diff --git a/conf/authentication.py b/conf/authentication.py
index 0bc10597..28fbb5c6 100644
--- a/conf/authentication.py
+++ b/conf/authentication.py
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ def _authenticate(request):
     """
     url = request.build_absolute_uri()
 
-    # TODO: remove this when migration to DBT platform is complete as this hack is only required on Gov Paas
-    if is_env_gov_paas():
-        convert_gov_paas_url(url)
-
     if hawk_authentication_enabled():
         return Receiver(
             _lookup_credentials,
@@ -106,16 +102,3 @@ def hawk_authentication_enabled() -> bool:
     """
 
     return settings.HAWK_AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED
-
-
-def is_env_gov_paas() -> bool:
-    """Defined as method as you can't override settings.IS_ENV_GOV_PAAS correctly in tests.
-
-    Patch this function to get desired behaviour.
-    """
-
-    return settings.IS_ENV_GOV_PAAS
-
-
-def convert_gov_paas_url(url):
-    return url.replace("http", "https")
diff --git a/conf/celery.py b/conf/celery.py
index 2d52af04..2a752f18 100644
--- a/conf/celery.py
+++ b/conf/celery.py
@@ -40,5 +40,4 @@
     },
 }
 
-if settings.IS_ENV_DBT_PLATFORM:
-    celery_app = healthcheck.setup(app)
+celery_app = healthcheck.setup(app)
diff --git a/conf/settings.py b/conf/settings.py
index 59fa4fbd..3be95e77 100644
--- a/conf/settings.py
+++ b/conf/settings.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import uuid
 import sentry_sdk
 
-from django_log_formatter_ecs import ECSFormatter
 from environ import Env
 from pathlib import Path
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
@@ -25,10 +24,7 @@
 
 env = Env()
 
-VCAP_SERVICES = env.json("VCAP_SERVICES", {})
-
 IS_ENV_DBT_PLATFORM = is_copilot()
-IS_ENV_GOV_PAAS = bool(VCAP_SERVICES)
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
 SECRET_KEY = env("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY")
@@ -265,51 +261,7 @@ def _build_redis_url(base_url, db_number, **query_args):
     return f"{base_url}/{db_number}?{encoded_query_args}"
 
 
-if IS_ENV_GOV_PAAS:
-    # Database
-    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#databases
-    DATABASES = {"default": env.db()}
-    for bucket_details in VCAP_SERVICES["aws-s3-bucket"]:
-        if S3_BUCKET_TAG_ANONYMISER_DESTINATION in bucket_details["tags"]:
-            aws_credentials = bucket_details["credentials"]
-            DB_ANONYMISER_AWS_ENDPOINT_URL = None
-            DB_ANONYMISER_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = aws_credentials["aws_access_key_id"]
-            DB_ANONYMISER_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = aws_credentials["aws_secret_access_key"]
-            DB_ANONYMISER_AWS_REGION = aws_credentials["aws_region"]
-            DB_ANONYMISER_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = aws_credentials["bucket_name"]
-    REDIS_BASE_URL = VCAP_SERVICES["redis"][0]["credentials"]["uri"]
-    # Application Performance Monitoring
-    if env.str("ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL", ""):
-        ELASTIC_APM = {
-            "SERVICE_NAME": env.str("ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME", default="lite-hmrc"),
-            "SECRET_TOKEN": env.str("ELASTIC_APM_SECRET_TOKEN"),
-            "SERVER_URL": env.str("ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL"),
-            "ENVIRONMENT": env.str("SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT"),
-            "DEBUG": DEBUG,
-        }
-        INSTALLED_APPS.append("elasticapm.contrib.django")
-
-        if REDIS_BASE_URL:
-            # Give celery tasks their own redis DB - future uses of redis should use a different DB
-            REDIS_CELERY_DB = env("REDIS_CELERY_DB", default=0)
-            is_redis_ssl = REDIS_BASE_URL.startswith("rediss://")
-            url_args = {"ssl_cert_reqs": "CERT_REQUIRED"} if is_redis_ssl else {}
-
-            CELERY_BROKER_URL = _build_redis_url(REDIS_BASE_URL, REDIS_CELERY_DB, **url_args)
-            CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = CELERY_BROKER_URL
-
-        CACHES = {
-            "default": {
-                "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache",
-                "LOCATION": REDIS_BASE_URL,
-            }
-        }
-
-        LOGGING.update({"formatters": {"ecs_formatter": {"()": ECSFormatter}}})
-        LOGGING.update({"handlers": {"ecs": {"class": "logging.StreamHandler", "formatter": "ecs_formatter"}}})
-        LOGGING.update({"root": {"handlers": ["ecs"], "level": _log_level.upper()}})
-
-elif IS_ENV_DBT_PLATFORM:
+if IS_ENV_DBT_PLATFORM:
     ALLOWED_HOSTS = setup_allowed_hosts(ALLOWED_HOSTS)
     DATABASES = {"default": dj_database_url.config(default=database_url_from_env("DATABASE_CREDENTIALS"))}
     # Application Performance Monitoring
diff --git a/conf/tests/test_authentication.py b/conf/tests/test_authentication.py
index 2ee41eab..5f061462 100644
--- a/conf/tests/test_authentication.py
+++ b/conf/tests/test_authentication.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
 from rest_framework import status
-from conf.authentication import convert_gov_paas_url
 
 
 # override_settings doesn't work - left here for reference
@@ -26,13 +25,3 @@ def test_hawk_authentication_returns_401(self):
         hawk_header = 'Hawk mac="", hash="", id="lite-api", ts="", nonce=""'
         resp = self.client.get(self.test_url, HTTP_HAWK_AUTHENTICATION=hawk_header)
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_401_UNAUTHORIZED)
-
-    @patch("conf.authentication.is_env_gov_paas", lambda: True)
-    @patch("conf.authentication.convert_gov_paas_url")
-    def test_hawk_authentication_calls_convert_url_on_gov_paas(self, mock_convert_gov_paas_url):
-        resp = self.client.get(self.test_url)
-        mock_convert_gov_paas_url.assert_called_with(resp.wsgi_request.build_absolute_uri())
-
-    def test_convert_gov_paas_url(self):
-        resp = self.client.get(self.test_url)
-        assert convert_gov_paas_url(resp.wsgi_request.build_absolute_uri()) == "https://testserver/mail/licence/"