diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_09_03_000001_create_stripe_payment_intents_table.php b/database/migrations/2026_09_03_000001_create_stripe_payment_intents_table.php
index f0d9265..6f54166 100644
--- a/database/migrations/2026_09_03_000001_create_stripe_payment_intents_table.php
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_09_03_000001_create_stripe_payment_intents_table.php
@@ -12,11 +12,20 @@ use Lunar\Base\Migration;
  * package's own classes over this same table). Timestamped to run just
  * before this app's own add_context_to_stripe_payment_intents migration,
  * which already alters this table.
+ *
+ * Guarded with hasTable(): on any environment that already ran
+ * lunarphp/stripe's own copy of this migration before the package was
+ * removed, the table already exists — this migration is only the one that
+ * actually creates it on a fresh install/database from now on.
  */
 return new class extends Migration
 {
     public function up(): void
     {
+        if (Schema::hasTable($this->prefix.'stripe_payment_intents')) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         Schema::create($this->prefix.'stripe_payment_intents', function (Blueprint $table) {
             $table->id();
             $table->foreignId('cart_id')->constrained($this->prefix.'carts');