diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Migrations/Migration_20221110_151621.php b/mailpoet/lib/Migrations/Migration_20221110_151621.php
index d9a65f9725..78a5a47dc2 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Migrations/Migration_20221110_151621.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Migrations/Migration_20221110_151621.php
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ namespace MailPoet\Migrations;
 use MailPoet\Config\Env;
 use MailPoet\Migrator\Migration;
 
+/**
+ * The "created_at" column must be NULL in some tables to avoid "there can be only one
+ * TIMESTAMP column with CURRENT_TIMESTAMP" error on MySQL version < 5.6.5 that occurs
+ * even when other timestamp is simply "NOT NULL".
+ *
+ * Additionally, having multiple timestamp columns with "NOT NULL" seems to produce the
+ * following error in some SQL modes:
+ *   SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1067 Invalid default value for 'updated_at'"
+ */
 class Migration_20221110_151621 extends Migration {
   public function run(): void {
     $prefix = Env::$dbPrefix;
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Migrator/Migration.php b/mailpoet/lib/Migrator/Migration.php
index 084eb16618..2601849599 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Migrator/Migration.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Migrator/Migration.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace MailPoet\Migrator;
 
+use MailPoet\Config\Env;
 use MailPoet\DI\ContainerWrapper;
 use MailPoetVendor\Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
 use MailPoetVendor\Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
@@ -25,4 +26,15 @@ abstract class Migration {
   }
 
   abstract public function run(): void;
+
+  protected function createTable(string $tableName, array $attributes): void {
+    $prefix = Env::$dbPrefix;
+    $charsetCollate = Env::$dbCharsetCollate;
+    $sql = implode(",\n", $attributes);
+    $this->connection->executeStatement("
+      CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {$prefix}{$tableName} (
+        $sql
+      ) {$charsetCollate};
+    ");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/mailpoet/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SetupTest.php b/mailpoet/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SetupTest.php
index 1ee75b167c..b1bb37e3c4 100644
--- a/mailpoet/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SetupTest.php
+++ b/mailpoet/tests/integration/API/JSON/v1/SetupTest.php
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@ use MailPoet\Settings\SettingsRepository;
 use MailPoet\Subscription\Captcha;
 use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
 
-/**
- * The "created_at" column must be NULL in some tables to avoid "there can be only one
- * TIMESTAMP column with CURRENT_TIMESTAMP" error on MySQL version < 5.6.5 that occurs
- * even when other timestamp is simply "NOT NULL".
- *
- * Additionally, having multiple timestamp columns with "NOT NULL" seems to produce the
- * following error in some SQL modes:
- *   SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1067 Invalid default value for 'updated_at'"
- */
 class SetupTest extends \MailPoetTest {
   public function _before() {
     parent::_before();