diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b24bf5c5a..288de91194 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "postinstall": "npm run bootstrap",
     "seed": "npm-run-all -p seed:*",
     "seed:auth-user": "cross-env DEBUG=fcc:* node ./tools/scripts/seed/seedAuthUser",
-    "seed:challenges": "cross-env DEBUG=fcc:* node ./tools/scripts/seed/seedChallenges",
+    "seed:path-migration": "cross-env DEBUG=fcc:* node ./tools/scripts/seed/create-path-migration",
     "serve:client": "cd ./client && npm run serve",
     "start": "npm-run-all ensure-env -p develop:server serve:client",
     "test": "npm-run-all -p test:*",
diff --git a/tools/scripts/seed/create-path-migration.js b/tools/scripts/seed/create-path-migration.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5e43621bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/scripts/seed/create-path-migration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+require('dotenv').config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../.env') });
+const debug = require('debug');
+
+const { getChallengesForLang } = require('../../../curriculum/getChallenges');
+const { createPathMigrationMap } = require('./createPathMigrationMap');
+
+const log = debug('fcc:tools:seedChallenges');
+const { LOCALE: lang = 'english' } = process.env;
+
+getChallengesForLang(lang).then(curriculum => {
+  log('generating path migration map');
+  const pathMap = createPathMigrationMap(curriculum);
+  const outputDir = path.resolve(
+    __dirname,
+    '../../../api-server/server/resources/pathMigration.json'
+  );
+  fs.writeFile(outputDir, JSON.stringify(pathMap), err => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error('failed to save pathMigration');
+      console.error(err);
+    } else {
+      log('path migration map generated');
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tools/scripts/seed/seedChallenges.js b/tools/scripts/seed/seedChallenges.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7524b94549..0000000000
--- a/tools/scripts/seed/seedChallenges.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
-require('dotenv').config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../.env') });
-const { MongoClient, ObjectID } = require('mongodb');
-const { flatten } = require('lodash');
-const debug = require('debug');
-
-const { getChallengesForLang } = require('../../../curriculum/getChallenges');
-const { createPathMigrationMap } = require('./createPathMigrationMap');
-
-const log = debug('fcc:tools:seedChallenges');
-const { MONGOHQ_URL, LOCALE: lang = 'english' } = process.env;
-
-function handleError(err, client) {
-  if (err) {
-    console.error('Oh noes!!');
-    console.error(err);
-    try {
-      client.close();
-    } catch (e) {
-      // no-op
-    } finally {
-      /* eslint-disable-next-line no-process-exit */
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-MongoClient.connect(MONGOHQ_URL, { useNewUrlParser: true }, function(
-  err,
-  client
-) {
-  handleError(err, client);
-
-  log('Connected successfully to mongo at %s', MONGOHQ_URL);
-
-  const db = client.db('freecodecamp');
-  const challengeCollection = db.collection('challenge');
-
-  challengeCollection.deleteMany({}, async err => {
-    handleError(err, client);
-
-    log('deleted all the challenges');
-
-    const curriculum = await getChallengesForLang(lang);
-
-    const allChallenges = Object.keys(curriculum)
-      .map(key => curriculum[key].blocks)
-      .reduce((challengeArray, superBlock) => {
-        const challengesForBlock = Object.keys(superBlock).map(
-          key => superBlock[key].challenges
-        );
-        return [...challengeArray, ...flatten(challengesForBlock)];
-      }, [])
-      .map(challenge => {
-        const currentId = challenge.id.slice(0);
-        challenge._id = ObjectID(currentId);
-        delete challenge.id;
-        return challenge;
-      });
-
-    try {
-      challengeCollection.insertMany(allChallenges, { ordered: false }, err => {
-        handleError(err, client);
-        log('challenge seed complete');
-        client.close();
-      });
-    } catch (e) {
-      handleError(e, client);
-    } finally {
-      log('generating path migration map');
-      const pathMap = createPathMigrationMap(curriculum);
-      const outputDir = path.resolve(
-        __dirname,
-        '../../../api-server/server/resources/pathMigration.json'
-      );
-      fs.writeFile(outputDir, JSON.stringify(pathMap), err => {
-        if (err) {
-          console.error('Oh noes!!');
-          console.error(err);
-        }
-        log('path migration map generated');
-      });
-    }
-  });
-});