diff --git a/app/models/organization.rb b/app/models/organization.rb
index f87f01f971..e9aa4f8e4c 100644
--- a/app/models/organization.rb
+++ b/app/models/organization.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #  receive_email_on_requests                :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
 #  reminder_day                             :integer
 #  repackage_essentials                     :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
-#  short_name                               :string
 #  signature_for_distribution_pdf           :boolean          default(FALSE)
 #  state                                    :string
 #  street                                   :string
diff --git a/db/migrate/20250504183911_remove_short_name_from_organizations.rb b/db/migrate/20250504183911_remove_short_name_from_organizations.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f318c86c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250504183911_remove_short_name_from_organizations.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class RemoveShortNameFromOrganizations < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  def up
+    safety_assured do
+      remove_index :organizations, :short_name
+      remove_column :organizations, :short_name
+    end
+  end
+
+  def down
+    add_column :organizations, :short_name
+    add_index :organizations, :short_name
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 0046eb8f61..25c73f88a0 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_04_04_102321) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_05_04_183911) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_catalog.plpgsql"
 
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@
 
   create_table "organizations", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name"
-    t.string "short_name"
     t.string "email"
     t.string "url"
     t.datetime "created_at", precision: nil, null: false
@@ -497,7 +496,6 @@
     t.boolean "receive_email_on_requests", default: false, null: false
     t.boolean "include_in_kind_values_in_exported_files", default: false, null: false
     t.index ["latitude", "longitude"], name: "index_organizations_on_latitude_and_longitude"
-    t.index ["short_name"], name: "index_organizations_on_short_name"
   end
 
   create_table "partner_forms", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/spec/factories/organizations.rb b/spec/factories/organizations.rb
index 0d1b3e48d4..bfd006b09c 100644
--- a/spec/factories/organizations.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/organizations.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #  receive_email_on_requests                :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
 #  reminder_day                             :integer
 #  repackage_essentials                     :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
-#  short_name                               :string
 #  signature_for_distribution_pdf           :boolean          default(FALSE)
 #  state                                    :string
 #  street                                   :string
diff --git a/spec/models/organization_spec.rb b/spec/models/organization_spec.rb
index 8ad440f7df..a50d49e2ee 100644
--- a/spec/models/organization_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/organization_spec.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #  receive_email_on_requests                :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
 #  reminder_day                             :integer
 #  repackage_essentials                     :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
-#  short_name                               :string
 #  signature_for_distribution_pdf           :boolean          default(FALSE)
 #  state                                    :string
 #  street                                   :string