diff --git a/app/controllers/spree/admin/tax_settings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/spree/admin/tax_settings_controller.rb
index 564a090da4..ffc0a72b36 100644
--- a/app/controllers/spree/admin/tax_settings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/spree/admin/tax_settings_controller.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ module Spree
       def preferences_params
         params.require(:preferences).permit(
           :products_require_tax_category,
-          :shipment_inc_vat,
-          :shipping_tax_rate,
+          :shipment_inc_vat
         )
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/models/spree/app_configuration.rb b/app/models/spree/app_configuration.rb
index d30f0e6215..53ae4bd5ab 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/app_configuration.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/app_configuration.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ module Spree
 
     # Tax Preferences
     preference :products_require_tax_category, :boolean, default: false
-    preference :shipping_tax_rate, :decimal, default: 0
 
     # Monitoring
     preference :last_job_queue_heartbeat_at, :string, default: nil
diff --git a/app/views/spree/admin/tax_settings/edit.html.haml b/app/views/spree/admin/tax_settings/edit.html.haml
index edd5a3b401..8d7afa0027 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/admin/tax_settings/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/admin/tax_settings/edit.html.haml
@@ -15,9 +15,5 @@
     = check_box_tag 'preferences[shipment_inc_vat]', '1',  Spree::Config[:shipment_inc_vat]
     = label_tag nil, t(:shipment_inc_vat)
 
-  .field.align-center{ "data-hook" => "shipping_tax_rate" }
-    = number_field_tag "preferences[shipping_tax_rate]", Spree::Config[:shipping_tax_rate].to_f, in: 0.0..1.0, step: 0.01
-    = label_tag nil, t(:shipping_tax_rate)
-
   .form-buttons{"data-hook" => "buttons"}
     = button t(:update), 'icon-refresh'
diff --git a/spec/controllers/spree/admin/tax_settings_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/spree/admin/tax_settings_controller_spec.rb
index 7b64d4e2cd..134eb43b2a 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/spree/admin/tax_settings_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/spree/admin/tax_settings_controller_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ describe Spree::Admin::TaxSettingsController, type: :controller do
         preferences: {
           products_require_tax_category: "1",
           shipment_inc_vat: "0",
-          shipping_tax_rate: "0.1",
         }
       }
     }
@@ -25,13 +24,11 @@ describe Spree::Admin::TaxSettingsController, type: :controller do
         [
           Spree::Config[:products_require_tax_category],
           Spree::Config[:shipment_inc_vat],
-          Spree::Config[:shipping_tax_rate],
         ]
       }.to(
         [
           true,
           false,
-          0.1,
         ]
       )
     end
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/tax_settings_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/tax_settings_spec.rb
index bbe8155bbf..43047bcdc2 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/tax_settings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/tax_settings_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ feature 'Account and Billing Settings' do
       Spree::Config.set(
         products_require_tax_category: false,
         shipment_inc_vat: false,
-        shipping_tax_rate: 0
       )
     end
 
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ feature 'Account and Billing Settings' do
 
         expect(page).to have_unchecked_field 'preferences_products_require_tax_category'
         expect(page).to have_unchecked_field 'preferences_shipment_inc_vat'
-        expect(page).to have_field 'preferences_shipping_tax_rate'
       end
 
       it "attributes can be changed" do
@@ -30,13 +28,11 @@ feature 'Account and Billing Settings' do
 
         check 'preferences_products_require_tax_category'
         check 'preferences_shipment_inc_vat'
-        fill_in 'preferences_shipping_tax_rate', with: '0.12'
 
         click_button "Update"
 
         expect(Spree::Config.products_require_tax_category).to be true
         expect(Spree::Config.shipment_inc_vat).to be true
-        expect(Spree::Config.shipping_tax_rate).to eq 0.12
       end
     end
   end