diff --git a/netbox/utilities/management/commands/__init__.py b/netbox/utilities/management/commands/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..697a3ed9a 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/management/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/management/commands/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+
+EXEMPT_ATTRS = [
+    'choices',
+    'help_text',
+    'verbose_name',
+]
+
+_deconstruct = models.Field.deconstruct
+
+
+def custom_deconstruct(field):
+    """
+    Imitate the behavior of the stock deconstruct() method, but ignore the field attributes listed above.
+    """
+    name, path, args, kwargs = _deconstruct(field)
+
+    # Remove any ignored attributes
+    for attr in EXEMPT_ATTRS:
+        kwargs.pop(attr, None)
+
+    # A hack to accommodate TimeZoneField, which employs a custom deconstructor to check whether the default choices
+    # have changed
+    if hasattr(field, 'CHOICES'):
+        kwargs['choices'] = field.CHOICES
+
+    return name, path, args, kwargs
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/management/commands/makemigrations.py b/netbox/utilities/management/commands/makemigrations.py
index 7ebf19748..f906feb5a 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/management/commands/makemigrations.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/management/commands/makemigrations.py
@@ -1,32 +1,6 @@
+# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
 from django.core.management.commands.makemigrations import Command
 from django.db import models
-
-
-EXEMPT_ATTRS = [
-    'choices',
-    'help_text',
-    'verbose_name',
-]
-
-_deconstruct = models.Field.deconstruct
-
-
-def custom_deconstruct(field):
-    """
-    Imitate the behavior of the stock deconstruct() method, but ignore the field attributes listed above.
-    """
-    name, path, args, kwargs = _deconstruct(field)
-
-    # Remove any ignored attributes
-    for attr in EXEMPT_ATTRS:
-        kwargs.pop(attr, None)
-
-    # A hack to accommodate TimeZoneField, which employs a custom deconstructor to check whether the default choices
-    # have changed
-    if hasattr(field, 'CHOICES'):
-        kwargs['choices'] = field.CHOICES
-
-    return name, path, args, kwargs
-
+from . import custom_deconstruct
 
 models.Field.deconstruct = custom_deconstruct
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/management/commands/migrate.py b/netbox/utilities/management/commands/migrate.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c2a04284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbox/utilities/management/commands/migrate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
+from django.core.management.commands.migrate import Command
+from django.db import models
+from . import custom_deconstruct
+
+models.Field.deconstruct = custom_deconstruct