diff --git a/cli/linter/schema.json b/cli/linter/schema.json
index fe31e711514..96380788a14 100644
--- a/cli/linter/schema.json
+++ b/cli/linter/schema.json
@@ -405,15 +405,6 @@
     "jsvm_timeout": {
       "type": "integer"
     },
-    "enable_leaky_bucket_rate_limiter": {
-      "type": "boolean"
-    },
-    "enable_rate_limiter_storage": {
-      "type": "boolean"
-    },
-    "rate_limiter_storage": {
-      "$ref": "#/definitions/StorageOptions"
-    },
     "enable_non_transactional_rate_limiter": {
       "type": "boolean"
     },
diff --git a/config/development.go b/config/development.go
index fb4a294ef63..17cb9e3a1b4 100644
--- a/config/development.go
+++ b/config/development.go
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ package config
 
 // DevelopmentConfig extends Config for development builds.
 type DevelopmentConfig struct {
+	// EnableLeakyBucketRateLimiter enables leaky bucket rate limiting.
+	//
+	// LeakyBucket will delay requests so they are processed in a FIFO
+	// style queue, ensuring a constant request rate and smoothing out
+	// traffic spikes. This comes at some cost to gateway instances, as
+	// the connections would be held for a longer time, instead of
+	// blocking the requests when they go over the defined rate limits.
+	EnableLeakyBucketRateLimiter bool `json:"enable_leaky_bucket_rate_limiter"`
+
 	// EnableTokenBucket enables token bucket rate limiting.
 	EnableTokenBucketRateLimiter bool `json:"enable_token_bucket_rate_limiter"`
 
diff --git a/config/rate_limit.go b/config/rate_limit.go
index da5a1cb6e3f..df0530d938f 100644
--- a/config/rate_limit.go
+++ b/config/rate_limit.go
@@ -7,15 +7,6 @@ import (
 // RateLimit contains flags and configuration for controlling rate limiting behaviour.
 // It is embedded in the main config structure.
 type RateLimit struct {
-	// EnableLeakyBucketRateLimiter enables leaky bucket rate limiting.
-	//
-	// LeakyBucket will delay requests so they are processed in a FIFO
-	// style queue, ensuring a constant request rate and smoothing out
-	// traffic spikes. This comes at some cost to gateway instances, as
-	// the connections would be held for a longer time, instead of
-	// blocking the requests when they go over the defined rate limits.
-	EnableLeakyBucketRateLimiter bool `json:"enable_leaky_bucket_rate_limiter"`
-
 	// Redis based rate limiter with fixed window. Provides 100% rate limiting accuracy, but require two additional Redis roundtrip for each request.
 	EnableRedisRollingLimiter bool `json:"enable_redis_rolling_limiter"`
 
@@ -48,10 +39,6 @@ func (r *RateLimit) String() string {
 		info = "using pipeline"
 	}
 
-	if r.EnableLeakyBucketRateLimiter {
-		return "Leaky Bucket Rate Limiter enabled"
-	}
-
 	if r.EnableRedisRollingLimiter {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("Redis Rate Limiter enabled (%s)", info)
 	}
diff --git a/gateway/mw_rate_limiting_test.go b/gateway/mw_rate_limiting_test.go
index 90c0a2d9436..f0efcb4cd31 100644
--- a/gateway/mw_rate_limiting_test.go
+++ b/gateway/mw_rate_limiting_test.go
@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ func providerCustomRatelimitKey(t *testing.T, limiter string) {
 				globalConf.RateLimit.DRLEnableSentinelRateLimiter = true
 			case "NonTransactional":
 				globalConf.RateLimit.EnableNonTransactionalRateLimiter = true
-			case "LeakyBucket":
-				globalConf.RateLimit.EnableLeakyBucketRateLimiter = true
 			default:
 				t.Fatal("There is no such a rate limiter:", limiter)
 			}
@@ -396,7 +394,3 @@ func TestMwRateLimiting_CustomRatelimitKeyDRL(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMwRateLimiting_CustomRatelimitKeyNonTransactional(t *testing.T) {
 	providerCustomRatelimitKey(t, "NonTransactional")
 }
-
-func TestMwRateLimiting_CustomRatelimitKeyEnableLeakyBucketRateLimiter(t *testing.T) {
-	providerCustomRatelimitKey(t, "LeakyBucket")
-}
diff --git a/internal/rate/rate_nodev.go b/internal/rate/rate_nodev.go
index 16bcfc850cd..059b7ecae67 100644
--- a/internal/rate/rate_nodev.go
+++ b/internal/rate/rate_nodev.go
@@ -10,8 +10,5 @@ import (
 // LimiterKind returns the kind of rate limiter enabled by config.
 // This function is used for release builds.
 func LimiterKind(c *config.Config) (string, bool) {
-	if c.EnableLeakyBucketRateLimiter {
-		return LimitLeakyBucket, true
-	}
 	return "", false
 }