diff --git a/app/models/upload.rb b/app/models/upload.rb
index 99d811ddd7..ba6ab75225 100644
--- a/app/models/upload.rb
+++ b/app/models/upload.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Table name: uploads
 #
 #  id                  :bigint           not null, primary key
-#  filename            :string           default(""), not null
+#  filename            :string           not null
 #  malware_scan_result :string           default("pending"), not null
 #  translation         :boolean          not null
 #  created_at          :datetime         not null
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240410151207_change_upload_filename_default.rb b/db/migrate/20240410151207_change_upload_filename_default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bbfa1c01a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240410151207_change_upload_filename_default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class ChangeUploadFilenameDefault < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  def change
+    change_column_default :uploads, :filename, from: "", to: nil
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index f6626d5cc2..133d9394f3 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[7.1].define(version: 2024_04_10_150439) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_04_10_151207) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pgcrypto"
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.string "malware_scan_result", default: "pending", null: false
-    t.string "filename", default: "", null: false
+    t.string "filename", null: false
     t.index ["document_id"], name: "index_uploads_on_document_id"
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/uploads.rake b/lib/tasks/uploads.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 8713e8fc6d..0000000000
--- a/lib/tasks/uploads.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-namespace :uploads do
-  desc "Resend blob data for uploads that have a pending malware scan result"
-  task update_filename: :environment do
-    Upload
-      .where(filename: "")
-      .with_attached_attachment
-      .find_each do |upload|
-        upload.update!(filename: upload.attachment.filename || "unknown")
-      end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/factories/uploads.rb b/spec/factories/uploads.rb
index 7291738236..016b1fe764 100644
--- a/spec/factories/uploads.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/uploads.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Table name: uploads
 #
 #  id                  :bigint           not null, primary key
-#  filename            :string           default(""), not null
+#  filename            :string           not null
 #  malware_scan_result :string           default("pending"), not null
 #  translation         :boolean          not null
 #  created_at          :datetime         not null
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/files/translation_upload.pdf b/spec/fixtures/files/translation_upload.pdf
deleted file mode 100644
index 232fb40e3e..0000000000
Binary files a/spec/fixtures/files/translation_upload.pdf and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/spec/models/upload_spec.rb b/spec/models/upload_spec.rb
index 9e4106ae9e..f1d067c4b9 100644
--- a/spec/models/upload_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/upload_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Table name: uploads
 #
 #  id                  :bigint           not null, primary key
-#  filename            :string           default(""), not null
+#  filename            :string           not null
 #  malware_scan_result :string           default("pending"), not null
 #  translation         :boolean          not null
 #  created_at          :datetime         not null