diff --git a/ingester/datalake_ingester/ingester.py b/ingester/datalake_ingester/ingester.py
index 1524729..7058b53 100644
--- a/ingester/datalake_ingester/ingester.py
+++ b/ingester/datalake_ingester/ingester.py
@@ -69,28 +69,23 @@ def _make_record(self, r):
 
 class Ingester(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, storage, latest_storage=None, queue=None, reporter=None):
+    def __init__(self, storage, queue=None, reporter=None):
         self.storage = storage
-        self.latest_storage = latest_storage
         self.queue = queue
         self.reporter = reporter
 
     @classmethod
     def from_config(cls):
         storage = DynamoDBStorage.from_config()
-        if os.environ.get("DATALAKE_USE_LATEST_TABLE", False):
-            latest_storage = DynamoDBStorage.from_config(use_latest=True)
         queue = SQSQueue.from_config()
         reporter = SNSReporter.from_config()
-        return cls(storage, latest_storage=latest_storage, queue=queue, reporter=reporter)
+        return cls(storage, queue=queue, reporter=reporter)
 
     def ingest(self, url):
         '''ingest the metadata associated with the given url'''
         records = DatalakeRecord.list_from_url(url)
         for r in records:
             self.storage.store(r)
-            if self.latest_storage:
-                self.latest_storage.store_latest(r)
 
     def handler(self, msg):
         ir = IngesterReport().start()
diff --git a/ingester/datalake_ingester/storage.py b/ingester/datalake_ingester/storage.py
index 7f013b3..22cc072 100644
--- a/ingester/datalake_ingester/storage.py
+++ b/ingester/datalake_ingester/storage.py
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@
 class DynamoDBStorage(object):
     '''store datalake records in a dynamoDB table'''
 
-    def __init__(self, table_name=None, latest_table=None, connection=None):
+    def __init__(self, table_name=None, latest_table_name=None, connection=None):
         self.table_name = table_name
         self.latest_table_name = os.environ.get("DATALAKE_LATEST_TABLE",
-                                                f"{latest_table}")
-        self.use_latest = os.environ.get("DATALAKE_USE_LATEST_TABLE", False)
+                                                False)
         self._prepare_connection(connection)
         self.logger = logging.getLogger('storage')
 
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ def _latest_table(self):
         return Table(self.latest_table_name, connection=self._connection)
 
     def store(self, record):
-        if self.use_latest:
+        if self.latest_table_name:
             self.store_latest(record)
         try:
             self._table.put_item(data=record)
diff --git a/ingester/tests/test_ingester.py b/ingester/tests/test_ingester.py
index 67f3332..a4c5445 100644
--- a/ingester/tests/test_ingester.py
+++ b/ingester/tests/test_ingester.py
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ def storage(dynamodb_records_table, dynamodb_connection):
     return DynamoDBStorage(table_name='records',
                            connection=dynamodb_connection)
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def latest_storage(dynamodb_latest_table, dynamodb_connection):
-    return DynamoDBStorage(connection=dynamodb_connection)
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def random_s3_file_maker(s3_file_from_metadata, random_metadata):
@@ -36,11 +32,10 @@ def test_ingest_random(storage, dynamodb_records_table, random_s3_file_maker):
     for r in records:
         assert r['metadata'] == metadata
 
-def test_ingest_random_latest(storage, latest_storage, dynamodb_latest_table, random_s3_file_maker):
-    latest_storage.latest_table_name = 'latest'
-    latest_storage.use_latest = True
+def test_ingest_random_latest(storage, dynamodb_latest_table, random_s3_file_maker):
+    storage.latest_table_name = 'latest'
     url, metadata = random_s3_file_maker()
-    ingester = Ingester(storage, latest_storage=latest_storage)
+    ingester = Ingester(storage)
     ingester.ingest(url)
     records = [dict(r) for r in dynamodb_latest_table.scan()]
     def convert_metadata(metadata):
diff --git a/ingester/tests/test_storage.py b/ingester/tests/test_storage.py
index 0cf4470..a697b79 100644
--- a/ingester/tests/test_storage.py
+++ b/ingester/tests/test_storage.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ def test_store_duplicate(dynamodb_users_table, dynamodb_connection):
     assert dict(user) == expected_user
 
 def test_insert_new_record(dynamodb_latest_table, dynamodb_connection):
-    storage = DynamoDBStorage(latest_table='latest', connection=dynamodb_connection)
+    storage = DynamoDBStorage(connection=dynamodb_connection)
+    storage.latest_table_name = 'latest'
 
     new_record = {
         'what_where_key': 'syslog:ground_server2',
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ def test_insert_new_record(dynamodb_latest_table, dynamodb_connection):
 
 
 def test_store_conditional_put_latest_multiple_files(dynamodb_latest_table, dynamodb_connection):
-    storage = DynamoDBStorage(latest_table='latest', connection=dynamodb_connection)
+    storage = DynamoDBStorage(connection=dynamodb_connection)
+    storage.latest_table_name = 'latest'
 
     file1 = {
         'what_where_key': 'syslog:ground_server2',