diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/DebugUI/DebugUIBackup.m b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/DebugUI/DebugUIBackup.m
index bad3604d4..ee9d39b33 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/DebugUI/DebugUIBackup.m
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/DebugUI/DebugUIBackup.m
@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
                               actionWithTitle:@"Restore"
                                         style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                       handler:^(UIAlertAction *_Nonnull action) {
-                                          [[OWSPrimaryStorage.sharedManager newDatabaseConnection]
-                                              readWriteWithBlock:^(YapDatabaseReadWriteTransaction *transaction) {
-                                                  [transaction removeAllObjectsInCollection:[TSThread collection]];
-                                                  [transaction removeAllObjectsInCollection:[TSInteraction collection]];
-                                                  [transaction removeAllObjectsInCollection:[TSAttachment collection]];
-                                              }];
                                           [OWSBackup.sharedManager tryToImportBackup];
                                       }]];
     [controller addAction:[OWSAlerts cancelAction]];
diff --git a/Signal/src/util/OWSBackupImportJob.m b/Signal/src/util/OWSBackupImportJob.m
index 7bf192ac3..d187d318e 100644
--- a/Signal/src/util/OWSBackupImportJob.m
+++ b/Signal/src/util/OWSBackupImportJob.m
@@ -415,17 +415,21 @@ NSString *const kOWSBackup_ImportDatabaseKeySpec = @"kOWSBackup_ImportDatabaseKe
                     continue;
                 }
                 if ([dstTransaction numberOfKeysInCollection:collection] > 0) {
-                    DDLogError(@"%@ cannot restore into non-empty database (%@).", self.logTag, collection);
-                    aborted = YES;
-                    return completion(NO);
+                    DDLogError(@"%@ unexpected contents in database (%@).", self.logTag, collection);
                 }
             }
 
-            // Clear existing migrations.
+            // Clear existing database contents.
             //
-            // This is safe since we only ever import into an empty database.
-            // Non-database migrations should be idempotent.
-            [dstTransaction removeAllObjectsInCollection:[OWSDatabaseMigration collection]];
+            // This should be safe since we only ever import into an empty database.
+            //
+            // Note that if the app receives a message after registering and before restoring
+            // backup, it will be lost.
+            //
+            // Note that this will clear all migrations.
+            for (NSString *collection in collectionsToRestore) {
+                [dstTransaction removeAllObjectsInCollection:collection];
+            }
 
             // Copy database entities.
             for (NSString *collection in collectionsToRestore) {