diff --git a/infra/deployments/forms/inputs.tf b/infra/deployments/forms/inputs.tf
index 6696961d0..74626bd60 100644
--- a/infra/deployments/forms/inputs.tf
+++ b/infra/deployments/forms/inputs.tf
@@ -205,13 +205,7 @@ variable "environmental_settings" {
     allow_pagerduty_alerts                   = bool
     redis_multi_az_enabled                   = bool
     enable_advanced_database_insights        = bool
-    rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds = number # Enables RDS enhanced monitoring if value is 1, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60. Disabled if 0
-
   })
-  validation {
-    condition     = contains([0, 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60], var.environmental_settings.rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds)
-    error_message = "Valid values for the monitoring interval in RDS Enhanced Monitoring are 0, 1, 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60"
-  }
 }
 
 variable "scheduled_smoke_tests_settings" {
diff --git a/infra/deployments/forms/rds/main.tf b/infra/deployments/forms/rds/main.tf
index 8c0283662..87b442b70 100644
--- a/infra/deployments/forms/rds/main.tf
+++ b/infra/deployments/forms/rds/main.tf
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@ variable "apply_immediately" {
   default     = false
 }
 
-data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {}
-data "aws_region" "current" {}
-
-locals {
-  aws_account_id = data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id
-  aws_region     = data.aws_region.current.region
-}
 module "rds" {
   # this is the rds cluster for the forms-admin database
   source     = "../../../modules/rds"
@@ -32,9 +25,6 @@ module "rds" {
 
   enable_advanced_database_insights = var.environmental_settings.enable_advanced_database_insights
 
-  # Enable RDS Enhanced Monitoring only when the monitoring interval is set to be greater than 0
-  monitoring_interval = var.environmental_settings.rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds
-  monitoring_role_arn = var.environmental_settings.rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds > 0 ? aws_iam_role.rds_enhanced_monitoring[0].arn : ""
   apps_list = {
     forms-admin = { username = "forms-admin-app" }
   }
@@ -62,50 +52,9 @@ module "forms_runner_rds" {
 
   enable_advanced_database_insights = var.environmental_settings.enable_advanced_database_insights
 
