diff --git a/tddb/td/db/SqliteDb.cpp b/tddb/td/db/SqliteDb.cpp
index b33a93fa5..7f8b9726d 100644
--- a/tddb/td/db/SqliteDb.cpp
+++ b/tddb/td/db/SqliteDb.cpp
@@ -189,13 +189,8 @@ Result<SqliteDb> SqliteDb::do_open_with_key(CSlice path, const DbKey &db_key, bo
     auto key = db_key_to_sqlcipher_key(db_key);
     TRY_STATUS(db.exec(PSLICE() << "PRAGMA key = " << key));
     if (with_cipher_migrate) {
-      LOG(INFO) << "Start 'PRAGMA cipher_migrate' for " << path;
-      PerfWarningTimer timer("PRAGMA cipher_migrate", 0.5);
-      TRY_RESULT(code, db.get_pragma_string("cipher_migrate"));
-      LOG(INFO) << "Finish 'PRAGMA cipher_migrate' for " << path;
-      if (code != "0") {
-        return Status::Error(PSLICE() << "'PRAGMA cipher_migrate' failed - " << code);
-      }
+      LOG(INFO) << "Try Sqlcipher compatibility mode";
+      TRY_STATUS(db.exec("PRAGMA cipher_compatibility = 3"));
     }
   }
   TRY_STATUS_PREFIX(db.check_encryption(), "Can't open database: ");