diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Migrations.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Migrations.php
index 542ed4d045..eda00c6de7 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Migrations.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Workers/Migrations.php
@@ -236,10 +236,7 @@ class Migrations extends Action
                 }
             }
 
-            // Empty-string endpoint slips through processMigration's `??` defaulting (which only
-            // catches null/absent); treat it as targeting the internal migration host.
-            $isLocalEndpoint = (is_string($sourceHost) && !empty($allowedHosts) && (new Hostname($allowedHosts))->isValid($sourceHost))
-                || (empty($credentials['endpoint']) && $migrationHost !== '');
+            $isLocalEndpoint = is_string($sourceHost) && !empty($allowedHosts) && (new Hostname($allowedHosts))->isValid($sourceHost);
 
             $sourceRegion = $this->sourceProject->getAttribute('region', 'default');
             $destinationRegion = $this->project->getAttribute('region', 'default');