diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts
index c7cf9f56cc..ffffd8240a 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/index.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export * as timers from "./timers"
 export { default as env } from "./environment"
 export * as blacklist from "./blacklist"
 export * as docUpdates from "./docUpdates"
-export * from "./utils/Duration"
 export { SearchParams } from "./db"
 // Add context to tenancy for backwards compatibility
 // only do this for external usages to prevent internal
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts
index a8add7ecb6..af2ec6dbaa 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class InMemoryQueue {
    * @param opts This is not used by the in memory queue as there is no real use
    * case when in memory, but is the same API as Bull
    */
-  constructor(name: string, opts?: any) {
+  constructor(name: string, opts = null) {
     this._name = name
     this._opts = opts
     this._messages = []
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts
index c0d1861de3..0658147709 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/queue.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,11 @@ import env from "../environment"
 import { getRedisOptions } from "../redis/utils"
 import { JobQueue } from "./constants"
 import InMemoryQueue from "./inMemoryQueue"
-import BullQueue, { QueueOptions } from "bull"
+import BullQueue from "bull"
 import { addListeners, StalledFn } from "./listeners"
-import { Duration } from "../utils"
 import * as timers from "../timers"
-import * as Redis from "ioredis"
 
-// the queue lock is held for 5 minutes
-const QUEUE_LOCK_MS = Duration.fromMinutes(5).toMs()
-// queue lock is refreshed every 30 seconds
-const QUEUE_LOCK_RENEW_INTERNAL_MS = Duration.fromSeconds(30).toMs()
-// cleanup the queue every 60 seconds
-const CLEANUP_PERIOD_MS = Duration.fromSeconds(60).toMs()
+const CLEANUP_PERIOD_MS = 60 * 1000
 let QUEUES: BullQueue.Queue[] | InMemoryQueue[] = []
 let cleanupInterval: NodeJS.Timeout
 
@@ -28,14 +21,7 @@ export function createQueue<T>(
   opts: { removeStalledCb?: StalledFn } = {}
 ): BullQueue.Queue<T> {
   const { opts: redisOpts, redisProtocolUrl } = getRedisOptions()
-  const queueConfig: QueueOptions = {
-    redis: redisProtocolUrl! || (redisOpts as Redis.RedisOptions),
-    settings: {
-      maxStalledCount: 0,
-      lockDuration: QUEUE_LOCK_MS,
-      lockRenewTime: QUEUE_LOCK_RENEW_INTERNAL_MS,
-    },
-  }
+  const queueConfig: any = redisProtocolUrl || { redis: redisOpts }
   let queue: any
   if (!env.isTest()) {
     queue = new BullQueue(jobQueue, queueConfig)
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/Duration.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/utils/Duration.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f376c2f7c7..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/Duration.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-export enum DurationType {
-  MILLISECONDS = "milliseconds",
-  SECONDS = "seconds",
-  MINUTES = "minutes",
-  HOURS = "hours",
-  DAYS = "days",
-}
-
-const conversion: Record<DurationType, number> = {
-  milliseconds: 1,
-  seconds: 1000,
-  minutes: 60 * 1000,
-  hours: 60 * 60 * 1000,
-  days: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
-}
-
-export class Duration {
-  static convert(from: DurationType, to: DurationType, duration: number) {
-    const milliseconds = duration * conversion[from]
-    return milliseconds / conversion[to]
-  }
-
-  static from(from: DurationType, duration: number) {
-    return {
-      to: (to: DurationType) => {
-        return Duration.convert(from, to, duration)
-      },
-      toMs: () => {
-        return Duration.convert(from, DurationType.MILLISECONDS, duration)
-      },
-    }
-  }
-
-  static fromSeconds(duration: number) {
-    return Duration.from(DurationType.SECONDS, duration)
-  }
-
-  static fromMinutes(duration: number) {
-    return Duration.from(DurationType.MINUTES, duration)
-  }
-
-  static fromHours(duration: number) {
-    return Duration.from(DurationType.HOURS, duration)
-  }
-
-  static fromDays(duration: number) {
-    return Duration.from(DurationType.DAYS, duration)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/utils/index.ts
index ac17227459..318a7f13ba 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 export * from "./hashing"
 export * from "./utils"
 export * from "./stringUtils"
-export * from "./Duration"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/tests/Duration.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/utils/tests/Duration.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 46b996f788..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/utils/tests/Duration.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import { Duration, DurationType } from "../Duration"
-
-describe("duration", () => {
-  it("should convert minutes to milliseconds", () => {
-    expect(Duration.fromMinutes(5).toMs()).toBe(300000)
-  })
-
-  it("should convert seconds to milliseconds", () => {
-    expect(Duration.fromSeconds(30).toMs()).toBe(30000)
-  })
-
-  it("should convert days to milliseconds", () => {
-    expect(Duration.fromDays(1).toMs()).toBe(86400000)
-  })
-
-  it("should convert minutes to days", () => {
-    expect(Duration.fromMinutes(1440).to(DurationType.DAYS)).toBe(1)
-  })
-})