diff --git a/posthog/clickhouse/migrations/0078_add_soft_delete_column_on_events.py b/posthog/clickhouse/migrations/0078_add_soft_delete_column_on_events.py
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+from infi.clickhouse_orm import migrations
+
+from posthog.clickhouse.client.connection import ch_pool
+from posthog.settings import CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER
+
+
+DROP_COLUMNS_EVENTS = """
+ALTER TABLE {table} ON CLUSTER {cluster}
+DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS is_deleted
+"""
+
+ADD_COLUMNS_EVENTS = """
+ALTER TABLE {table} ON CLUSTER {cluster}
+ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS is_deleted Boolean
+"""
+
+ADD_COLUMNS_INDEX_EVENTS = """
+ALTER TABLE {table} ON CLUSTER {cluster}
+ADD INDEX IF NOT EXISTS is_deleted_idx (is_deleted) TYPE minmax GRANULARITY 1
+"""
+
+
+def add_columns_to_required_tables(_):
+    with ch_pool.get_client() as client:
+        client.execute(DROP_COLUMNS_EVENTS.format(table="sharded_events", cluster=CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER))
+        client.execute(DROP_COLUMNS_EVENTS.format(table="events", cluster=CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER))
+        client.execute(ADD_COLUMNS_EVENTS.format(table="sharded_events", cluster=CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER))
+        client.execute(ADD_COLUMNS_EVENTS.format(table="events", cluster=CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER))
+        client.execute(ADD_COLUMNS_INDEX_EVENTS.format(table="sharded_events", cluster=CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER))
+
+
+operations = [
+    migrations.RunPython(add_columns_to_required_tables),
+]