diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Authentication/classes/class.ilSessionReminderCheck.php b/components/ILIAS/Authentication/classes/class.ilSessionReminderCheck.php
index 98daacbc3b06..6782d488ba2b 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/Authentication/classes/class.ilSessionReminderCheck.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Authentication/classes/class.ilSessionReminderCheck.php
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public function __construct(
         ilIniFile $clientIni,
         ilLogger $logger,
         ClockInterface $utcClock,
-        private ilSetting $settings
     ) {
         $this->http = $http;
         $this->refinery = $refinery;
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/Authentication/resources/sessioncheck.php b/components/ILIAS/Authentication/resources/sessioncheck.php
index a494647d7f73..154fe92cf67a 100644
--- a/components/ILIAS/Authentication/resources/sessioncheck.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/Authentication/resources/sessioncheck.php
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         $DIC['ilClientIniFile'],
         $DIC->logger()->auth(),
         (new DataFactory())->clock()->utc(),
-        $DIC->settings()
     )
     )->handle()
 );
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/User/src/Setup/DBUpdateSteps10.php b/components/ILIAS/User/src/Setup/DBUpdateSteps10.php
index daa1bd46fffa..023150a60853 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/User/src/Setup/DBUpdateSteps10.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/User/src/Setup/DBUpdateSteps10.php
@@ -89,7 +89,14 @@ public function step_3(): void
             ['common', 'session_reminder_enabled']
         );
         $session_reminder = $result->numRows() ? (bool) $this->db->fetchAssoc($result)['value'] : false;
-        if ($session_reminder) {
+        $query = 'SELECT * FROM settings WHERE module = %s AND keyword = %s';
+        $result = $this->db->queryF(
+            $query,
+            [\ilDBConstants::T_TEXT, \ilDBConstants::T_TEXT],
+            ['common', 'session_reminder_lead_time']
+        );
+        $session_reminder_lead_time = $result->numRows() ? (int) $this->db->fetchAssoc($result)['value'] : null;
+        if ($session_reminder && !isset($session_reminder_lead_time)) {
             $query = 'INSERT INTO settings (module, keyword, value) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)';
             $this->db->manipulateF(
                 $query,
@@ -103,11 +110,5 @@ public function step_3(): void
                 ['common', 'session_reminder_enabled']
             );
         }
-        $query = 'INSERT INTO settings (module, keyword, value) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)';
-        $this->db->manipulateF(
-            $query,
-            [\ilDBConstants::T_TEXT, \ilDBConstants::T_TEXT, \ilDBConstants::T_INTEGER],
-            ['common', 'session_reminder_lead_time', \ilSessionReminder::LEAD_TIME_DISABLED]
-        );
     }
 }