diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Migrations/Framework/MigrationUtils.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Migrations/Framework/MigrationUtils.cs
index a2b78934..a905a310 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Migrations/Framework/MigrationUtils.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Migrations/Framework/MigrationUtils.cs
@@ -38,5 +38,14 @@ namespace Oqtane.Migrations.Framework
                 .ToString();
         }
 
+        // only used in upgrade scenarios for modules that used SQL scripts originally
+        public static string BuildInsertScript(string MigrationId)
+        {
+            var query = "IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM __EFMigrationsHistory WHERE MigrationId = '" + MigrationId + "') ";
+            query += "INSERT INTO __EFMigrationsHistory(MigrationId, ProductVersion, AppliedDate, AppliedVersion) ";
+            query += "VALUES('" + MigrationId + "', '5.0.0', SYSDATETIME(), '" + Constants.Version + "')";
+            return query;
+        }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Modules/HtmlText/Manager/HtmlTextManager.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Modules/HtmlText/Manager/HtmlTextManager.cs
index ba190654..d38183b2 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Modules/HtmlText/Manager/HtmlTextManager.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Modules/HtmlText/Manager/HtmlTextManager.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Oqtane.Enums;
 using Oqtane.Repository;
 using Oqtane.Shared;
+using Oqtane.Migrations.Framework;
 
 // ReSharper disable ConvertToUsingDeclaration
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ namespace Oqtane.Modules.HtmlText.Manager
             if (tenant.DBType == Constants.DefaultDBType && version == "1.0.1")
             {
                 // version 1.0.0 used SQL scripts rather than migrations, so we need to seed the migration history table
-                AddMigrationHistory(_sqlRepository, tenant, "HtmlText.01.00.00.00");
+                _sqlRepository.ExecuteNonQuery(tenant, MigrationUtils.BuildInsertScript("HtmlText.01.00.00.00"));
             }
             return Migrate(new HtmlTextContext(_tenantManager, _accessor), tenant, MigrationType.Up);
         }
diff --git a/Oqtane.Server/Modules/MigratableModuleBase.cs b/Oqtane.Server/Modules/MigratableModuleBase.cs
index d97cc86d..11dbc081 100644
--- a/Oqtane.Server/Modules/MigratableModuleBase.cs
+++ b/Oqtane.Server/Modules/MigratableModuleBase.cs
@@ -38,13 +38,5 @@ namespace Oqtane.Modules
             return result;
 
         }
-
-        public void AddMigrationHistory(ISqlRepository sqlRepository, Tenant tenant, string MigrationId)
-        {
-            var query = "IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM __EFMigrationsHistory WHERE MigrationId = '" + MigrationId + "') ";
-            query += "INSERT INTO __EFMigrationsHistory(MigrationId, ProductVersion, AppliedDate, AppliedVersion) ";
-            query += "VALUES('" + MigrationId + "', '5.0.0', SYSDATETIME(), '" + Constants.Version + "')";
-            sqlRepository.ExecuteNonQuery(tenant, query);
-        }
     }
 }