.ts b/src/migrations/migrate.ts
index 14cc32f..0acb461 100644
--- a/src/migrations/migrate.ts
+++ b/src/migrations/migrate.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { Migrations } from "./Migrations";
 import migrateToMacroIDFromEmbeddedMacro from "./migrateToMacroIDFromEmbeddedMacro";
 import useQuickAddTemplateFolder from "./useQuickAddTemplateFolder";
 import incrementFileNameSettingMoveToDefaultBehavior from "./incrementFileNameSettingMoveToDefaultBehavior";
-import { moment } from "obsidian";
 import mutualExclusionInsertAfterAndWriteToBottomOfFile from "./mutualExclusionInsertAfterAndWriteToBottomOfFile";
 
 const migrations: Migrations = {
@@ -14,24 +13,6 @@ const migrations: Migrations = {
 	mutualExclusionInsertAfterAndWriteToBottomOfFile,
 };
 
-const backupFolderPath = ".obsidian/plugins/quickadd/backup";
-
-const getBackupPath = (backupName: string): string =>
-	`${backupFolderPath}/${moment().format(
-		"DD-MM-YY_HH-mm-ss"
-	)}_${backupName}.json`;
-
-// Unfortunately, we cannot use 'app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath' here, because it doesn't seem to index files in the .obsidian folder.
-async function makeBackupFolderIfNotExists() {
-	try {
-		await app.vault.createFolder(backupFolderPath);
-	} catch (error) {
-		if (!error.message?.includes("Folder already exists")) {
-			throw error;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 async function migrate(plugin: QuickAdd): Promise<void> {
 	const migrationsToRun = Object.keys(migrations).filter(
 		(migration: keyof Migrations) => !plugin.settings.migrations[migration]
@@ -43,23 +24,6 @@ async function migrate(plugin: QuickAdd): Promise<void> {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	try {
-		await makeBackupFolderIfNotExists();
-
-		const backup = structuredClone(plugin.settings);
-
-		await app.vault.create(
-			getBackupPath("preMigrationBackup"),
-			JSON.stringify(backup)
-		);
-	} catch (error) {
-		log.logError(
-			`Unable to create backup before migrating to new version. Please create an issue with the following error message: \n\n${error}\n\nYour data is still safe! QuickAdd won't proceed without backup.`
-		);
-
-		return;
-	}
-
 	// Could batch-run with Promise.all, but we want to log each migration as it runs.
 	for (const migration of migrationsToRun as (keyof Migrations)[]) {
 		log.logMessage(
@@ -76,7 +40,7 @@ async function migrate(plugin: QuickAdd): Promise<void> {
 			log.logMessage(`Migration ${migration} successful.`);
 		} catch (error) {
 			log.logError(
-				`Migration '${migration}' was unsuccessful. Please create an issue with the following error message: \n\n${error}\n\nQuickAdd will now revert to backup. You can also find a backup in the QuickAdd backup folder: "${backupFolderPath}"`
+				`Migration '${migration}' was unsuccessful. Please create an issue with the following error message: \n\n${error}\n\nQuickAdd will now revert to backup.`
 			);
 
 			plugin.settings = backup;