diff --git a/db/migrations/0216__move_content_into_blobs.ts b/db/migrations/0216__move_content_into_blobs.ts
index e43bd25e3..f37e570f2 100644
--- a/db/migrations/0216__move_content_into_blobs.ts
+++ b/db/migrations/0216__move_content_into_blobs.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import sql from "../../src/services/sql";
+import utils from "../../src/services/utils";
+
 interface NoteContentsRow {
     noteId: string;
     content: string | Buffer;
@@ -11,10 +14,7 @@ interface NoteRevisionContents {
     utcDateModified: string;
 }
 
-export default async () => {
-    const sql = (await import("../../src/services/sql")).default;
-    const utils = (await import("../../src/services/utils")).default;
-
+export default () => {
     const existingBlobIds = new Set();
 
     for (const noteId of sql.getColumn<string>(`SELECT noteId FROM note_contents`)) {
diff --git a/db/migrations/0220__migrate_images_to_attachments.ts b/db/migrations/0220__migrate_images_to_attachments.ts
index 60cfd337f..53eac5958 100644
--- a/db/migrations/0220__migrate_images_to_attachments.ts
+++ b/db/migrations/0220__migrate_images_to_attachments.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-export default async () => {
-    const beccaLoader = (await import("../../src/becca/becca_loader")).default;
-    const becca = (await import("../../src/becca/becca")).default;
-    const cls = (await import("../../src/services/cls")).default;
-    const log = (await import("../../src/services/log")).default;
-    const sql = (await import("../../src/services/sql")).default;
+import becca from "../../src/becca/becca";
+import becca_loader from "../../src/becca/becca_loader";
+import cls from "../../src/services/cls";
+import log from "../../src/services/log";
+import sql from "../../src/services/sql";
 
+export default () => {
     cls.init(() => {
         // emergency disabling of image compression since it appears to make problems in migration to 0.61
         sql.execute(`UPDATE options SET value = 'false' WHERE name = 'compressImages'`);
 
-        beccaLoader.load();
+        becca_loader.load();
 
         for (const note of Object.values(becca.notes)) {
             try {