diff --git a/.env b/.env
index a1f8cfafc6..89b76cb740 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ _APP_EXECUTOR_SECRET=your-secret-key
 _APP_EXECUTOR_HOST=http://proxy/v1
 _APP_FUNCTIONS_RUNTIMES=php-8.0,node-18.0,python-3.9,ruby-3.1
 _APP_MAINTENANCE_INTERVAL=86400
-_APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY=
-_APP_MAINTENANCE_START_TIME=
+_APP_MAINTENANCE_START_TIME=12:00
 _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_CACHE=2592000
 _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_EXECUTION=1209600
 _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_ABUSE=86400
diff --git a/app/config/variables.php b/app/config/variables.php
index 297f11bd89..f79d4cb517 100644
--- a/app/config/variables.php
+++ b/app/config/variables.php
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ return [
             ],
             [
                 'name' => '_APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY',
-                'description' => 'Delay value containing the number of seconds that the Appwrite maintenance process should wait before executing system cleanups and optimizations. The default value is 0 seconds.',
+                'description' => 'Deprecated with 1.6.2 use _APP_MAINTENANCE_START_TIME instead to run the maintenance at a specific time per day.',
                 'introduction' => '1.5.0',
                 'default' => '0',
                 'required' => false,
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ac6530fd5b..7ea2fceadc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -732,7 +732,6 @@ services:
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_AUDIT_CONSOLE
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_USAGE_HOURLY
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_SCHEDULES
-      - _APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY
       - _APP_MAINTENANCE_START_TIME
       - _APP_DATABASE_SHARED_TABLES
 
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Maintenance.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Maintenance.php
index 83533a7698..bb815e50bd 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Maintenance.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Tasks/Maintenance.php
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class Maintenance extends Action
         Console::success(APP_NAME . ' maintenance process v1 has started');
 
         $interval = (int) System::getEnv('_APP_MAINTENANCE_INTERVAL', '86400'); // 1 day
-        $delay = (int) System::getEnv('_APP_MAINTENANCE_DELAY', '0'); // 0 seconds
         $usageStatsRetentionHourly = (int) System::getEnv('_APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_USAGE_HOURLY', '8640000'); //100 days
         $cacheRetention = (int) System::getEnv('_APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_CACHE', '2592000'); // 30 days
         $schedulesDeletionRetention = (int) System::getEnv('_APP_MAINTENANCE_RETENTION_SCHEDULES', '86400'); // 1 Day