diff --git a/app/services/suspend_account_service.rb b/app/services/suspend_account_service.rb
index 86c4ff641..8d5446f1a 100644
--- a/app/services/suspend_account_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/suspend_account_service.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ class SuspendAccountService < BaseService
   def call(account)
     return unless account.suspended?
 
-    @relationship_severance_event = nil
     @account = account
 
     reject_remote_follows!
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ class SuspendAccountService < BaseService
     unmerge_from_home_timelines!
     unmerge_from_list_timelines!
     privatize_media_attachments!
-    notify_of_severed_relationships!
   end
 
   private
@@ -38,8 +36,6 @@ class SuspendAccountService < BaseService
         [Oj.dump(serialize_payload(follow, ActivityPub::RejectFollowSerializer)), follow.target_account_id, @account.inbox_url]
       end
 
-      relationship_severance_event.import_from_passive_follows!(follows)
-
       follows.each(&:destroy)
     end
   end
@@ -105,21 +101,7 @@ class SuspendAccountService < BaseService
     end
   end
 
-  def notify_of_severed_relationships!
-    return if @relationship_severance_event.nil?
-
-    # TODO: check how efficient that query is, also check `push_bulk`/`perform_bulk`
-    @relationship_severance_event.affected_local_accounts.reorder(nil).find_each do |account|
-      event = AccountRelationshipSeveranceEvent.create!(account: account, relationship_severance_event: @relationship_severance_event)
-      LocalNotificationWorker.perform_async(account.id, event.id, 'AccountRelationshipSeveranceEvent', 'severed_relationships')
-    end
-  end
-
   def signed_activity_json
     @signed_activity_json ||= Oj.dump(serialize_payload(@account, ActivityPub::UpdateSerializer, signer: @account))
   end
-
-  def relationship_severance_event
-    @relationship_severance_event ||= RelationshipSeveranceEvent.create!(type: :account_suspension, target_name: @account.acct)
-  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/services/suspend_account_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/suspend_account_service_spec.rb
index 74ef8f60e..7c72a4776 100644
--- a/spec/services/suspend_account_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/suspend_account_service_spec.rb
@@ -85,14 +85,10 @@ RSpec.describe SuspendAccountService, :sidekiq_inline do
         account.follow!(local_followee)
       end
 
-      it 'sends a Reject Follow activity, and records severed relationships', :aggregate_failures do
+      it 'sends a Reject Follow activity', :aggregate_failures do
         subject
 
         expect(a_request(:post, account.inbox_url).with { |req| match_reject_follow_request(req, account, local_followee) }).to have_been_made.once
-
-        severed_relationships = local_followee.severed_relationships.to_a
-        expect(severed_relationships.count).to eq 1
-        expect(severed_relationships.map { |rel| [rel.account, rel.target_account] }).to contain_exactly([account, local_followee])
       end
     end
   end