diff --git a/plugins/ekanban/app/models/kanban.rb b/plugins/ekanban/app/models/kanban.rb
index 5e294a170..c6de06035 100644
--- a/plugins/ekanban/app/models/kanban.rb
+++ b/plugins/ekanban/app/models/kanban.rb
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ def wip
     KanbanCard.open().by_user(self).in_progress().size
   end
 
+  def wip_limit
+    id = CustomField.find_by_name("WIP limit").id
+    v = self.custom_value_for(id)
+    v.nil? ? 3 : v.value.to_i
+  end
+
 end
 
 class Principal < ActiveRecord::Base
diff --git a/plugins/ekanban/db/migrate/011_add_wip_col_to_user.rb b/plugins/ekanban/db/migrate/011_add_wip_col_to_user.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index dba490a5c..000000000
--- a/plugins/ekanban/db/migrate/011_add_wip_col_to_user.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-class AddWipColToUser < ActiveRecord::Migration
-  def change
-  	#table "user"
-  	add_column :users, :wip_limit, :integer, :default=>2
-  end
-end