diff --git a/db/db.update.116.sql b/db/db.update.116.sql
index 68f1e24..75ab8d3 100644
--- a/db/db.update.116.sql
+++ b/db/db.update.116.sql
@@ -22,5 +22,3 @@ ALTER TABLE `users_volunteer` DROP `tmp`;
 
 DROP TABLE users_years;
 
-ALTER TABLE `question_answers` CHANGE `registrations_id` `users_id` INT( 10 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';
-
diff --git a/db/db.update.117.sql b/db/db.update.117.sql
index 42a6ca4..1f3cfd9 100644
--- a/db/db.update.117.sql
+++ b/db/db.update.117.sql
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ DROP TABLE `judges`,`judges_catpref`,`judges_expertise`,`judges_languages`,`judg
 -- questions table should use users_id now (which is what was being saved in the registrations_id)
 ALTER TABLE `question_answers` CHANGE `registrations_id` `users_id` INT( 10 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0';
 
+-- The answer has been linked to a users_id that is unique per-year, so we don't need to duplicate the year storage
+ALTER TABLE `question_answers` DROP `year`;
+