diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3cffaf0b64..31c0cf99fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ you to have it being synced automatically everyday.
 | GLOBAL_CACHE_INTERVAL                         | 10\*60                                     | (Enterprise Edition only) Interval in seconds in between bucket sync of the cache. This interval \* 2 is the time at which you're guaranteed all the worker's caches are synced together.                                                                              | Worker                |
 | WORKER_TAGS                                   | 'deno,go,python3,bash,flow,hub,dependency' | The worker groups assigned to that workers                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Worker                |
 | DEDICATED_WORKER                              | None                                       | Unique script to run on that worker. Has to be in the form of `<workspace>:<script_path>`                                                                                                                                                                              | Worker                |
-| CUSTOM_TAGS                                   | None                                       | The custom tags assignable to scripts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Server                |
-| JOB_RETENTION_SECS                            | 60\*60\*24\*30 //30 days                   | **Overriden by the instance settings UI** The time in seconds after which jobs get deleted. Cannot be set to more than 30 days if not EE                                                                                                                               |
+| CUSTOM_TAGS                                   | None                                       | The custom tags assignable to scripts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Server                |                                                                                                                            |
 | WAIT_RESULT_FAST_POLL_INTERVAL_MS             | 50                                         | The time in between polling for the run_wait_result endpoints in fast poll mode                                                                                                                                                                                        | Server                |
 | WAIT_RESULT_SLOW_POLL_INTERVAL_MS             | 200                                        | The time in between polling for the run_wait_result endpoints in fast poll mode                                                                                                                                                                                        | Server                |
 | WAIT_RESULT_FAST_POLL_DURATION_SECS           | 2                                          | The duration of fast poll mode before switching to slow poll                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Server                |
diff --git a/backend/src/monitor.rs b/backend/src/monitor.rs
index 16e6d003eb..ed4d359880 100644
--- a/backend/src/monitor.rs
+++ b/backend/src/monitor.rs
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ pub async fn reload_retention_period_setting(db: &DB) {
         db,
         RETENTION_PERIOD_SECS_SETTING,
         "JOB_RETENTION_SECS",
-        60 * 60 * 24 * 60,
+        60 * 60 * 24 * 30,
         JOB_RETENTION_SECS.clone(),
         |x| x,
     )
diff --git a/backend/windmill-common/src/global_settings.rs b/backend/windmill-common/src/global_settings.rs
index 4329abbcd3..03354e7fda 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-common/src/global_settings.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-common/src/global_settings.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ pub const ENV_SETTINGS: [&str; 55] = [
     "INSTANCE_EVENTS_WEBHOOK",
     "CLOUD_HOSTED",
     "GLOBAL_CACHE_INTERVAL",
-    "JOB_RETENTION_SECS",
     "WAIT_RESULT_FAST_POLL_DURATION_SECS",
     "WAIT_RESULT_SLOW_POLL_INTERVAL_MS",
     "WAIT_RESULT_FAST_POLL_INTERVAL_MS",