diff --git a/00-tables.sql b/00-tables.sql
index 7cdfce4a516fab3cfa7f3f7cb9be1997798ab40a..baa1957dc8b7f65adc35e7b10fc98f73f3eea79b 100644
--- a/00-tables.sql
+++ b/00-tables.sql
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ CREATE TABLE node (
     async_trans            BOOLEAN       default false,
     -- async_trans tells us whether a node is hosted on a cold storage and has to be transferred asynchronously
     sticky                 BOOLEAN       default false,
-    busy_state             BOOLEAN       default NULL,
     job_id                 VARCHAR       default NULL,
     -- job_id will likely replace 'busy_state'
     creator_id             VARCHAR       default NULL,
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ CREATE TABLE deleted_node (
     async_trans            BOOLEAN       default NULL,
     -- async_trans tells us whether a node is hosted on a cold storage and has to be transferred asynchronously
     sticky                 BOOLEAN       default false,
-    busy_state             BOOLEAN       default NULL,
     job_id                 VARCHAR       default NULL,
     creator_id             VARCHAR       default NULL,
     group_read             VARCHAR[]     default NULL,