diff --git a/bin/node/runtime/src/lib.rs b/bin/node/runtime/src/lib.rs
index addcd0b35a9d9..54742cd91c430 100644
--- a/bin/node/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bin/node/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ use frame_system::{
 };
 pub use node_primitives::{AccountId, Signature};
 use node_primitives::{AccountIndex, Balance, BlockNumber, Hash, Index, Moment};
-use pallet_contracts::weights::WeightInfo;
 use pallet_election_provider_multi_phase::SolutionAccuracyOf;
 use pallet_grandpa::{
 	fg_primitives, AuthorityId as GrandpaId, AuthorityList as GrandpaAuthorityList,
@@ -1116,18 +1115,13 @@ parameter_types! {
 	pub const DepositPerItem: Balance = deposit(1, 0);
 	pub const DepositPerByte: Balance = deposit(0, 1);
 	pub const MaxValueSize: u32 = 16 * 1024;
+	pub const DeletionQueueDepth: u32 = 128;
 	// The lazy deletion runs inside on_initialize.
 	pub DeletionWeightLimit: Weight = RuntimeBlockWeights::get()
 		.per_class
 		.get(DispatchClass::Normal)
 		.max_total
 		.unwrap_or(RuntimeBlockWeights::get().max_block);
-	// The weight needed for decoding the queue should be less or equal than a fifth
-	// of the overall weight dedicated to the lazy deletion.
-	pub DeletionQueueDepth: u32 = ((DeletionWeightLimit::get() / (
-			<Runtime as pallet_contracts::Config>::WeightInfo::on_initialize_per_queue_item(1) -
-			<Runtime as pallet_contracts::Config>::WeightInfo::on_initialize_per_queue_item(0)
-		)) / 5) as u32;
 	pub Schedule: pallet_contracts::Schedule<Runtime> = Default::default();
 }