diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/EFToRealmMigrator.cs b/osu.Game/Database/EFToRealmMigrator.cs
index bbf7c27320..1de6c25070 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/EFToRealmMigrator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/EFToRealmMigrator.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
@@ -52,13 +51,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         private void migrateBeatmaps(DatabaseWriteUsage ef)
         {
             // can be removed 20220730.
-            List<EFBeatmapSetInfo> existingBeatmapSets = ef.Context.EFBeatmapSetInfo
-                                                           .Include(s => s.Beatmaps).ThenInclude(b => b.RulesetInfo)
-                                                           .Include(s => s.Beatmaps).ThenInclude(b => b.Metadata)
-                                                           .Include(s => s.Beatmaps).ThenInclude(b => b.BaseDifficulty)
-                                                           .Include(s => s.Files).ThenInclude(f => f.FileInfo)
-                                                           .Include(s => s.Metadata)
-                                                           .ToList();
+            var existingBeatmapSets = ef.Context.EFBeatmapSetInfo
+                                        .Include(s => s.Beatmaps).ThenInclude(b => b.RulesetInfo)
+                                        .Include(s => s.Beatmaps).ThenInclude(b => b.Metadata)
+                                        .Include(s => s.Beatmaps).ThenInclude(b => b.BaseDifficulty)
+                                        .Include(s => s.Files).ThenInclude(f => f.FileInfo)
+                                        .Include(s => s.Metadata);
 
             Logger.Log("Beginning beatmaps migration to realm", LoggingTarget.Database);
 
@@ -69,9 +67,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                 return;
             }
 
+            int count = existingBeatmapSets.Count();
+
             using (var realm = realmContextFactory.CreateContext())
             {
-                Logger.Log($"Found {existingBeatmapSets.Count} beatmaps in EF", LoggingTarget.Database);
+                Logger.Log($"Found {count} beatmaps in EF", LoggingTarget.Database);
 
                 if (!hasTakenBackup)
                 {
@@ -148,12 +148,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                         }
 
                         transaction.Commit();
-                        Logger.Log($"Successfully migrated {existingBeatmapSets.Count} beatmaps to realm", LoggingTarget.Database);
+                        Logger.Log($"Successfully migrated {count} beatmaps to realm", LoggingTarget.Database);
                     }
                 }
-
-                ef.Context.RemoveRange(existingBeatmapSets);
-                // Intentionally don't clean up the files, so they don't get purged by EF.
             }
         }
 
@@ -183,12 +180,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         private void migrateScores(DatabaseWriteUsage db)
         {
             // can be removed 20220730.
-            List<EFScoreInfo> existingScores = db.Context.ScoreInfo
-                                                 .Include(s => s.Ruleset)
-                                                 .Include(s => s.BeatmapInfo)
-                                                 .Include(s => s.Files)
-                                                 .ThenInclude(f => f.FileInfo)
-                                                 .ToList();
+            var existingScores = db.Context.ScoreInfo
+                                   .Include(s => s.Ruleset)
+                                   .Include(s => s.BeatmapInfo)
+                                   .Include(s => s.Files)
+                                   .ThenInclude(f => f.FileInfo);
 
             Logger.Log("Beginning scores migration to realm", LoggingTarget.Database);
 
@@ -199,9 +195,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                 return;
             }
 
+            int count = existingScores.Count();
+
             using (var realm = realmContextFactory.CreateContext())
             {
-                Logger.Log($"Found {existingScores.Count} scores in EF", LoggingTarget.Database);
+                Logger.Log($"Found {count} scores in EF", LoggingTarget.Database);
 
                 if (!hasTakenBackup)
                 {
@@ -256,12 +254,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                         }
 
                         transaction.Commit();
-                        Logger.Log($"Successfully migrated {existingScores.Count} scores to realm", LoggingTarget.Database);
+                        Logger.Log($"Successfully migrated {count} scores to realm", LoggingTarget.Database);
                     }
                 }
-
-                db.Context.RemoveRange(existingScores);
-                // Intentionally don't clean up the files, so they don't get purged by EF.
             }
         }
 
@@ -320,9 +315,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                     }
                 }
 
-                db.Context.RemoveRange(existingSkins);
-                // Intentionally don't clean up the files, so they don't get purged by EF.
-
                 transaction.Commit();
             }
         }
@@ -379,8 +371,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                     }
                 }
 
-                db.Context.RemoveRange(existingSettings);
-
                 transaction.Commit();
             }
         }