diff --git a/app/models/section.rb b/app/models/section.rb
index 6db0398..aa3078e 100644
--- a/app/models/section.rb
+++ b/app/models/section.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #  description :text
 #  modifiable  :boolean
 #  number      :integer
-#  published   :boolean
 #  title       :string
 #  created_at  :datetime
 #  updated_at  :datetime
@@ -49,9 +48,6 @@
                      uniqueness: { scope: :phase_id,
                                    message: UNIQUENESS_MESSAGE }
 
-  validates :published, inclusion: { in: BOOLEAN_VALUES,
-                                      message: INCLUSION_MESSAGE }
-
   validates :modifiable, inclusion: { in: BOOLEAN_VALUES,
                                       message: INCLUSION_MESSAGE }
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180803105147_remove_published_from_sections.rb b/db/migrate/20180803105147_remove_published_from_sections.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03fa4b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180803105147_remove_published_from_sections.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class RemovePublishedFromSections < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    remove_column :sections, :published, :boolean
+  end
+  def down
+    add_column :sections, :published, :boolean
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 2d5eebe..6bf71f9 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180713164120) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20180803105147) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@
     t.integer  "number"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
-    t.boolean  "published"
     t.integer  "phase_id"
     t.boolean  "modifiable"
   end
diff --git a/spec/factories/sections.rb b/spec/factories/sections.rb
index 85de359..9fbadc3 100644
--- a/spec/factories/sections.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/sections.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     title { Faker::Lorem.sentence }
     description { Faker::Lorem.paragraph }
     sequence(:number)
-    published false
     phase
     modifiable false
   end