diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapStore.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapStore.cs
index 3322a4c236..2e6efee0aa 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapStore.cs
@@ -25,21 +25,6 @@ public BeatmapStore(Func<OsuDbContext> factory)
         {
         }
 
-        protected override void Prepare(bool reset = false)
-        {
-            if (reset)
-            {
-                var context = GetContext();
-
-                // https://stackoverflow.com/a/10450893
-                context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("DELETE FROM BeatmapMetadata");
-                context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("DELETE FROM BeatmapDifficulty");
-                context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("DELETE FROM BeatmapSetInfo");
-                context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("DELETE FROM BeatmapSetFileInfo");
-                context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("DELETE FROM BeatmapInfo");
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Add a <see cref="BeatmapSetInfo"/> to the database.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseBackedStore.cs b/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseBackedStore.cs
index 68f412eee6..04aa8f91ae 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseBackedStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseBackedStore.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Threading;
-using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Database
@@ -32,16 +31,6 @@ protected DatabaseBackedStore(Func<OsuDbContext> createContext, Storage storage
             queryContext = new ThreadLocal<OsuDbContext>(CreateContext);
 
             Storage = storage;
-
-            try
-            {
-                Prepare();
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                Logger.Error(e, $@"Failed to initialise the {GetType()}! Trying again with a clean database...");
-                Prepare(true);
-            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -50,15 +39,5 @@ protected DatabaseBackedStore(Func<OsuDbContext> createContext, Storage storage
         public virtual void Cleanup()
         {
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Prepare this database for use. Tables should be created here.
-        /// </summary>
-        protected abstract void Prepare(bool reset = false);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Reset this database to a default state. Undo all changes to database and storage backings.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void Reset() => Prepare(true);
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/IO/FileStore.cs b/osu.Game/IO/FileStore.cs
index b69916e565..93d1086ee5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/IO/FileStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/IO/FileStore.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
@@ -27,17 +26,6 @@ public FileStore(Func<OsuDbContext> createContext, Storage storage) : base(creat
             Store = new StorageBackedResourceStore(Storage);
         }
 
-        protected override void Prepare(bool reset = false)
-        {
-            if (reset)
-            {
-                if (Storage.ExistsDirectory(string.Empty))
-                    Storage.DeleteDirectory(string.Empty);
-
-                GetContext().Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("DELETE FROM FileInfo");
-            }
-        }
-
         public FileInfo Add(Stream data, bool reference = true)
         {
             var context = GetContext();
diff --git a/osu.Game/Input/KeyBindingStore.cs b/osu.Game/Input/KeyBindingStore.cs
index 1e1b1d74d4..53309fc72d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Input/KeyBindingStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Input/KeyBindingStore.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Database;
@@ -30,12 +29,6 @@ public KeyBindingStore(Func<OsuDbContext> createContext, RulesetStore rulesets,
 
         public void Register(KeyBindingInputManager manager) => insertDefaults(manager.DefaultKeyBindings);
 
-        protected override void Prepare(bool reset = false)
-        {
-            if (reset)
-                GetContext().Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("DELETE FROM KeyBinding");
-        }
-
         private void insertDefaults(IEnumerable<KeyBinding> defaults, int? rulesetId = null, int? variant = null)
         {
             var context = GetContext();
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
index 7d982eb39e..4208d0edad 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ static RulesetStore()
         public RulesetStore(Func<OsuDbContext> factory)
             : base(factory)
         {
+            AddMissingRulesets();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -47,15 +47,10 @@ public RulesetStore(Func<OsuDbContext> factory)
 
         private const string ruleset_library_prefix = "osu.Game.Rulesets";
 
-        protected override void Prepare(bool reset = false)
+        protected void AddMissingRulesets()
         {
             var context = GetContext();
 
-            if (reset)
-            {
-                context.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("DELETE FROM RulesetInfo");
-            }
-
             var instances = loaded_assemblies.Values.Select(r => (Ruleset)Activator.CreateInstance(r, new RulesetInfo())).ToList();
 
             //add all legacy modes in correct order
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/ScoreStore.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/ScoreStore.cs
index 67a8e5372e..d8a79d8cfb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/ScoreStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Scoring/ScoreStore.cs
@@ -143,9 +143,5 @@ private Replay createLegacyReplay(StreamReader reader)
 
             return new Replay { Frames = frames };
         }
-
-        protected override void Prepare(bool reset = false)
-        {
-        }
     }
 }