diff --git a/lib/private/db.php b/lib/private/db.php
index 1e5d12649d..237925a592 100644
--- a/lib/private/db.php
+++ b/lib/private/db.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class OC_DB {
 	/**
 	 * @var \OC\DB\Connection $connection
 	 */
-	static private $connection; //the prefered connection to use, only Doctrine
+	static private $connection; //the preferred connection to use, only Doctrine
 
 	static private $prefix=null;
 	static private $type=null;
diff --git a/lib/private/migrate.php b/lib/private/migrate.php
index 0b31917740..b45848fbcb 100644
--- a/lib/private/migrate.php
+++ b/lib/private/migrate.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class OC_Migrate{
 	// Array of temp files to be deleted after zip creation
 	static private $tmpfiles=array();
 	// Holds the db object
-	static private $MDB2=false;
+	static private $migration_database=false;
 	// Schema db object
 	static private $schema=false;
 	// Path to the sqlite db
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class OC_Migrate{
 				if( !self::connectDB() ) {
 					return json_encode( array( 'success' => false ) );
 				}
-				self::$content = new OC_Migration_Content( self::$zip, self::$MDB2 );
+				self::$content = new OC_Migration_Content( self::$zip, self::$migration_database );
 				// Export the app info
 				$exportdata = self::exportAppData();
 				// Add the data dir to the zip
@@ -358,24 +358,6 @@ class OC_Migrate{
 		return $to;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @brief connects to a MDB2 database scheme
-	 * @returns bool
-	 */
-	static private function connectScheme() {
-		// We need a mdb2 database connection
-		self::$MDB2->loadModule( 'Manager' );
-		self::$MDB2->loadModule( 'Reverse' );
-
-		// Connect if this did not happen before
-		if( !self::$schema ) {
-			require_once 'MDB2/Schema.php';
-			self::$schema=MDB2_Schema::factory( self::$MDB2 );
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @brief creates a migration.db in the users data dir with their app data in
 	 * @return bool whether operation was successfull
@@ -463,47 +445,15 @@ class OC_Migrate{
 			return false;
 		}
 		// Already connected
-		if(!self::$MDB2) {
-			require_once 'MDB2.php';
-
+		if(!self::$migration_database) {
 			$datadir = OC_Config::getValue( "datadirectory", OC::$SERVERROOT."/data" );
-
-			// DB type
-			if( class_exists( 'SQLite3' ) ) {
-				$dbtype = 'sqlite3';
-			} else if( is_callable( 'sqlite_open' ) ) {
-				$dbtype = 'sqlite';
-			} else {
-				OC_Log::write( 'migration', 'SQLite not found', OC_Log::ERROR );
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			// Prepare options array
-			$options = array(
-				'portability' => MDB2_PORTABILITY_ALL & (!MDB2_PORTABILITY_FIX_CASE),
-				'log_line_break' => '<br>',
-				'idxname_format' => '%s',
-				'debug' => true,
-				'quote_identifier' => true
-				);
-			$dsn = array(
-				'phptype'  => $dbtype,
-				'database' => self::$dbpath,
-				'mode' => '0644'
+			$connectionParams = array(
+					'path' => self::$dbpath,
+					'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite',
 			);
 
 			// Try to establish connection
-			self::$MDB2 = MDB2::factory( $dsn, $options );
-			// Die if we could not connect
-			if( PEAR::isError( self::$MDB2 ) ) {
-				die( self::$MDB2->getMessage() );
-				OC_Log::write( 'migration', 'Failed to create/connect to migration.db', OC_Log::FATAL );
-				OC_Log::write( 'migration', self::$MDB2->getUserInfo(), OC_Log::FATAL );
-				OC_Log::write( 'migration', self::$MDB2->getMessage(), OC_Log::FATAL );
-				return false;
-			}
-			// We always, really always want associative arrays
-			self::$MDB2->setFetchMode(MDB2_FETCHMODE_ASSOC);
+			self::$migration_database = \Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager::getConnection($connectionParams);
 		}
 		return true;
 
@@ -515,10 +465,7 @@ class OC_Migrate{
 	 * @return bool whether the operation was successful
 	 */
 	static private function createAppTables( $appid ) {
-
-		if( !self::connectScheme() ) {
-			return false;
-		}
+		$schema_manager = new OC\DB\MDB2SchemaManager(self::$migration_database);
 
