diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index 6f5bc6295..d85fd1f6e 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #  header_file_size              :integer
 #  header_updated_at             :datetime
 #  avatar_remote_url             :string
-#  subscription_expires_at       :datetime
 #  locked                        :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
 #  header_remote_url             :string           default(""), not null
 #  last_webfingered_at           :datetime
@@ -55,6 +54,8 @@
 #
 
 class Account < ApplicationRecord
+  self.ignored_columns = %w(subscription_expires_at)
+
   USERNAME_RE = /[a-z0-9_]+([a-z0-9_\.-]+[a-z0-9_]+)?/i
   MENTION_RE  = /(?<=^|[^\/[:word:]])@((#{USERNAME_RE})(?:@[[:word:]\.\-]+[a-z0-9]+)?)/i
 
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
 
   scope :remote, -> { where.not(domain: nil) }
   scope :local, -> { where(domain: nil) }
-  scope :expiring, ->(time) { remote.where.not(subscription_expires_at: nil).where('subscription_expires_at < ?', time) }
   scope :partitioned, -> { order(Arel.sql('row_number() over (partition by domain)')) }
   scope :silenced, -> { where.not(silenced_at: nil) }
   scope :suspended, -> { where.not(suspended_at: nil) }
@@ -190,10 +190,6 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
     "acct:#{local_username_and_domain}"
   end
 
-  def subscribed?
-    subscription_expires_at.present?
-  end
-
   def searchable?
     !(suspended? || moved?)
   end
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20210308133107_remove_subscription_expires_at_from_accounts.rb b/db/post_migrate/20210308133107_remove_subscription_expires_at_from_accounts.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53e24ef26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20210308133107_remove_subscription_expires_at_from_accounts.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class RemoveSubscriptionExpiresAtFromAccounts < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+  def change
+    safety_assured do
+      remove_column :accounts, :subscription_expires_at, :datetime, null: true, default: nil
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 4b85fce8d..4edaf5651 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_02_21_045109) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_03_08_133107) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_02_21_045109) do
     t.integer "header_file_size"
     t.datetime "header_updated_at"
     t.string "avatar_remote_url"
-    t.datetime "subscription_expires_at"
     t.boolean "locked", default: false, null: false
     t.string "header_remote_url", default: "", null: false
     t.datetime "last_webfingered_at"
diff --git a/spec/models/account_spec.rb b/spec/models/account_spec.rb
index 1d000ed4d..03d6f5fb0 100644
--- a/spec/models/account_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/account_spec.rb
@@ -134,18 +134,6 @@ RSpec.describe Account, type: :model do
     end
   end
 
-  describe '#subscribed?' do
-    it 'returns false when no subscription expiration information is present' do
-      account = Fabricate(:account, subscription_expires_at: nil)
-      expect(account.subscribed?).to be false
-    end
-
-    it 'returns true when subscription expiration has been set' do
-      account = Fabricate(:account, subscription_expires_at: 30.days.from_now)
-      expect(account.subscribed?).to be true
-    end
-  end
-
   describe '#possibly_stale?' do
     let(:account) { Fabricate(:account, last_webfingered_at: last_webfingered_at) }
 
@@ -707,21 +695,6 @@ RSpec.describe Account, type: :model do
       end
     end
 
-    describe 'expiring' do
-      it 'returns remote accounts with followers whose subscription expiration date is past or not given' do
-        local = Fabricate(:account, domain: nil)
-        matches = [
-          { domain: 'remote', subscription_expires_at: '2000-01-01T00:00:00Z' },
-        ].map(&method(:Fabricate).curry(2).call(:account))
-        matches.each(&local.method(:follow!))
-        Fabricate(:account, domain: 'remote', subscription_expires_at: nil)
-        local.follow!(Fabricate(:account, domain: 'remote', subscription_expires_at: '2000-01-03T00:00:00Z'))
-        local.follow!(Fabricate(:account, domain: nil, subscription_expires_at: nil))
-
-        expect(Account.expiring('2000-01-02T00:00:00Z').recent).to eq matches.reverse
-      end
-    end
-
     describe 'remote' do
       it 'returns an array of accounts who have a domain' do
         account_1 = Fabricate(:account, domain: nil)