diff --git a/community_v3_migration/fix_dataset.py b/community_v3_migration/fix_dataset.py
index 961e5a7df..7ad58e942 100644
--- a/community_v3_migration/fix_dataset.py
+++ b/community_v3_migration/fix_dataset.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 
 import so_arm_frame
-from classify import classify, load_info
+from classify import classify
 
 VALUE_COLS = ("observation.state", "action")
 
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ def _stack(col_values) -> np.ndarray:
     return np.stack([np.asarray(v, dtype=np.float64) for v in col_values])  # (N, D)
 
 
-def _set_robot_type(root: Path, robot_type: str) -> None:
-    info_path = root / "meta" / "info.json"
-    info = json.loads(info_path.read_text())
-    info["robot_type"] = robot_type
-    info_path.write_text(json.dumps(info, indent=4))
-
-
 def _rewrite_parquet(root: Path, encoding: str) -> None:
     for pq in sorted((root / "data").glob("*/*.parquet")):
         df = pd.read_parquet(pq)
@@ -85,18 +78,6 @@ def fix_dataset_in_place(root) -> dict:
         return {**cls, "converted": False,
                 "action": "structural v2.1->v3.0 only; joint values kept in normalized units "
                           "(-100..100 / 0..100), NOT converted to degrees (uncalibrated -> APPROXIMATE)"}
-    feats = load_info(root).get("features", {})
-    dims = [feats[c]["shape"][0] for c in VALUE_COLS if c in feats and feats[c].get("shape")]
-    if any(d % 6 != 0 for d in dims):
-        # Not a plain stack of 6-joint SO arms (e.g. a 7-joint variant): the degrees mapping
-        # doesn't apply. Keep the original robot_type but flag it '_nonstandard' so the SO
-        # lineage is preserved while making clear it isn't a canonical 6-DOF arm.
-        rt = cls.get("robot_type") or "so"
-        new_rt = rt if rt.endswith("_nonstandard") else f"{rt}_nonstandard"
-        _set_robot_type(root, new_rt)
-        return {**cls, "robot_type": new_rt, "converted": False,
-                "action": f"structural v2.1->v3.0 only; joint dims {dims} not a multiple of 6 "
-                          f"(non-standard arm), robot_type set to '{new_rt}', joint values left unchanged"}
     # drop stray files that would otherwise be uploaded
     for junk in (root / "meta").glob("info.json.bak"):
         junk.unlink()
diff --git a/community_v3_migration/run_migration.py b/community_v3_migration/run_migration.py
index 86ee9bcf4..353cb0f93 100644
--- a/community_v3_migration/run_migration.py
+++ b/community_v3_migration/run_migration.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from huggingface_hub import HfApi
 
 import so_arm_frame
-from classify import classify, is_end_effector, load_info
+from classify import classify, is_end_effector, is_so_robot_type, load_info
 from fix_dataset import fix_dataset_in_place
 
 SRC_REPO = "HuggingFaceVLA/community_dataset_v3"
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ def migrate_one(api, dst_repo, sub, work_dir, no_upload) -> dict:
     if is_end_effector(info):
         return {"root": sub, "robot_type": info.get("robot_type"),
                 "action": "skipped: end-effector (task-space) dataset, out of scope"}
+    feats = info.get("features", {})
+    dims = [feats[c]["shape"][0] for c in ("action", "observation.state") if feats.get(c, {}).get("shape")]
+    if is_so_robot_type(info.get("robot_type", "") or "") and any(d % 6 != 0 for d in dims):
+        # We only migrate datasets usable right away by specifying joints: a clean stack of
+        # 6-DOF SO arms. Extra appended columns (bbox, EE pose, ...) push the dim off a
+        # multiple of 6 and mean the degrees mapping doesn't cleanly apply -> out of scope.
+        return {"root": sub, "robot_type": info.get("robot_type"),
+                "action": f"skipped: non-standard SO arm (joint dims {dims} not a multiple of 6), out of scope"}
 
     result = fix_dataset_in_place(local)          # SO-arm value fix (or structural_only)