 		// There is a database.xml file
 		$content = file_get_contents(OC_App::getAppPath($appid) . '/appinfo/database.xml' );
@@ -538,29 +485,16 @@ class OC_Migrate{
 		file_put_contents( $file2, $content );
 
 		// Try to create tables
-		$definition = self::$schema->parseDatabaseDefinitionFile( $file2 );
-
-		unlink( $file2 );
-
-		// Die in case something went wrong
-		if( $definition instanceof MDB2_Schema_Error ) {
-			OC_Log::write( 'migration', 'Failed to parse database.xml for: '.$appid, OC_Log::FATAL );
-			OC_Log::write( 'migration', $definition->getMessage().': '.$definition->getUserInfo(), OC_Log::FATAL );
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		$definition['overwrite'] = true;
-
-		$ret = self::$schema->createDatabase( $definition );
-
-		// Die in case something went wrong
-		if( $ret instanceof MDB2_Error ) {
+		try {
+			$schema_manager->createDbFromStructure($file2);
+		} catch(Exception $e) {
+			unlink( $file2 );
 			OC_Log::write( 'migration', 'Failed to create tables for: '.$appid, OC_Log::FATAL );
-			OC_Log::write( 'migration', $ret->getMessage().': '.$ret->getUserInfo(), OC_Log::FATAL );
+			OC_Log::write( 'migration', $e->getMessage(), OC_Log::FATAL );
 			return false;
 		}
-		return $tables;
 
+		return $tables;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -646,7 +580,7 @@ class OC_Migrate{
 						if( !self::connectDB( $db ) ) {
 							return false;
 						}
-						$content = new OC_Migration_Content( self::$zip, self::$MDB2 );
+						$content = new OC_Migration_Content( self::$zip, self::$migration_database );
 						$provider->setData( self::$uid, $content, $info );
 						// Then do the import
 						if( !$appsstatus[$id] = $provider->import( $info->apps->$id, $importinfo ) ) {
diff --git a/lib/private/migration/content.php b/lib/private/migration/content.php
index 4413d72273..389dd8fc74 100644
--- a/lib/private/migration/content.php
+++ b/lib/private/migration/content.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 class OC_Migration_Content{
 
 	private $zip=false;
-	// Holds the MDB2 object
+	// Holds the database object
 	private $db=null;
 	// Holds an array of tmpfiles to delete after zip creation
 	private $tmpfiles=array();
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class OC_Migration_Content{
 	/**
 	* @brief sets up the
 	* @param $zip ZipArchive object
-	* @param optional $db a MDB2 database object (required for exporttype user)
+	* @param optional $db a database object (required for exporttype user)
 	* @return bool
 	*/
 	public function __construct( $zip, $db=null ) {
@@ -64,16 +64,7 @@ class OC_Migration_Content{
 		// Optimize the query
 		$query = $this->db->prepare( $query );
 
-		// Die if we have an error (error means: bad query, not 0 results!)
-		if( PEAR::isError( $query ) ) {
-			$entry = 'DB Error: "'.$query->getMessage().'"<br />';
-			$entry .= 'Offending command was: '.$query.'<br />';
-			OC_Log::write( 'migration', $entry, OC_Log::FATAL );
-			return false;
-		} else {
-			return $query;
-		}
-
+		return $query;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -156,20 +147,14 @@ class OC_Migration_Content{
 			$sql .= $valuessql . " )";
 			// Make the query
 			$query = $this->prepare( $sql );
-			if( !$query ) {
-				OC_Log::write( 'migration', 'Invalid sql produced: '.$sql, OC_Log::FATAL );
-				return false;
-				exit();
+			$query->execute( $values );
+			// Do we need to return some values?
+			if( array_key_exists( 'idcol', $options ) ) {
+				// Yes we do
+				$return[] = $row[$options['idcol']];
 			} else {
-				$query->execute( $values );
-				// Do we need to return some values?
-				if( array_key_exists( 'idcol', $options ) ) {
-					// Yes we do
-					$return[] = $row[$options['idcol']];
-				} else {
-					// Take a guess and return the first field :)
-					$return[] = reset($row);
-				}
+				// Take a guess and return the first field :)
+				$return[] = reset($row);
 			}
 			$fields = '';
 			$values = '';