diff --git a/app/logical/danbooru_maintenance.rb b/app/logical/danbooru_maintenance.rb
index f60b2941a..19c5cd841 100644
--- a/app/logical/danbooru_maintenance.rb
+++ b/app/logical/danbooru_maintenance.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ module DanbooruMaintenance
   def hourly
     safely { Upload.prune! }
     safely { PostPruner.prune! }
-    #safely { PostAppealForumUpdater.update_forum! }
     safely { RateLimit.prune! }
     safely { regenerate_post_counts! }
   end
diff --git a/app/logical/post_appeal_forum_updater.rb b/app/logical/post_appeal_forum_updater.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e9365307..000000000
--- a/app/logical/post_appeal_forum_updater.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Posts new appeals to the Deletion appeal thread once per hour.
-#
-# @see DanbooruMaintenance#hourly
-module PostAppealForumUpdater
-  APPEAL_TOPIC_TITLE = "Deletion appeal thread"
-
-  def self.update_forum!
-    return if pending_appeals.empty?
-
-    CurrentUser.scoped(User.system) do
-      topic = ForumTopic.order(:id).create_with(creator: User.system).find_or_create_by!(title: APPEAL_TOPIC_TITLE)
-      ForumPost.create!(creator: User.system, topic: topic, body: forum_post_body)
-    end
-  end
-
-  def self.pending_appeals
-    PostAppeal.pending.where(created_at: (1.hour.ago..Time.zone.now)).order(post_id: :asc)
-  end
-
-  def self.forum_post_body
-    pending_appeals.map do |appeal|
-      if appeal.reason.present?
-        "post ##{appeal.post_id}: #{appeal.reason}"
-      else
-        "post ##{appeal.post_id}"
-      end
-    end.join("\n")
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/unit/danbooru_maintenance_test.rb b/test/unit/danbooru_maintenance_test.rb
index e011304e6..0155a77ff 100644
--- a/test/unit/danbooru_maintenance_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/danbooru_maintenance_test.rb
@@ -38,32 +38,4 @@ class DanbooruMaintenanceTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       end
     end
   end
-
-  context "PostAppealForumUpdater" do
-    should "work when there are no pending appeals" do
-      assert_nothing_raised do
-        PostAppealForumUpdater.update_forum!
-      end
-    end
-
-    should "post pending appeals to the deletion appeal thread" do
-      @topic = as(create(:user)) { create(:forum_topic, title: PostAppealForumUpdater::APPEAL_TOPIC_TITLE) }
-      @appeal1 = create(:post_appeal, reason: "test")
-      @appeal2 = create(:post_appeal, reason: "")
-      @appeal3 = create(:post_appeal, created_at: 2.hours.ago)
-
-      PostAppealForumUpdater.update_forum!
-
-      assert_equal(@topic.id, ForumPost.last.topic_id)
-      assert_equal("post ##{@appeal1.post_id}: #{@appeal1.reason}\npost ##{@appeal2.post_id}", ForumPost.last.body)
-    end
-
-    should "create the deletion appeal thread if it doesn't already exist" do
-      @appeal = create(:post_appeal, reason: "")
-      PostAppealForumUpdater.update_forum!
-
-      assert_equal(PostAppealForumUpdater::APPEAL_TOPIC_TITLE, ForumPost.last.topic.title)
-      assert_equal("post ##{@appeal.post_id}", ForumPost.last.body)
-    end
-  end
 end