diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Migrations.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Migrations.php
index 947c0bddae..c55332bf0a 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Migrations.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Migrations.php
@@ -223,22 +223,15 @@ class Migrations extends Action
                 $migrationHost,
             ]);
 
-            // Include the source project's custom API domains so customers using
-            // a configured custom domain still get the DB fast path.
-            if (!$this->sourceProject->isEmpty()) {
-                $rules = $this->dbForPlatform->find('rules', [
-                    Query::equal('projectInternalId', [$this->sourceProject->getSequence()]),
-                    Query::equal('type', ['api']),
-                    Query::limit(100),
-                ]);
-                foreach ($rules as $rule) {
-                    $allowedHosts[] = $rule->getAttribute('domain');
-                }
-            }
-
             // Empty endpoint: processMigration defaults it to the internal host before reaching here.
+            // Custom API domains are looked up directly in `rules` so customers using
+            // a configured custom domain still get the DB fast path.
             $isLocalEndpoint = (is_string($sourceHost) && !empty($allowedHosts) && (new Hostname($allowedHosts))->isValid($sourceHost))
-                || (empty($credentials['endpoint']) && $migrationHost !== '');
+                || (empty($credentials['endpoint']) && $migrationHost !== '')
+                || (is_string($sourceHost) && !$this->dbForPlatform->findOne('rules', [
+                    Query::equal('domain', [$sourceHost]),
+                    Query::equal('type', ['api']),
+                ])->isEmpty());
 
             $isLocalSource = !$this->sourceProject->isEmpty()
                 && (!$isAppwriteSource || $isLocalEndpoint);