diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/migrate_momdb_to_tmss.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/migrate_momdb_to_tmss.py
index 13efa43bbc7759f453875c51cdbfb3f9b5734fb9..e2d0c8102979755204db98ddc326c00a62a44230 100755
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/migrate_momdb_to_tmss.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/migrate_momdb_to_tmss.py
@@ -512,8 +512,7 @@ def create_subtask_trees_for_project_in_momdb(project_mom2id, project):
                    "priority": project.priority_rank,  # todo: correct to derive from project?
                    # optional:
                    "start_time": start_time,
-                   "stop_time": stop_time,
-                   "schedule_method": models.ScheduleMethod.objects.get(value="manual"),  # todo: correct? Or leave None?
+                   "stop_time": stop_time
                    # "created_or_updated_by_user" = None,
                    # "raw_feedback" = None,
                    # "do_cancel": None,
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/migrations/0001_initial.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 694f54c9fbf4c118607ac40dedb0de76c33ef7aa..f375f739ae5a435eff01474107753925b5b4208f 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 3.0.9 on 2020-11-03 14:44
+# Generated by Django 3.0.9 on 2020-11-17 13:44
 
 from django.conf import settings
 import django.contrib.postgres.fields
@@ -455,15 +455,6 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 'abstract': False,
             },
         ),
-        migrations.CreateModel(
-            name='ScheduleMethod',
-            fields=[
-                ('value', models.CharField(max_length=128, primary_key=True, serialize=False, unique=True)),
-            ],
-            options={
-                'abstract': False,
-            },
-        ),
         migrations.CreateModel(
             name='SchedulingConstraintsTemplate',
             fields=[
@@ -602,7 +593,6 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ('stop_time', models.DateTimeField(help_text='Stop this subtask at the specified time (NULLable).', null=True)),
                 ('specifications_doc', django.contrib.postgres.fields.jsonb.JSONField(help_text='Final specifications, as input for the controller.')),
                 ('do_cancel', models.DateTimeField(help_text='Timestamp when the subtask has been ordered to cancel (NULLable).', null=True)),
-                ('priority', models.IntegerField(help_text='Absolute priority of this subtask (higher value means more important).')),
                 ('raw_feedback', models.CharField(help_text='The raw feedback for this Subtask', max_length=1048576, null=True)),
             ],
             options={
@@ -1047,11 +1037,6 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
             name='global_identifier',
             field=models.ForeignKey(editable=False, help_text='The global unique identifier for LTA SIP.', null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.PROTECT, to='tmssapp.SIPidentifier'),
         ),
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name='subtask',
-            name='schedule_method',
-            field=models.ForeignKey(help_text='Which method to use for scheduling this Subtask. One of (MANUAL, BATCH, DYNAMIC).', on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.PROTECT, to='tmssapp.ScheduleMethod'),
-        ),
         migrations.AddField(
             model_name='subtask',
             name='specifications_template',
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/scheduling.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/scheduling.py
index e23874fc0c9b9b3bf4ed0a0f252ad3ce71c552d7..188b5c3086547549a8f527febaf37f6749044238 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/scheduling.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/models/scheduling.py
@@ -93,16 +93,6 @@ class Algorithm(AbstractChoice):
         AES256 = 'aes256'
 
 
-class ScheduleMethod(AbstractChoice):
-    """Defines the model and predefined list of possible Algorithm's for DataproductHash.
-    The items in the Choices class below are automagically populated into the database via a data migration."""
-
-    class Choices(Enum):
-        MANUAL = 'manual'
-        BATCH = 'batch'
-        DYNAMIC = 'dynamic'
-
-
 #
 # Templates
 #
@@ -153,8 +143,6 @@ class Subtask(BasicCommon):
     task_blueprint = ForeignKey('TaskBlueprint', related_name='subtasks', null=True, on_delete=SET_NULL, help_text='Task Blueprint to which this Subtask belongs.')
     specifications_template = ForeignKey('SubtaskTemplate', null=False, on_delete=PROTECT, help_text='Schema used for specifications_doc.')
     do_cancel = DateTimeField(null=True, help_text='Timestamp when the subtask has been ordered to cancel (NULLable).')
-    priority = IntegerField(help_text='Absolute priority of this subtask (higher value means more important).')
-    schedule_method = ForeignKey('ScheduleMethod', null=False, on_delete=PROTECT, help_text='Which method to use for scheduling this Subtask. One of (MANUAL, BATCH, DYNAMIC).')
     cluster = ForeignKey('Cluster', null=True, on_delete=PROTECT, help_text='Where the Subtask is scheduled to run (NULLable).')
     # resource_claim = ForeignKey("ResourceClaim", null=False, on_delete=PROTECT) # todo <-- how is this external reference supposed to work?
     created_or_updated_by_user = ForeignKey(User, null=True, editable=False, on_delete=PROTECT, help_text='The user who created / updated the subtask.')
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/populate.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/populate.py
index 8c01e33aea2b94287e1b32035a251c25c8003079..09301f45f8484ee2375f8a62383c628dc56b0441 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/populate.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/populate.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def populate_choices(apps, schema_editor):
     :return: None
     '''
     for choice_class in [Role, Datatype, Dataformat, CopyReason,
-                         SubtaskState, SubtaskType, StationType, Algorithm, ScheduleMethod, SchedulingRelationPlacement,
+                         SubtaskState, SubtaskType, StationType, Algorithm, SchedulingRelationPlacement,
                          Flag, ProjectCategory, PeriodCategory, Quantity, TaskType]:
         choice_class.objects.bulk_create([choice_class(value=x.value) for x in choice_class.Choices])
 
