diff --git a/changelog/_0001.md b/changelog/_0001.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43218beec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/_0001.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+### Changed
+
+- tests: replace the ckeditor fields with TextField in migrations to be able to remove the django-ckeditor package
+
+### Removed
+
+- remove the no longer needed django-ckeditor package, the transition to
+django-ckeditor-5 has been done now.
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index adc4ca8f8..6c7dce3bc 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Django==4.2.16
 django-allauth==65.3.1
 django-autoslug==1.9.9
 https://github.com/liqd/django-ckeditor-5/releases/download/v0.2.11-liqd/django_ckeditor_5-0.2.11-py3-none-any.whl
-django-ckeditor==6.7.1
 django-enumfield==3.1
 django-filter==24.3
 django-widget-tweaks==1.5.0
diff --git a/tests/apps/ideas/migrations/0001_initial.py b/tests/apps/ideas/migrations/0001_initial.py
index f10c3287f..fdb474687 100644
--- a/tests/apps/ideas/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/tests/apps/ideas/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import adhocracy4.categories.fields
 import adhocracy4.maps.fields
-import ckeditor.fields
 from django.db import migrations, models
 import django.db.models.deletion
 
@@ -41,9 +40,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ),
                 (
                     "description",
-                    ckeditor.fields.RichTextField(
-                        blank=True, verbose_name="Description"
-                    ),
+                    models.TextField(blank=True, verbose_name="Description"),
                 ),
                 ("point", adhocracy4.maps.fields.PointField(blank=True)),
                 (
diff --git a/tests/apps/moderatorfeedback/migrations/0001_initial.py b/tests/apps/moderatorfeedback/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 3840b99da..2d96ddfef 100644
--- a/tests/apps/moderatorfeedback/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/tests/apps/moderatorfeedback/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Generated by Django 3.2.7 on 2021-09-28 09:59
 
-import ckeditor.fields
 import django.utils.timezone
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import migrations, models
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                     "modified",
                     models.DateTimeField(blank=True, editable=False, null=True),
                 ),
-                ("statement", ckeditor.fields.RichTextField(blank=True)),
+                ("statement", models.TextField(blank=True)),
                 (
                     "creator",
                     models.ForeignKey(