diff --git a/ghost/verification-trigger/lib/verification-trigger.js b/ghost/verification-trigger/lib/verification-trigger.js
index ffdb256d90..1a3e5824d8 100644
--- a/ghost/verification-trigger/lib/verification-trigger.js
+++ b/ghost/verification-trigger/lib/verification-trigger.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 const errors = require('@tryghost/errors');
-const DomainEvents = require('@tryghost/domain-events');
-const {MemberSubscribeEvent} = require('@tryghost/member-events');
 
 const messages = {
     emailVerificationNeeded: `We're hard at work processing your import. To make sure you get great deliverability on a list of that size, we'll need to enable some extra features for your account. A member of our team will be in touch with you by email to review your account make sure everything is configured correctly so you're ready to go.`,
@@ -36,24 +34,6 @@ class VerificationTrigger {
         this._membersStats = membersStats;
         this._Settings = Settings;
         this._eventRepository = eventRepository;
-
-        DomainEvents.subscribe(MemberSubscribeEvent, async (event) => {
-            if (event.data.source === 'api' && isFinite(this._configThreshold)) {
-                const createdAt = new Date();
-                createdAt.setDate(createdAt.getDate() - 30);
-                const events = await this._eventRepository.getNewsletterSubscriptionEvents({
-                    // Date in last 30 days, source is API
-                    filter: `source:api+created_at:>'${createdAt.toISOString().replace('T', ' ').substring(0, 19)}'`
-                });
-
-                if (events.meta.pagination.total > this._configThreshold) {
-                    await this.startVerificationProcess({
-                        amountImported: events.meta.pagination.total,
-                        throwOnTrigger: false
-                    });
-                }
-            }
-        });
     }
 
     async getImportThreshold() {
@@ -113,4 +93,4 @@ class VerificationTrigger {
     }
 }
 
-module.exports = VerificationTrigger;
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+module.exports = VerificationTrigger;
diff --git a/ghost/verification-trigger/test/verification-trigger.test.js b/ghost/verification-trigger/test/verification-trigger.test.js
index becc0d00b8..8e37bf170e 100644
--- a/ghost/verification-trigger/test/verification-trigger.test.js
+++ b/ghost/verification-trigger/test/verification-trigger.test.js
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 require('./utils');
 const VerificationTrigger = require('../lib/verification-trigger');
-const DomainEvents = require('@tryghost/domain-events');
-const {MemberSubscribeEvent} = require('@tryghost/member-events');
 
 describe('Import threshold', function () {
     it('Creates a threshold based on config', async function () {
@@ -154,38 +152,4 @@ describe('Email verification flow', function () {
             amountImported: 10
         });
     });
-
-    it('Triggers when a number of API events are dispatched', async function () {
-        const emailStub = sinon.stub().resolves(null);
-        const settingsStub = sinon.stub().resolves(null);
-        const eventStub = sinon.stub().resolves({
-            meta: {
-                pagination: {
-                    total: 10
-                }
-            }
-        });
-        
-        new VerificationTrigger({
-            configThreshold: 2,
-            Settings: {
-                edit: settingsStub
-            },
-            isVerified: () => false,
-            isVerificationRequired: () => false,
-            sendVerificationEmail: emailStub,
-            eventRepository: {
-                getNewsletterSubscriptionEvents: eventStub
-            }
-        });
-
-        DomainEvents.dispatch(MemberSubscribeEvent.create({
-            memberId: 'hello!',
-            source: 'api'
-        }, new Date()));
-
-        eventStub.callCount.should.eql(1);
-        eventStub.lastCall.firstArg.should.have.property('filter');
-        eventStub.lastCall.firstArg.filter.should.startWith('source:api+created_at:>');
-    });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});