diff --git a/controllers/toolchainconfig/configuration.go b/controllers/toolchainconfig/configuration.go
index 549a0220b..3daf4bf93 100644
--- a/controllers/toolchainconfig/configuration.go
+++ b/controllers/toolchainconfig/configuration.go
@@ -313,15 +313,6 @@ func (d TiersConfig) DefaultSpaceTier() string {
 	return commonconfig.GetString(d.tiers.DefaultSpaceTier, "base")
 }
 
-func (d TiersConfig) DurationBeforeChangeTierRequestDeletion() time.Duration {
-	v := commonconfig.GetString(d.tiers.DurationBeforeChangeTierRequestDeletion, "24h")
-	duration, err := time.ParseDuration(v)
-	if err != nil {
-		duration = 24 * time.Hour
-	}
-	return duration
-}
-
 func (d TiersConfig) FeatureToggles() []FeatureToggle {
 	toggles := make([]FeatureToggle, 0, len(d.tiers.FeatureToggles))
 	for _, t := range d.tiers.FeatureToggles {
diff --git a/controllers/toolchainconfig/configuration_test.go b/controllers/toolchainconfig/configuration_test.go
index 5542dbc83..896798413 100644
--- a/controllers/toolchainconfig/configuration_test.go
+++ b/controllers/toolchainconfig/configuration_test.go
@@ -443,28 +443,19 @@ func TestTiers(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, "deactivate30", toolchainCfg.Tiers().DefaultUserTier())
 		assert.Equal(t, "base", toolchainCfg.Tiers().DefaultSpaceTier())
-		assert.Equal(t, 24*time.Hour, toolchainCfg.Tiers().DurationBeforeChangeTierRequestDeletion())
 		assert.Empty(t, toolchainCfg.Tiers().FeatureToggles())
 	})
-	t.Run("invalid", func(t *testing.T) {
-		cfg := commonconfig.NewToolchainConfigObjWithReset(t, testconfig.Tiers().DurationBeforeChangeTierRequestDeletion("rapid"))
-		toolchainCfg := newToolchainConfig(cfg, map[string]map[string]string{})
-
-		assert.Equal(t, 24*time.Hour, toolchainCfg.Tiers().DurationBeforeChangeTierRequestDeletion())
-	})
 	t.Run("non-default", func(t *testing.T) {
 		weight10 := uint(10)
 		cfg := commonconfig.NewToolchainConfigObjWithReset(t, testconfig.Tiers().
 			DefaultUserTier("deactivate90").
 			DefaultSpaceTier("ourtier").
-			DurationBeforeChangeTierRequestDeletion("48h").
 			FeatureToggle("feature-1", nil). // With default weight
 			FeatureToggle("feature-2", &weight10))
 		toolchainCfg := newToolchainConfig(cfg, map[string]map[string]string{})
 
 		assert.Equal(t, "deactivate90", toolchainCfg.Tiers().DefaultUserTier())
 		assert.Equal(t, "ourtier", toolchainCfg.Tiers().DefaultSpaceTier())
-		assert.Equal(t, 48*time.Hour, toolchainCfg.Tiers().DurationBeforeChangeTierRequestDeletion())
 		assert.Len(t, toolchainCfg.Tiers().FeatureToggles(), 2)
 		assert.Equal(t, "feature-1", toolchainCfg.Tiers().FeatureToggles()[0].Name())
 		assert.Equal(t, uint(100), toolchainCfg.Tiers().FeatureToggles()[0].Weight()) // default weight