diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/env/production/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/env/production/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
index 789bee40a..f0f1d35f7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/env/production/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/env/production/default/WEB-INF/cron.xml
@@ -36,19 +36,6 @@
     <target>backend</target>
   </cron>
 
-  <cron>
-    <url>/_dr/task/rdeStaging?beam=true</url>
-    <description>
-      This job generates a full RDE escrow deposit as a single gigantic XML
-      document using the Beam pipeline regardless of the current TM
-      configuration and streams it to cloud storage. It does not trigger the
-      subsequent upload tasks and is meant to run parallel with the main cron
-      job in order to compare the results from both runs.
-    </description>
-    <schedule>every 8 hours from 00:07 to 20:00</schedule>
-    <target>backend</target>
-  </cron>
-
   <cron>
     <url><![CDATA[/_dr/cron/fanout?queue=rde-upload&endpoint=/_dr/task/rdeUpload&forEachRealTld]]></url>
     <description>