diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/ngalert.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/ngalert.go
index 1172e8ad828..73e59600b70 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/ngalert.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/ngalert.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/store"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrator"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb"
 )
@@ -112,19 +111,3 @@ func (ng *AlertNG) IsDisabled() bool {
 	}
 	return !ng.Cfg.IsNgAlertEnabled()
 }
-
-// AddMigration defines database migrations.
-// If Alerting NG is not enabled does nothing.
-func (ng *AlertNG) AddMigration(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
-	if ng.IsDisabled() {
-		return
-	}
-	store.AddAlertDefinitionMigrations(mg, defaultIntervalSeconds)
-	store.AddAlertDefinitionVersionMigrations(mg)
-	// Create alert_instance table
-	store.AlertInstanceMigration(mg)
-
-	// Create alert_rule
-	store.AddAlertRuleMigrations(mg, defaultIntervalSeconds)
-	store.AddAlertRuleVersionMigrations(mg)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/migrations.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/migrations.go
index 4f232e562b9..30c0afa4295 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/migrations.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/migrations.go
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ func AddMigrations(mg *Migrator) {
 	addUserAuthTokenMigrations(mg)
 	addCacheMigration(mg)
 	addShortURLMigrations(mg)
-	ualert.AddMigration(mg)
+	ualert.AddTablesMigrations(mg)
+	ualert.AddDashAlertMigration(mg)
 }
 
 func addMigrationLogMigrations(mg *Migrator) {
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/database_mig.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
similarity index 96%
rename from pkg/services/ngalert/store/database_mig.go
rename to pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
index 9a77850996c..cc8b9ddcc9d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/database_mig.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
-package store
+package ualert
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrator"
 )
 
+// AddMigration defines database migrations.
+// If Alerting NG is not enabled does nothing.
+func AddTablesMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
+	AddAlertDefinitionMigrations(mg, 60)
+	AddAlertDefinitionVersionMigrations(mg)
+	// Create alert_instance table
+	AlertInstanceMigration(mg)
+
+	// Create alert_rule
+	AddAlertRuleMigrations(mg, 60)
+	AddAlertRuleVersionMigrations(mg)
+}
+
 // AddAlertDefinitionMigrations should not be modified.
 func AddAlertDefinitionMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator, defaultIntervalSeconds int64) {
 	mg.AddMigration("delete alert_definition table", migrator.NewDropTableMigration("alert_definition"))
@@ -151,8 +163,8 @@ func AddAlertRuleMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator, defaultIntervalSeconds int64)
 			// the following fields will correspond to a dashboard (or folder) UIID
 			{Name: "namespace_uid", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 40, Nullable: false},
 			{Name: "rule_group", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 190, Nullable: false},
-			{Name: "no_data_state", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 15, Nullable: false, Default: fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", models.NoData.String())},
-			{Name: "exec_err_state", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 15, Nullable: false, Default: fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", models.AlertingErrState.String())},
+			{Name: "no_data_state", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 15, Nullable: false, Default: "'NoData'"},
+			{Name: "exec_err_state", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 15, Nullable: false, Default: "'Alerting'"},
 		},
 		Indices: []*migrator.Index{
 			{Cols: []string{"org_id", "title"}, Type: migrator.UniqueIndex},
@@ -199,8 +211,8 @@ func AddAlertRuleVersionMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
 			{Name: "condition", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 190, Nullable: false},
 			{Name: "data", Type: migrator.DB_Text, Nullable: false},
 			{Name: "interval_seconds", Type: migrator.DB_BigInt, Nullable: false},
-			{Name: "no_data_state", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 15, Nullable: false, Default: fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", models.NoData.String())},
-			{Name: "exec_err_state", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 15, Nullable: false, Default: fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", models.AlertingErrState.String())},
+			{Name: "no_data_state", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 15, Nullable: false, Default: "'NoData'"},
+			{Name: "exec_err_state", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 15, Nullable: false, Default: "'Alerting'"},
 		},
 		Indices: []*migrator.Index{
 			{Cols: []string{"rule_org_id", "rule_uid", "version"}, Type: migrator.UniqueIndex},
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/ualert.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/ualert.go
index c765ff2d28a..0cbc6b45028 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/ualert.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/ualert.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (e MigrationError) Error() string {
 
 func (e *MigrationError) Unwrap() error { return e.Err }
 
-func AddMigration(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
+func AddDashAlertMigration(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
 	if os.Getenv("UALERT_MIG") == "iDidBackup" {
 		// TODO: unified alerting DB needs to be extacted into ../migrations.go
 		// so it runs and creates the tables before this migration runs.