diff --git a/app/models/checklist_item.rb b/app/models/checklist_item.rb
index 0f3adeab5..aec65004d 100644
--- a/app/models/checklist_item.rb
+++ b/app/models/checklist_item.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 class ChecklistItem < ApplicationRecord
+
+  attr_accessor :with_paragraphs
+
   auto_strip_attributes :text, nullify: false
   validates :text,
             presence: true,
diff --git a/app/serializers/checklist_item_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/checklist_item_serializer.rb
index 7fcd989d0..21f36ac29 100644
--- a/app/serializers/checklist_item_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/checklist_item_serializer.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ class ChecklistItemSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
 
   attributes :id, :text, :checked, :position, :urls, :sa_text, :with_paragraphs
 
+  def with_paragraphs
+    object.text.include?("\n")
+  end
+
   def sa_text
     @user = scope[:user] || @instance_options[:user]
     custom_auto_link(object.text,
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230921142200_add_with_paragraphs_to_checklist_item.rb b/db/migrate/20230921142200_add_with_paragraphs_to_checklist_item.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 786f7effe..000000000
--- a/db/migrate/20230921142200_add_with_paragraphs_to_checklist_item.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-class AddWithParagraphsToChecklistItem < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
-  def change
-    add_column :checklist_items, :with_paragraphs, :boolean, default: false
-
-    ChecklistItem.where("text ~ '^.*\\n.*$'").update_all(with_paragraphs: true)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index c89df20bd..be3be339f 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[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_21_142200) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_04_080206) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "btree_gist"
   enable_extension "pg_trgm"
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_21_142200) do
     t.bigint "created_by_id"
     t.bigint "last_modified_by_id"
     t.integer "position"
-    t.boolean "with_paragraphs", default: false
     t.index "trim_html_tags((text)::text) gin_trgm_ops", name: "index_checklist_items_on_text", using: :gin
     t.index ["checklist_id", "position"], name: "index_checklist_items_on_checklist_id_and_position", unique: true
     t.index ["checklist_id"], name: "index_checklist_items_on_checklist_id"