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/serializers/scheduling.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/serializers/scheduling.py
index 85d7bd21c54ca2ad78badd911131847c11fb3375..e70f7585074cf5c87edce6ae0c8d10f7475d712e 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/serializers/scheduling.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/serializers/scheduling.py
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ class AlgorithmSerializer(RelationalHyperlinkedModelSerializer):
         fields = '__all__'
 
 
-class ScheduleMethodSerializer(RelationalHyperlinkedModelSerializer):
-    class Meta:
-        model = models.ScheduleMethod
-        fields = '__all__'
-
-
 class SubtaskTemplateSerializer(AbstractTemplateSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = models.SubtaskTemplate
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/subtasks.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/subtasks.py
index dcc07a38b11940e4cb6d07c566b2ffb7302e9d16..881312731f51875057fa4f72457d1efff5207fcf 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/subtasks.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/subtasks.py
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ def create_observation_control_subtask_from_task_blueprint(task_blueprint: TaskB
                      "task_blueprint": task_blueprint,
                      "specifications_template": subtask_template,
                      "tags": [],
-                     "priority": 1,
-                     "schedule_method": ScheduleMethod.objects.get(value=ScheduleMethod.Choices.DYNAMIC.value),
                      "cluster": Cluster.objects.get(name=cluster_name)
                      }
     subtask = Subtask.objects.create(**subtask_data)
@@ -312,8 +310,6 @@ def create_qafile_subtask_from_observation_subtask(observation_subtask: Subtask)
                             "task_blueprint": observation_subtask.task_blueprint,
                             "specifications_template": qafile_subtask_template,
                             "specifications_doc": qafile_subtask_spec,
-                            "priority": 1,
-                            "schedule_method": ScheduleMethod.objects.get(value=ScheduleMethod.Choices.DYNAMIC.value),
                             "cluster": observation_subtask.cluster}
     qafile_subtask = Subtask.objects.create(**qafile_subtask_data)
 
@@ -376,8 +372,6 @@ def create_qaplots_subtask_from_qafile_subtask(qafile_subtask: Subtask) -> Subta
                              "task_blueprint": qafile_subtask.task_blueprint,
                              "specifications_template": qaplots_subtask_template,
                              "specifications_doc": qaplots_subtask_spec_doc,
-                             "priority": 1,
-                             "schedule_method": ScheduleMethod.objects.get(value=ScheduleMethod.Choices.DYNAMIC.value),
                              "cluster": qafile_subtask.cluster}
     qaplots_subtask = Subtask.objects.create(**qaplots_subtask_data)
 
@@ -423,8 +417,6 @@ def create_preprocessing_subtask_from_task_blueprint(task_blueprint: TaskBluepri
                      "task_blueprint": task_blueprint,
                      "specifications_template": subtask_template,
                      "specifications_doc": subtask_specs,
-                     "priority": 1,
-                     "schedule_method": ScheduleMethod.objects.get(value=ScheduleMethod.Choices.DYNAMIC.value),
                      "cluster": Cluster.objects.get(name=cluster_name) }
     subtask = Subtask.objects.create(**subtask_data)
 
@@ -469,8 +461,6 @@ def create_ingest_subtask_from_task_blueprint(task_blueprint: TaskBlueprint) ->
                     "task_blueprint": task_blueprint,
                     "specifications_template": subtask_template,
                     "specifications_doc": subtask_specs,
-                    "priority": 1,
-                    "schedule_method": ScheduleMethod.objects.get(value=ScheduleMethod.Choices.DYNAMIC.value),
                     "cluster": Cluster.objects.get(name=cluster_name)}
     subtask = Subtask.objects.create(**subtask_data)
 
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/scheduling.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/scheduling.py
index 9883d4058ddd4a16a6a84fe0bd49cde7f857a00f..bcd3eaf22671451c5d005e36c178c56f66b1c0f3 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/scheduling.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/scheduling.py
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ class AlgorithmViewSet(LOFARViewSet):
     queryset = models.Algorithm.objects.all()
     serializer_class = serializers.AlgorithmSerializer
 
