diff --git a/app/components/timeline_entry/component.rb b/app/components/timeline_entry/component.rb
index a33d562087..f74f929da4 100644
--- a/app/components/timeline_entry/component.rb
+++ b/app/components/timeline_entry/component.rb
@@ -46,16 +46,14 @@ def status_changed_vars
         old_status:
           render(
             StatusTag::Component.new(
-              status:
-                timeline_event.old_state.presence || timeline_event.old_value,
+              status: timeline_event.old_value,
               class_context: "timeline-event",
             ),
           ).strip,
         new_status:
           render(
             StatusTag::Component.new(
-              status:
-                timeline_event.new_state.presence || timeline_event.new_value,
+              status: timeline_event.new_value,
               class_context: "timeline-event",
             ),
           ).strip,
diff --git a/app/models/timeline_event.rb b/app/models/timeline_event.rb
index 03cac4cbab..a1723aa904 100644
--- a/app/models/timeline_event.rb
+++ b/app/models/timeline_event.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
 #  mailer_action_name    :string           default(""), not null
 #  mailer_class_name     :string           default(""), not null
 #  message_subject       :string           default(""), not null
-#  new_state             :string           default(""), not null
 #  new_value             :text             default(""), not null
-#  old_state             :string           default(""), not null
 #  old_value             :text             default(""), not null
 #  requestable_type      :string
 #  subjects              :text             default([]), not null, is an Array
diff --git a/config/analytics.yml b/config/analytics.yml
index 07e9a844e8..700f141f34 100644
--- a/config/analytics.yml
+++ b/config/analytics.yml
@@ -381,10 +381,8 @@
     - mailer_action_name
     - mailer_class_name
     - message_subject
-    - new_state
     - new_value
     - note_id
-    - old_state
     - old_value
     - requestable_id
     - requestable_type
diff --git a/db/migrate/20230920152618_remove_state_from_timeline_events.rb b/db/migrate/20230920152618_remove_state_from_timeline_events.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1939ad391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230920152618_remove_state_from_timeline_events.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class RemoveStateFromTimelineEvents < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    change_table :timeline_events, bulk: true do |t|
+      t.remove :old_state, type: :string, default: "", null: false
+      t.remove :new_state, type: :string, default: "", null: false
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 1fe8ddfc16..11db9d712c 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_14_104107) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_20_152618) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pgcrypto"
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -476,8 +476,6 @@
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.bigint "assignee_id"
-    t.string "old_state", default: "", null: false
-    t.string "new_state", default: "", null: false
     t.bigint "assessment_section_id"
     t.bigint "note_id"
     t.string "creator_name", default: "", null: false
diff --git a/lib/tasks/timeline_events.rake b/lib/tasks/timeline_events.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f3d15437c..0000000000
--- a/lib/tasks/timeline_events.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-namespace :timeline_events do
-  desc "Migrate old_state/new_state"
-  task migrate_old_new_state: :environment do
-    TimelineEvent
-      .where(event_type: %w[status_changed assessment_section_recorded])
-      .each do |timeline_event|
-        timeline_event.update!(
-          old_value: timeline_event.old_state,
-          new_value: timeline_event.new_state,
-          old_state: "",
-          new_state: "",
-        )
-      end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/factories/timeline_events.rb b/spec/factories/timeline_events.rb
index 1829d1d557..8d50696250 100644
--- a/spec/factories/timeline_events.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/timeline_events.rb
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 #  mailer_action_name    :string           default(""), not null
 #  mailer_class_name     :string           default(""), not null
 #  message_subject       :string           default(""), not null
-#  new_state             :string           default(""), not null
 #  new_value             :text             default(""), not null
-#  old_state             :string           default(""), not null
 #  old_value             :text             default(""), not null
 #  requestable_type      :string
 #  subjects              :text             default([]), not null, is an Array
diff --git a/spec/models/timeline_event_spec.rb b/spec/models/timeline_event_spec.rb
index a0f20cde2c..a66160619c 100644
--- a/spec/models/timeline_event_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/timeline_event_spec.rb
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 #  mailer_action_name    :string           default(""), not null
 #  mailer_class_name     :string           default(""), not null
 #  message_subject       :string           default(""), not null
-#  new_state             :string           default(""), not null
 #  new_value             :text             default(""), not null
-#  old_state             :string           default(""), not null
 #  old_value             :text             default(""), not null
 #  requestable_type      :string
 #  subjects              :text             default([]), not null, is an Array