diff --git a/app/DataMapper/CompanySettings.php b/app/DataMapper/CompanySettings.php
index 31c90f38e32d..ecc93b0d42d1 100644
--- a/app/DataMapper/CompanySettings.php
+++ b/app/DataMapper/CompanySettings.php
@@ -727,7 +727,6 @@ class CompanySettings extends BaseSettings
      */
     public static function defaults(): stdClass
     {
-        $config = json_decode(config('ninja.settings'));
 
         $data = (object) get_class_vars(self::class);