diff --git a/app/controllers/locations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/locations_controller.rb
index 5ce1c0700..621150bd7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/locations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/locations_controller.rb
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ private
 
   def confirm_deactivation
     if @location.update(deactivation_date: params[:location][:deactivation_date])
-      @location.lettings_logs.filter_by_before_startdate( params[:location][:deactivation_date]).update(location: nil)
       flash[:notice] = "#{@location.name || @location.postcode} has been deactivated"
     end
     redirect_to scheme_location_path(@scheme, @location)
diff --git a/spec/requests/locations_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/locations_controller_spec.rb
index f4ec9f159..75150e692 100644
--- a/spec/requests/locations_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/locations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1239,8 +1239,6 @@ RSpec.describe LocationsController, type: :request do
       let(:user) { FactoryBot.create(:user, :data_coordinator) }
       let!(:scheme) { FactoryBot.create(:scheme, owning_organisation: user.organisation) }
       let!(:location) { FactoryBot.create(:location, scheme:) }
-      let!(:lettings_log_to_deactivate) { FactoryBot.create(:lettings_log, scheme:, location:, startdate: Time.utc(2022, 10, 11) ) }
-      let!(:active_lettings_log) { FactoryBot.create(:lettings_log, scheme:, location:, startdate: Time.utc(2022, 10, 9) ) }
       let(:startdate) { Time.utc(2021, 1, 2) }
       let(:deactivation_date) { Time.utc(2022, 10, 10) }
 
@@ -1278,16 +1276,6 @@ RSpec.describe LocationsController, type: :request do
           location.reload
           expect(location.deactivation_date).to eq(deactivation_date)
         end
-
-        it "updates lettings logs with a startdate later than deactivation_date" do
-          lettings_log_to_deactivate.reload
-          expect(lettings_log_to_deactivate.location).to eq(nil)
-        end
-
-        it "does not update lettings logs with a startdate earlier than deactivation_date" do
-          active_lettings_log.reload
-          expect(active_lettings_log.location).to eq(location)
-        end
       end
 
       context "when the date is not selected" do