diff --git a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/global-status/__tests__/__snapshots__/GlobalStatus.test.js.snap b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/global-status/__tests__/__snapshots__/GlobalStatus.test.js.snap
index f0cb49bd322..2f3a7268ecb 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/global-status/__tests__/__snapshots__/GlobalStatus.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/global-status/__tests__/__snapshots__/GlobalStatus.test.js.snap
@@ -1569,7 +1569,6 @@ exports[`GlobalStatus snapshot have to match linked components snapshot 1`] = `
     className={null}
     custom_element={null}
     custom_method={null}
-    default_state={null}
     disabled={null}
     global_status_id="linked"
     id="switch"
diff --git a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/Switch.js b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/Switch.js
index a31dff51eb7..e1c8bb09c82 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/Switch.js
+++ b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/Switch.js
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export default class Switch extends React.PureComponent {
     ]),
     label_position: PropTypes.oneOf(['left', 'right']),
     title: PropTypes.string,
-    default_state: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.bool]), // Deprecated
     checked: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.bool]),
     disabled: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.bool]),
     id: PropTypes.string,
@@ -93,7 +92,6 @@ export default class Switch extends React.PureComponent {
     label: null,
     label_position: null,
     title: null,
-    default_state: null, // Deprecated
     checked: null,
     disabled: null,
     id: null,
@@ -130,14 +128,7 @@ export default class Switch extends React.PureComponent {
   static getDerivedStateFromProps(props, state) {
     if (state._listenForPropChanges) {
       if (props.checked !== state._checked) {
-        if (
-          props.default_state !== null &&
-          typeof state.checked === 'undefined'
-        ) {
-          state.checked = Switch.parseChecked(props.default_state)
-        } else {
-          state.checked = Switch.parseChecked(props.checked)
-        }
+        state.checked = Switch.parseChecked(props.checked)
       }
     }
     state._listenForPropChanges = true
diff --git a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/__tests__/Switch.test.js b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/__tests__/Switch.test.js
index 8b2f51f4bb3..985aa2e0e6f 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/__tests__/Switch.test.js
+++ b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/__tests__/Switch.test.js
@@ -65,26 +65,6 @@ describe('Switch component', () => {
     expect(my_event.mock.calls[0][0].checked).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  it('uses "default_value" as the startup state – if given', () => {
-    expect(
-      mount(<Component default_state={true} />)
-        .find('input')
-        .instance().checked
-    ).toBe(true)
-
-    expect(
-      mount(<Component default_state={true} checked={false} />)
-        .find('input')
-        .instance().checked
-    ).toBe(true)
-
-    const Comp = mount(<Component default_state={false} checked={true} />)
-    expect(Comp.find('input').instance().checked).toBe(false)
-
-    Comp.find('input').simulate('change')
-    expect(Comp.find('input').instance().checked).toBe(true)
-  })
-
   it('does handle controlled vs uncontrolled state properly', () => {
     const ControlledVsUncontrolled = () => {
       const [checked, setChecked] = React.useState(true)
diff --git a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/__tests__/__snapshots__/Switch.test.js.snap b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/__tests__/__snapshots__/Switch.test.js.snap
index 2f67a6c6763..dc0b3ddb0cb 100644
--- a/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/__tests__/__snapshots__/Switch.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/dnb-eufemia/src/components/switch/__tests__/__snapshots__/Switch.test.js.snap
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ exports[`Switch component have to match snapshot 1`] = `
   className="className"
   custom_element={{}}
   custom_method={[Function]}
-  default_state="default_state"
   disabled="disabled"
   global_status_id="main"
   id="id"
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ exports[`Switch component have to match snapshot 1`] = `
                 "className": "className",
                 "custom_element": {},
                 "custom_method": [Function],
-                "default_state": "default_state",
                 "disabled": "disabled",
                 "global_status_id": "main",
                 "id": "id",