diff --git a/models/contacts/contacts.yml b/models/contacts/contacts.yml
index 6043866d..1caf0aac 100644
--- a/models/contacts/contacts.yml
+++ b/models/contacts/contacts.yml
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ models:
               field: uuid
       - name: saved_timestamp
         data_type: timestamp
-      - name: date_of_birth
-        data_type: date
       - name: sex
         data_type: string
       - name: patient_id
diff --git a/models/contacts/person.sql b/models/contacts/person.sql
index 1b1f37d1..66955d36 100644
--- a/models/contacts/person.sql
+++ b/models/contacts/person.sql
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@
 SELECT
   contact.uuid,
   contact.saved_timestamp,
-  CASE
-    WHEN NULLIF(couchdb.doc->>'date_of_birth', '') IS NULL THEN NULL
-    WHEN couchdb.doc->>'date_of_birth' ~ '^\d{4}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$' THEN
-        CASE
-            WHEN couchdb.doc->>'date_of_birth' IS NOT NULL AND TO_DATE(couchdb.doc->>'date_of_birth', 'YYYY-MM-DD')::text = couchdb.doc->>'date_of_birth' THEN TO_DATE(couchdb.doc->>'date_of_birth', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
-            ELSE NULL
-        END
-    ELSE NULL
-  END as date_of_birth,
   couchdb.doc->>'sex' as sex,
   couchdb.doc->>'phone' AS phone,
   couchdb.doc->>'alternative_phone' AS phone2,
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/person/person_initial_expected.csv b/tests/fixtures/person/person_initial_expected.csv
index 1321d031..fefb7325 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/person/person_initial_expected.csv
+++ b/tests/fixtures/person/person_initial_expected.csv
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-uuid,saved_timestamp,date_of_birth,sex,phone,phone2
-p1,2024-08-01 00:00:00,1980-01-01,M,12345,54321
-p2,2024-08-01 00:00:00,1990-05-15,F,67890,9876
+uuid,saved_timestamp,sex,phone,phone2
+p1,2024-08-01 00:00:00,M,12345,54321
+p2,2024-08-01 00:00:00,F,67890,9876