diff --git a/Monal/Classes/NotificationDebugging.swift b/Monal/Classes/NotificationDebugging.swift
index ebe6bdcbfa..3dc7396466 100644
--- a/Monal/Classes/NotificationDebugging.swift
+++ b/Monal/Classes/NotificationDebugging.swift
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 
 import OrderedCollections
 
-class NotificationDebuggingDefaultsDB: ObservableObject {
-    @defaultsDB("lastAppexStart")
-    var lastAppexStart: Date?
-}
-
 struct NotificationDebugging: View {
     private let applePushEnabled: Bool
     private let applePushToken: String
@@ -24,25 +19,18 @@ struct NotificationDebugging: View {
     @State private var showPushToken = false
 
     @State private var selectedPushServer: String
-    
-    @ObservedObject var notificationDebuggingDefaultsDB = NotificationDebuggingDefaultsDB()
 
     var body: some View {
         Form {
             Group {
                 Section(header: Text("Status").font(.title3)) {
-                    VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing:10) {
+                    VStack(alignment: .leading) {
                         buildNotificationStateLabel(Text("Apple Push Service"), isWorking: self.applePushEnabled);
                         Divider()
                         Text("Apple push service should always be on. If it is off, your device can not talk to Apple's server.").foregroundColor(Color(UIColor.secondaryLabel)).font(.footnote)
                         if !self.applePushEnabled, let apnsError = MLXMPPManager.sharedInstance().apnsError {
                             Text("Error: \(String(describing:apnsError))").foregroundColor(.red).font(.footnote)
                         }
-                        if let lastAppexStart = notificationDebuggingDefaultsDB.lastAppexStart {
-                            Text("Last incoming push: \(String(describing:lastAppexStart))").foregroundColor(.gray).font(.footnote)
-                        } else {
-                            Text("Last incoming push: unknown").foregroundColor(.gray).font(.footnote)
-                        }
                     }.onTapGesture(count: 2, perform: {
                         showPushToken = true
                     }).alert(isPresented: $showPushToken) {
diff --git a/Monal/NotificationService/NotificationService.m b/Monal/NotificationService/NotificationService.m
index c25f3052ca..6bb79c6e57 100644
--- a/Monal/NotificationService/NotificationService.m
+++ b/Monal/NotificationService/NotificationService.m
@@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ +(void) initialize
     if(warnUnclean)
         DDLogError(@"detected unclean appex shutdown!");
     
-    [[HelperTools defaultsDB] setObject:[NSDate now] forKey:@"lastAppexStart"];
-    
     //mark this appex as unclean (will be cleared directly before calling exit(0))
     [NotificationService setAppexCleanShutdownStatus:NO];
 }