diff --git a/src/ServiceControl/Recoverability/ExternalIntegration/MessageFailedPublisher.cs b/src/ServiceControl/Recoverability/ExternalIntegration/MessageFailedPublisher.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 38ae30155d..0000000000
--- a/src/ServiceControl/Recoverability/ExternalIntegration/MessageFailedPublisher.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-namespace ServiceControl.Recoverability.ExternalIntegration
-{
-    using System;
-    using System.Collections.Generic;
-    using System.Linq;
-    using System.Threading;
-    using System.Threading.Tasks;
-    using Contracts.MessageFailures;
-    using ExternalIntegrations;
-    using ServiceControl.Persistence;
-
-    class MessageFailedPublisher : EventPublisher<MessageFailed, MessageFailedPublisher.DispatchContext>
-    {
-        readonly IFailedMessageQueryDataStore dataStore;
-
-        public MessageFailedPublisher(IFailedMessageQueryDataStore dataStore)
-        {
-            this.dataStore = dataStore;
-        }
-
-        protected override DispatchContext CreateDispatchRequest(MessageFailed @event)
-        {
-            return new DispatchContext
-            {
-                FailedMessageId = new Guid(@event.FailedMessageId)
-            };
-        }
-
-        protected override async Task<IEnumerable<object>> PublishEvents(IEnumerable<DispatchContext> contexts, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
-        {
-            var ids = contexts.Select(x => x.FailedMessageId).ToArray();
-            var results = await dataStore.GetFailedMessagesByIds(ids, cancellationToken);
-            return results.Select(x => x.ToEvent());
-        }
-
-        public class DispatchContext
-        {
-            public Guid FailedMessageId { get; set; }
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl/Recoverability/RecoverabilityComponent.cs b/src/ServiceControl/Recoverability/RecoverabilityComponent.cs
index ab17793427..2e4c99b451 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl/Recoverability/RecoverabilityComponent.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl/Recoverability/RecoverabilityComponent.cs
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ public override void Configure(Settings settings, ITransportCustomization transp
             services.AddEventLogMapping<FailedMessageGroupArchivedDefinition>();
             services.AddEventLogMapping<FailedMessageGroupUnarchivedDefinition>();
             services.AddEventLogMapping<FailedMessageUnArchivedDefinition>();
-            services.AddEventLogMapping<MessageFailedDefinition>();
             services.AddEventLogMapping<MessageFailedInStagingDefinition>();
             services.AddEventLogMapping<MessageFailureResolvedByRetryDefinition>();
             services.AddEventLogMapping<MessageFailureResolvedManuallyDefinition>();