diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index 043d123..24d66a9 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ readConfig = do
     -- waiting for timeout
     let
         speedup = read speedupString
-        statsEvalD = 120 * 10^6 `div` speedup
         confBootstrapNodes' = case remainingArgs of
             bootstrapHost : bootstrapPortString : _ ->
                 [(bootstrapHost, read bootstrapPortString)]
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ readConfig = do
           , confKChoicesOverload = 0.9
           , confKChoicesUnderload = 0.1
           , confKChoicesMaxVS = 8
-          , confKChoicesRebalanceInterval = round  (realToFrac statsEvalD * 1.1 :: Double)
           }
         sConf = ServiceConf
           { confSubscriptionExpiryTime = 24*3600 / fromIntegral speedup
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ readConfig = do
           , confServiceHost = confDomainString
           , confLogfilePath = "../simulationData/logs/" <> confDomainString <> ".log"
           , confSpeedupFactor = speedup
-          , confStatsEvalDelay = statsEvalD
+          , confStatsEvalDelay = 120 * 10^6 `div` speedup
           }
     pure (fConf, sConf)
 
diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs
index 4936e7c..27d662f 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/FediChord.hs
@@ -322,34 +322,6 @@ kChoicesDepartureCost remainingOwnLoad ownCap thisSegmentLoad segment =
   + abs (remainingOwnLoad + thisSegmentLoad) / ownCap
   - abs (segmentOwnerRemainingLoadTarget segment) / segmentOwnerCapacity segment
 
-
-kChoicesRebalanceThread :: (Service s (RealNodeSTM s)) => RealNodeSTM s -> IO ()
-kChoicesRebalanceThread nodeSTM = (confKChoicesRebalanceInterval . nodeConfig <$> readTVarIO nodeSTM) >>= rebalanceVS 0
-  where
-      rebalanceVS :: NodeID -> Int -> IO ()
-      rebalanceVS startAt interval = do
-          threadDelay interval
-          (vsToRebalance', serv) <- atomically $ do
-              node <- readTVar nodeSTM
-              pure (rMapLookupPred 0 (vservers node), nodeService node)
-          maybe
-            -- wait and retry if no active VS available
-            (rebalanceVS startAt interval)
-            (\(vsNid, vsSTM) -> do
-              vs <- readTVarIO vsSTM
-              -- query neighbour node(s) load
-              -- query own load
-              -- calculate departure cost
-              -- if deciding to re-balance, first leave and then join
-              -- loop
-              rebalanceVS vsNid interval
-              )
-              vsToRebalance'
-
-
-          -- placeholder
-          pure ()
-
 -- | Join a new node into the DHT, using a provided bootstrap node as initial cache seed
 -- for resolving the new node's position.
 fediChordBootstrapJoin :: Service s (RealNodeSTM s)
diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs
index 3a954d1..3852bd1 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/FediChordTypes.hs
@@ -459,8 +459,6 @@ data FediChordConf = FediChordConf
     -- ^ fraction of capacity below which a node considers itself underloaded
     , confKChoicesMaxVS             :: Word8
     -- ^ upper limit of vserver index κ
-    , confKChoicesRebalanceInterval :: Int
-    -- ^ interval between vserver rebalance attempts
     }
     deriving (Show, Eq)