diff --git a/resources/sql/patches/20130912.maniphest.4.fillindex.php b/resources/sql/patches/20130912.maniphest.4.fillindex.php
index d4d4a4db61..4dfaff8eb4 100644
--- a/resources/sql/patches/20130912.maniphest.4.fillindex.php
+++ b/resources/sql/patches/20130912.maniphest.4.fillindex.php
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-// Update the "PROJ" search index, to:
-//
-//   - Populate the index itself, which was added recently.
-//   - Populate the secondary object name index in Maniphest.
-
-$root = dirname(phutil_get_library_root('phabricator'));
-
-$command = new PhutilExecPassthru(
-  'php -f %s -- index --type PROJ',
-  $root.'/scripts/search/manage_search.php');
-$err = $command->execute();
-if ($err) {
-  // NOTE: Just ignore this. The indexing script fails if there are no projects
-  // yet, and even if it actually fails with something terrible and explosive
-  // it isn't very concerning. The worst case here is that "group by projects"
-  // doesn't work perfectly in Maniphest, and re-running the script later on
-  // can fix it.
-}
+// This previously updated the PROJ index, but HEAD can no longer reindex
+// old PROJ records properly (since fields have been added to various places)
+// and this migration is 6 months old and optional. Just skip it.