diff --git a/lib/agent.js b/lib/agent.js
index f2e3c294b3..d5b9f112a4 100644
--- a/lib/agent.js
+++ b/lib/agent.js
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function Agent(config) {
   this.tracer = new Tracer(this)
   this.traces = new TransactionTraceAggregator(
     {
-      periodMs: config.event_harvest_config.report_period_ms,
+      periodMs: DEFAULT_HARVEST_INTERVAL_MS,
       config: this.config,
       isAsync: !config.serverless_mode.enabled,
       method: 'transaction_sample_data'
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function Agent(config) {
   this.queries = new QueryTraceAggregator(
     {
       config: this.config,
-      periodMs: config.event_harvest_config.report_period_ms,
+      periodMs: DEFAULT_HARVEST_INTERVAL_MS,
       method: 'sql_trace_data',
       isAsync: !config.serverless_mode.enabled
     },
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ Agent.prototype.harvest = function harvest(callback) {
       agent.emit('harvestFinished')
       logger.info('Harvest finished.')
 
-      agent._scheduleHarvester(agent.config.data_report_period)
       callback(error)
     }
   })
@@ -652,6 +651,7 @@ Agent.prototype.harvestSync = function harvestSync() {
   logger.info('Harvest finished.')
 }
 
+// TODO: Replace me
 Agent.prototype._generateHarvestMetrics = function _generateHarvestMetrics() {
   // Note some information about the size of this harvest.
   if (logger.traceEnabled()) {
diff --git a/lib/config/index.js b/lib/config/index.js
index e3bbdfa16d..d5e78560b1 100644
--- a/lib/config/index.js
+++ b/lib/config/index.js
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@ function Config(config) {
   this.sampling_target_period_in_seconds = 60
   this.max_payload_size_in_bytes = DEFAULT_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE_IN_BYTES
 
-  // how frequently harvester runs
-  this.data_report_period = 60
-
   // this value is arbitrary
   this.max_trace_segments = 900
 
@@ -338,7 +335,6 @@ Config.prototype._fromServer = function _fromServer(params, key) {
 
     case 'apdex_t':
     case 'web_transactions_apdex':
-    case 'data_report_period':
       this._updateIfChanged(params, key)
       break
     case 'event_harvest_config':
diff --git a/test/unit/agent/agent.test.js b/test/unit/agent/agent.test.js
index 8378fe3878..2878a4c97d 100644
--- a/test/unit/agent/agent.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/agent/agent.test.js
@@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ describe('the New Relic agent', function() {
         var config = {
           agent_run_id: 404,
           apdex_t: 0.742,
-          data_report_period: 69,
           url_rules: []
         }
 
@@ -627,7 +626,6 @@ describe('the New Relic agent', function() {
 
           expect(agent._state).equal('started')
           expect(agent.config.run_id).equal(404)
-          expect(agent.config.data_report_period).equal(69)
           expect(agent.metrics._apdexT).equal(0.742)
           expect(agent.urlNormalizer.rules).deep.equal([])
 
diff --git a/test/unit/config/config.test.js b/test/unit/config/config.test.js
index ed6ef784d5..5a5ec4024d 100644
--- a/test/unit/config/config.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/config/config.test.js
@@ -1580,28 +1580,6 @@ describe('the agent configuration', function() {
       expect(config.serverless_mode.enabled).to.be.false
     })
 
-    describe('when data_report_period is set', function() {
-      it('should emit data_report_period when harvest interval is changed', (done) => {
-        config.once('data_report_period', function(harvestInterval) {
-          expect(harvestInterval).equal(45)
-
-          done()
-        })
-
-        config.onConnect({'data_report_period': 45})
-      })
-
-      it('should update data_report_period only when it is changed', function() {
-        expect(config.data_report_period).equal(60)
-
-        config.once('data_report_period', function() {
-          throw new Error('should never get here')
-        })
-
-        config.onConnect({'data_report_period': 60})
-      })
-    })
-
     describe('when event_harvest_config is set', function() {
       it('should emit event_harvest_config when harvest interval is changed', (done) => {
         const expectedHarvestConfig = {