diff --git a/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/lists.yaml b/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/lists.yaml
index 8070d501..e6680f4b 100644
--- a/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/lists.yaml
+++ b/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/lists.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 docker_compose__compose_file_content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.template', 'resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2') }}"
 docker_compose__configuration_files:
-  - name: mailman-extra.cfg
-    content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/mailman-extra.cfg') }}"
   - name: settings_local.py
     content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/settings_local.py') }}"
 docker_compose__files: resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/files
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2 b/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
index bf9c9411..729d2c26 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ services:
       - database:database
     volumes:
       - /opt/mailman/web:/opt/mailman-web-data
-      - ./configs/mailman-extra.cfg:/opt/mailman/core/mailman-extra.cfg
       - ./configs/settings_local.py:/opt/mailman-web/settings_local.py
       - ./files/templates:/opt/mailman-web/templates
     environment:
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/mailman-extra.cfg b/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/mailman-extra.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ca22f32..00000000
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/mailman-extra.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Override Mailman configuration settings
-# See https://github.com/maxking/docker-mailman#configuration
-# and https://docs.mailman3.org/projects/mailman/en/latest/src/mailman/config/docs/config.html
-
-[mailman]
-pending_request_life: 7d