diff --git a/db-migration-worker/migrate.sh b/db-migration-worker/migrate.sh
index 108453bba..214da53d8 100755
--- a/db-migration-worker/migrate.sh
+++ b/db-migration-worker/migrate.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
+for var in "SSH_USERNAME" "SSH_HOST" "MONGODB_USERNAME" "MONGODB_PASSWORD" "MONGODB_DATABASE" "MONGODB_AUTH_DB" "NEO4J_URI"
+do
+  if [[ -z "${!var}" ]]; then
+    echo "${var} is undefined"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
 /migration/mongo/import.sh
 /migration/neo4j/import.sh
diff --git a/db-migration-worker/migration/mongo/import.sh b/db-migration-worker/migration/mongo/import.sh
index fb13a151f..7cf3e91e4 100755
--- a/db-migration-worker/migration/mongo/import.sh
+++ b/db-migration-worker/migration/mongo/import.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-for var in "SSH_USERNAME" "SSH_HOST" "MONGODB_USERNAME" "MONGODB_PASSWORD" "MONGODB_DATABASE" "MONGODB_AUTH_DB"
-do
-  if [[ -z "${!var}" ]]; then
-    echo "${var} is undefined"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
-
 echo "SSH_USERNAME             ${SSH_USERNAME}"
 echo "SSH_HOST                 ${SSH_HOST}"
 echo "MONGODB_USERNAME         ${MONGODB_USERNAME}"
diff --git a/db-migration-worker/migration/neo4j/import.sh b/db-migration-worker/migration/neo4j/import.sh
index 9a5045d62..6f539c501 100755
--- a/db-migration-worker/migration/neo4j/import.sh
+++ b/db-migration-worker/migration/neo4j/import.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
-for var in "NEO4J_URI"
-do
-  if [[ -z "${!var}" ]]; then
-    echo "${var} is undefined"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
-
 SCRIPT_DIRECTORY="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 echo "MATCH (n) OPTIONAL MATCH (n)-[r]-() DELETE n,r;" | cypher-shell -a $NEO4J_URI
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