-class ScheduleMethodViewSet(LOFARViewSet):
-    queryset = models.ScheduleMethod.objects.all()
-    serializer_class = serializers.ScheduleMethodSerializer
-
 class SubtaskTemplateFilter(filters.FilterSet):
     class Meta:
         model = models.SubtaskTemplate
@@ -144,7 +140,7 @@ class SubtaskViewSet(LOFARViewSet):
     ordering = ('start_time',)
 
     # performance boost: select the related models in a single db call.
-    queryset = queryset.select_related('state', 'specifications_template', 'specifications_template__type', 'schedule_method', 'cluster', 'created_or_updated_by_user')
+    queryset = queryset.select_related('state', 'specifications_template', 'specifications_template__type', 'cluster', 'created_or_updated_by_user')
 
     @swagger_auto_schema(auto_schema=TextPlainAutoSchema,
                          responses={200: 'A LOFAR parset for this subtask (as plain text)',
@@ -292,7 +288,7 @@ class SubtaskNestedViewSet(LOFARNestedViewSet):
     ordering = ('start_time',)
 
     # performance boost: select the related models in a single db call.
-    queryset = queryset.select_related('state', 'specifications_template', 'specifications_template__type', 'schedule_method', 'cluster', 'created_or_updated_by_user')
+    queryset = queryset.select_related('state', 'specifications_template', 'specifications_template__type', 'cluster', 'created_or_updated_by_user')
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         if 'task_blueprint_id' in self.kwargs:
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/urls.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/urls.py
index 89bc10dc4e405a19f8a56218238a6078c6824f88..1327d5b5a41ba2e80d100c254ef60c7ddc91aa0b 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/urls.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/urls.py
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ router.register(r'subtask_state', viewsets.SubtaskStateViewSet)
 router.register(r'subtask_type', viewsets.SubtaskTypeViewSet)
 router.register(r'station_type', viewsets.StationTypeViewSet)
 router.register(r'algorithm', viewsets.AlgorithmViewSet)
-router.register(r'schedule_method', viewsets.ScheduleMethodViewSet)
 router.register(r'scheduling_relation_placement', viewsets.SchedulingRelationPlacement)
 
 # templates
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/testdata/subtasks.json b/SAS/TMSS/test/testdata/subtasks.json
index 70f8b97d95e9c2c830bcc42092bcf0144a506f9e..2596021102cda14054c339f651d9b7c0c0eb7a55 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/testdata/subtasks.json
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/testdata/subtasks.json
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@
             "stop_time": "2020-01-02T12:00:00",
             "specifications_doc": 1,
             "do_cancel": null,
-            "priority": 1,
             "state": "defined",
             "task_blueprint": null,
             "specifications_template": 1,
-            "schedule_method": "manual",
             "cluster": 2,
             "tags": [ "loaded by fixture", "TMSS-154", "manual testing" ],
             "created_at": "2020-02-24T13:19:57",
@@ -50,11 +48,9 @@
             "stop_time": "2020-01-03T12:00:00",
             "specifications_doc": 1,
             "do_cancel": null,
-            "priority": 1,
             "state": "defined",
             "task_blueprint": null,
             "specifications_template": 1,
-            "schedule_method": "manual",
             "cluster": 3,
             "tags": [ "loaded by fixture", "TMSS-154", "manual testing" ],
             "created_at": "2020-02-24T13:19:57",
@@ -69,11 +65,9 @@
             "stop_time": "2020-01-04T12:00:00",
             "specifications_doc": 1,
             "do_cancel": null,
-            "priority": 1,
             "state": "defined",
             "task_blueprint": null,
             "specifications_template": 1,
-            "schedule_method": "manual",
             "cluster": 1,
             "tags": [ "loaded by fixture", "TMSS-154", "manual testing" ],
             "created_at": "2020-02-24T13:19:57",
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py
index f81730d7ad87639e580589eb93fdab46a568a3df..5edc2d0b9a87be9a108937fb0467fdff1476860d 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_django_models.py
@@ -384,8 +384,6 @@ def Subtask_test_data(task_blueprint: models.TaskBlueprint=None, subtask_templat
              "specifications_template": subtask_template,
              "tags": ["TMSS", "TESTING"],
              "do_cancel": datetime.utcnow(),
-             "priority": 1,
-             "schedule_method": models.ScheduleMethod.objects.get(value='manual'),
              "cluster": cluster,
              "raw_feedback": raw_feedback}
 
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_rest.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_rest.py
index 8f63cc455ea4110c9c00eed5adb8d209b37e64fd..1a16d480f10c74cd783b3ea88d39fd363b1c2cfc 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_rest.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/tmss_test_data_rest.py
@@ -517,8 +517,6 @@ class TMSSRESTTestDataCreator():
                 "specifications_template": specifications_template_url,
                 "tags": ["TMSS", "TESTING"],
                 "do_cancel": datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
-                "priority": 1,
-                "schedule_method": self.django_api_url + '/schedule_method/manual',
                 "cluster": cluster_url,
                 "raw_feedback": raw_feedack}