diff --git a/db/fixtures/001_categories.rb b/db/fixtures/001_categories.rb
index 67c1c88a904..1a0282b84e9 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/001_categories.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/001_categories.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ColumnDropper.drop(
   table: 'categories',
   after_migration: 'AddUploadsToCategories',
   columns: ['logo_url', 'background_url'],
-  on_remove: ->(){
+  on_drop: ->(){
     STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous categories columns!'
   }
 )
diff --git a/db/fixtures/009_users.rb b/db/fixtures/009_users.rb
index 799a05d23fb..d725d78a414 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/009_users.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/009_users.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ColumnDropper.drop(
       last_redirected_to_top_at
       auth_token
       auth_token_updated_at ],
-  on_remove: ->(){
+  on_drop: ->(){
     STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous users columns!'
   }
 )
diff --git a/db/fixtures/600_themes.rb b/db/fixtures/600_themes.rb
index 26ab6216f8c..0ec6e274d28 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/600_themes.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/600_themes.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ColumnDropper.drop(
   table: 'theme_fields',
   after_migration: 'AddUploadIdToThemeFields',
   columns: ['target'],
-  on_remove: ->(){
+  on_drop: ->(){
     STDERR.puts 'Removing superflous theme_fields target column!'
   }
 )
diff --git a/db/fixtures/999_topics.rb b/db/fixtures/999_topics.rb
index 2fed96dae6b..9587290a228 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/999_topics.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/999_topics.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ColumnDropper.drop(
     illegal_count
     notify_user_count
   },
-  on_remove: ->(){
+  on_drop: ->(){
     STDERR.puts "Removing superflous topic columns!"
   }
 )
diff --git a/lib/column_dropper.rb b/lib/column_dropper.rb
index a30adbb7b83..766ddddddfb 100644
--- a/lib/column_dropper.rb
+++ b/lib/column_dropper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class ColumnDropper
-  def self.drop(table:, after_migration:, columns:, delay: nil, on_remove: nil)
+  def self.drop(table:, after_migration:, columns:, delay: nil, on_drop: nil)
     raise ArgumentError.new("Invalid table name passed to drop #{table}") if table =~ /[^a-z0-9_]/i
 
     columns.each do |column|
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SQL
                                         columns: columns,
                                         delay: "#{delay.to_i || 0} seconds",
                                         after_migration: after_migration).to_a.length > 0
-        on_remove&.call
+        on_drop&.call
 
         columns.each do |column|
           # safe cause it is protected on method entry, can not be passed in params
diff --git a/spec/components/column_dropper_spec.rb b/spec/components/column_dropper_spec.rb
index 02d6a3d56dd..c1274ae6063 100644
--- a/spec/components/column_dropper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/column_dropper_spec.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe ColumnDropper do
       after_migration: name,
       columns: ['junk'],
       delay: 20.minutes,
-      on_remove: ->(){dropped_proc_called = true}
+      on_drop: ->(){dropped_proc_called = true}
     )
 
     expect(has_column?('topics', 'junk')).to eq(true)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe ColumnDropper do
       after_migration: name,
       columns: ['junk'],
       delay: 10.minutes,
-      on_remove: ->(){dropped_proc_called = true}
+      on_drop: ->(){dropped_proc_called = true}
     )
 
     expect(has_column?('topics', 'junk')).to eq(false)