-
-  # Enable RDS Enhanced Monitoring only when the monitoring interval is set to be greater than 0
-  monitoring_interval = var.environmental_settings.rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds
-  monitoring_role_arn = var.environmental_settings.rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds > 0 ? aws_iam_role.rds_enhanced_monitoring[0].arn : ""
   apps_list = {
     forms-runner       = { username = "forms-runner-app" }
     forms-runner-queue = { username = "forms-runner-app-queue" }
   }
   database_identifier = "forms-runner-${var.environment_name}-primary"
 }
-
-# Create an IAM role to allow RDS enhanced monitoring
-resource "aws_iam_role" "rds_enhanced_monitoring" {
-  count = var.environmental_settings.rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds > 0 ? 1 : 0
-
-  name        = "RDSEnhancedMonitoring"
-  description = "Used to enable enhanced monitoring in RDS"
-  assume_role_policy = jsonencode({
-    Version = "2012-10-17"
-    Statement = [
-      {
-        Action = "sts:AssumeRole"
-        Effect = "Allow"
-        Principal = {
-          Service = "monitoring.rds.amazonaws.com"
-        }
-        Condition = {
-          StringLike = {
-            "aws:SourceArn" = [
-              "arn:aws:rds:${local.aws_region}:${local.aws_account_id}:db:primary",
-              "arn:aws:rds:${local.aws_region}:${local.aws_account_id}:db:forms-runner-${var.environment_name}-primary"
-            ]
-          },
-          StringEquals = {
-            "AWS:SourceAccount" = local.aws_account_id
-          }
-        }
-    }]
-  })
-}
-
-resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "rds_enhanced_monitoring" {
-  count = var.environmental_settings.rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds > 0 ? 1 : 0
-
-  role       = aws_iam_role.rds_enhanced_monitoring[0].name
-  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonRDSEnhancedMonitoringRole"
-}
diff --git a/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/dev.tfvars b/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/dev.tfvars
index cfc2502be..3afec906e 100644
--- a/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/dev.tfvars
+++ b/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/dev.tfvars
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ environmental_settings = {
   allow_pagerduty_alerts                   = false
   redis_multi_az_enabled                   = false
   enable_advanced_database_insights        = false
-  rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds = 0 # disabled
 }
 root_domain = "dev.forms.service.gov.uk"
 additional_dns_records = [
diff --git a/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/production.tfvars b/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/production.tfvars
index 76fe59b19..ecc53780a 100644
--- a/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/production.tfvars
+++ b/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/production.tfvars
@@ -39,19 +39,17 @@ environmental_settings = {
     "@dhsc.egresscloud.com",
     "@acas.org.uk"
   ]
-  forms_product_page_support_url           = "https://www.forms.service.gov.uk/support"
-  rds_maintenance_window                   = "wed:04:00-wed:04:30"
-  rds_minimum_capacity_acus                = 2
-  rds_maxium_capacity_acus                 = 10
-  rds_force_ssl_connections                = true
-  ips_to_block                             = []
-  rate_limit_bypass_cidrs                  = []
-  enable_shield_advanced_healthchecks      = true
-  allow_pagerduty_alerts                   = true
-  redis_multi_az_enabled                   = true
-  enable_advanced_database_insights        = true
-  rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds = 15
-
+  forms_product_page_support_url      = "https://www.forms.service.gov.uk/support"
+  rds_maintenance_window              = "wed:04:00-wed:04:30"
+  rds_minimum_capacity_acus           = 2
+  rds_maxium_capacity_acus            = 10
+  rds_force_ssl_connections           = true
+  ips_to_block                        = []
+  rate_limit_bypass_cidrs             = []
+  enable_shield_advanced_healthchecks = true
+  allow_pagerduty_alerts              = true
+  redis_multi_az_enabled              = true
+  enable_advanced_database_insights   = true
 }
 root_domain = "forms.service.gov.uk"
 additional_dns_records = [
diff --git a/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/staging.tfvars b/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/staging.tfvars
index 854e6e8d9..36e3e5f36 100644
--- a/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/staging.tfvars
+++ b/infra/deployments/forms/tfvars/staging.tfvars
@@ -35,12 +35,10 @@ environmental_settings = {
     "51.142.199.225/32",
     "20.162.198.121/32"
   ]
-  enable_shield_advanced_healthchecks      = false
-  allow_pagerduty_alerts                   = false
-  redis_multi_az_enabled                   = false
-  enable_advanced_database_insights        = true
-  rds_enhanced_monitoring_interval_seconds = 0 # disabled
-
+  enable_shield_advanced_healthchecks = false
+  allow_pagerduty_alerts              = false
+  redis_multi_az_enabled              = false
+  enable_advanced_database_insights   = true
 }
 root_domain             = "staging.forms.service.gov.uk"
 additional_dns_records  = []
diff --git a/infra/modules/deployer-access/policy.tf b/infra/modules/deployer-access/policy.tf
index 95b40fc50..87f76d876 100644
--- a/infra/modules/deployer-access/policy.tf
+++ b/infra/modules/deployer-access/policy.tf
@@ -497,8 +497,7 @@ data "aws_iam_policy_document" "iam" {
       "arn:aws:iam::${var.account_id}:role/event-bridge-actor",
       "arn:aws:iam::${var.account_id}:role/ecs-events-role",
       "arn:aws:iam::${var.account_id}:role/deployer-${var.environment_name}",
-      "arn:aws:iam::${var.account_id}:role/malware-protection-for-s3",
-      "arn:aws:iam::${var.account_id}:role/RDSEnhancedMonitoring"
+      "arn:aws:iam::${var.account_id}:role/malware-protection-for-s3"
     ]
     sid = "ManageRoles"
   }
diff --git a/infra/modules/rds/rds.tf b/infra/modules/rds/rds.tf
index 051db169c..00b8982e8 100644
--- a/infra/modules/rds/rds.tf
+++ b/infra/modules/rds/rds.tf
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ resource "aws_rds_cluster" "cluster_aurora_v2" {
 
   database_insights_mode = var.enable_advanced_database_insights ? "advanced" : null
 
-  # Enhanced Monitoring (disabled by default)
-  monitoring_interval = var.monitoring_interval
-  monitoring_role_arn = var.monitoring_role_arn
-
   # performance insights with 15 month retention is required for advanced database insights
   # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER_DatabaseInsights.TurningOnAdvanced.html
   performance_insights_enabled          = var.enable_advanced_database_insights
@@ -112,7 +108,6 @@ resource "aws_rds_cluster" "cluster_aurora_v2" {
 resource "aws_rds_cluster_instance" "member" {
   #checkov:skip=CKV_AWS_118:We don't currently have enhanced monitoring
   #checkov:skip=CKV_AWS_354:We can use the default kms key for encryption
-  #checkov:skip=CKV_AWS_353:We enabled performance insights at cluster level
 
   cluster_identifier = aws_rds_cluster.cluster_aurora_v2.id
   engine             = "aurora-postgresql"
diff --git a/infra/modules/rds/variables.tf b/infra/modules/rds/variables.tf
index dad7cb6bb..c3c7b5d26 100644
--- a/infra/modules/rds/variables.tf
+++ b/infra/modules/rds/variables.tf
@@ -93,20 +93,3 @@ variable "force_ssl_connections" {
   description = "Whether to force SSL connections to the database"
   default     = true
 }
-
-variable "monitoring_interval" {
-  type        = number
-  description = "Interval, in seconds, between points when Enhanced Monitoring metrics are collected. A value of 0 means Enhanced Monitoring is disabled. Valid Values: 0, 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60. "
-  default     = 0
-
-  validation {
-    condition     = contains([0, 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60], var.monitoring_interval)
-    error_message = "Valid values for the monitoring interval in RDS Enhanced Monitoring are 0, 1, 5, 10, 15, 30 and 60"
-  }
-}
-
-variable "monitoring_role_arn" {
-  type        = string
-  description = "ARN for the IAM role that allows RDS to send enhanced monitoring metrics to CloudWatch Logs. Only needed when the monitoring_interval is non zero"
-  default     = ""
-}