diff --git a/app/subscribers/proxy_config_event_subscriber.rb b/app/subscribers/proxy_config_event_subscriber.rb
index ed313dcdce..3bf86e69fb 100644
--- a/app/subscribers/proxy_config_event_subscriber.rb
+++ b/app/subscribers/proxy_config_event_subscriber.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 class ProxyConfigEventSubscriber
   def call(event)
     case event
-    when ProxyConfigs::AffectingObjectChangedEvent then ProxyConfigAffectingChangeWorker.perform_later(event.event_id)
-    else raise "Unknown event type #{event.class}"
+    when ProxyConfigs::AffectingObjectChangedEvent
+      proxy = Proxy.find(event.proxy_id)
+      proxy.affecting_change_history.touch
+    else
+      raise "Unknown event type #{event.class}"
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/workers/proxy_config_affecting_change_worker.rb b/app/workers/proxy_config_affecting_change_worker.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c21d28d981..0000000000
--- a/app/workers/proxy_config_affecting_change_worker.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-class ProxyConfigAffectingChangeWorker < ApplicationJob
-  def perform(event_id)
-    event = EventStore::Repository.find_event!(event_id)
-    proxy = Proxy.find(event.proxy_id)
-    proxy.affecting_change_history.touch
-  rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid => exception
-    # logging to help us understand the problem
-    proxy_config_affecting_change = proxy.reload.send(:proxy_config_affecting_change)
-    parameters = {
-      proxy_created_at: proxy.created_at,
-      proxy_updated_at: proxy.updated_at,
-      proxy_affecting_change_created_at: proxy_config_affecting_change&.created_at,
-      proxy_affecting_change_updated_at: proxy_config_affecting_change&.updated_at
-    }
-    System::ErrorReporting.report_error(exception, parameters: parameters)
-    raise
-  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/subscribers/proxy_config_event_subscriber_test.rb b/test/subscribers/proxy_config_event_subscriber_test.rb
index 7754a3ab9a..ba860de947 100644
--- a/test/subscribers/proxy_config_event_subscriber_test.rb
+++ b/test/subscribers/proxy_config_event_subscriber_test.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ class ProxyConfigEventSubscriberTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     proxy_rule = FactoryBot.build_stubbed(:proxy_rule, proxy: proxy)
     event = ProxyConfigs::AffectingObjectChangedEvent.create(proxy, proxy_rule)
 
-    ProxyConfigAffectingChangeWorker.expects(:perform_later).with(event.event_id)
+    Proxy.stubs(:find).with(event.proxy_id).returns(proxy)
+
+    proxy.affecting_change_history.expects(:touch)
 
     ProxyConfigEventSubscriber.new.call(event)
   end
diff --git a/test/workers/proxy_config_affecting_change_worker_test.rb b/test/workers/proxy_config_affecting_change_worker_test.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 10f0371c81..0000000000
--- a/test/workers/proxy_config_affecting_change_worker_test.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'test_helper'
-
-class ProxyConfigAffectingChangeWorkerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
-  setup do
-    @worker = ProxyConfigAffectingChangeWorker.new
-    EventStore::Repository.stubs(raise_errors: true)
-  end
-
-  attr_reader :worker
-
-  test '#perform' do
-    proxy = FactoryBot.create(:proxy)
-    event = ProxyConfigs::AffectingObjectChangedEvent.create_and_publish!(proxy, mock(id: 123))
-
-    affecting_change_history = mock
-    Proxy.any_instance.expects(:affecting_change_history).returns(affecting_change_history)
-    affecting_change_history.expects(:touch)
-
-    worker.perform(event.event_id)
-  end
-end