diff --git a/src/migration/migrator.ts b/src/migration/migrator.ts
index e65a2be7b..b1ed68539 100644
--- a/src/migration/migrator.ts
+++ b/src/migration/migrator.ts
@@ -386,12 +386,6 @@ export class Migrator {
   async #ensureMigrationTableExists(): Promise<void> {
     if (!(await this.#doesTableExists(this.#migrationTable))) {
       try {
-        if (this.#migrationTableSchema) {
-          await this.#createIfNotExists(
-            this.#props.db.schema.createSchema(this.#migrationTableSchema),
-          )
-        }
-
         await this.#createIfNotExists(
           this.#props.db.schema
             .withPlugin(this.#schemaPlugin)
@@ -799,7 +793,7 @@ export interface MigratorProps {
    * the project, to the end of time or prepare to manually migrate the migration
    * tables.
    *
-   * This only works on postgres.
+   * This only works on postgres and mssql.
    */
   readonly migrationTableSchema?: string
 
diff --git a/test/node/src/migration.test.ts b/test/node/src/migration.test.ts
index bc93dce3f..c478643f1 100644
--- a/test/node/src/migration.test.ts
+++ b/test/node/src/migration.test.ts
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ for (const dialect of DIALECTS) {
       })
     })
 
-    if (dialect === 'postgres') {
+    if (dialect === 'postgres' || dialect === 'mssql') {
       describe('custom migration tables in a custom schema', () => {
         it('should create custom migration tables in custom schema', async () => {
           const [migrator, executedUpMethods] = createMigrations(