diff --git a/packages/consumption/src/consumption/ConsumptionController.ts b/packages/consumption/src/consumption/ConsumptionController.ts
index 56e94ce7e..2a5ba82cd 100644
--- a/packages/consumption/src/consumption/ConsumptionController.ts
+++ b/packages/consumption/src/consumption/ConsumptionController.ts
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ export class ConsumptionController {
             this,
             this.transport.eventBus,
             this.accountController.identity,
-            this.accountController.relationships,
-            this.accountController.relationshipTemplates
+            this.accountController.relationships
         ).init();
 
         const notificationItemProcessorRegistry = new NotificationItemProcessorRegistry(this, this.getDefaultNotificationItemProcessors());
diff --git a/packages/consumption/src/modules/requests/incoming/IncomingRequestsController.ts b/packages/consumption/src/modules/requests/incoming/IncomingRequestsController.ts
index 827933e8a..5d9cbb322 100644
--- a/packages/consumption/src/modules/requests/incoming/IncomingRequestsController.ts
+++ b/packages/consumption/src/modules/requests/incoming/IncomingRequestsController.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ export class IncomingRequestsController extends ConsumptionBaseController {
         private readonly relationshipResolver: {
             getRelationshipToIdentity(id: CoreAddress): Promise<Relationship | undefined>;
             getExistingRelationshipToIdentity(id: CoreAddress): Promise<Relationship | undefined>;
-        },
-        private readonly relationshipTemplateResolver: {
-            getRelationshipTemplate(id: CoreId): Promise<RelationshipTemplate | undefined>;
         }
     ) {
         super(ConsumptionControllerName.RequestsController, parent);
diff --git a/packages/consumption/test/modules/requests/IncomingRequestsController.test.ts b/packages/consumption/test/modules/requests/IncomingRequestsController.test.ts
index 92cb8df35..c2af7c4ca 100644
--- a/packages/consumption/test/modules/requests/IncomingRequestsController.test.ts
+++ b/packages/consumption/test/modules/requests/IncomingRequestsController.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { IDatabaseConnection } from "@js-soft/docdb-access-abstractions";
 import { IRequest, IRequestItemGroup, RejectResponseItem, Request, RequestItemGroup, ResponseItem, ResponseItemGroup, ResponseItemResult } from "@nmshd/content";
 import { CoreDate, CoreId } from "@nmshd/core-types";
-import { CoreIdHelper, RelationshipTemplate, TransportLoggerFactory } from "@nmshd/transport";
+import { CoreIdHelper, TransportLoggerFactory } from "@nmshd/transport";
 import {
     ConsumptionIds,
     DecideRequestItemGroupParametersJSON,
@@ -1027,7 +1027,6 @@ describe("IncomingRequestsController", function () {
                 items: [TestRequestItem.from({ mustBeAccepted: false })]
             });
             const template = TestObjectFactory.createIncomingIRelationshipTemplate();
-            context.templateToReturnFromGetTemplate = RelationshipTemplate.from(template);
 
             let cnsRequest = await context.incomingRequestsController.received({
                 receivedRequest: request,
diff --git a/packages/consumption/test/modules/requests/RequestsIntegrationTest.ts b/packages/consumption/test/modules/requests/RequestsIntegrationTest.ts
index e30283576..6ce638447 100644
--- a/packages/consumption/test/modules/requests/RequestsIntegrationTest.ts
+++ b/packages/consumption/test/modules/requests/RequestsIntegrationTest.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class RequestsTestsContext {
     public mockEventBus = new MockEventBus();
     public relationshipToReturnFromGetRelationshipToIdentity: Relationship | undefined;
     public relationshipToReturnFromGetExistingRelationshipToIdentity: Relationship | undefined;
-    public templateToReturnFromGetTemplate: RelationshipTemplate | undefined;
+
     public consumptionController: ConsumptionController;
 
     private constructor() {
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ export class RequestsTestsContext {
             {
                 getRelationshipToIdentity: () => Promise.resolve(context.relationshipToReturnFromGetRelationshipToIdentity),
                 getExistingRelationshipToIdentity: () => Promise.resolve(context.relationshipToReturnFromGetExistingRelationshipToIdentity)
-            },
-            {
-                getRelationshipTemplate: () => Promise.resolve(context.templateToReturnFromGetTemplate)
             }
         );
 
@@ -139,7 +136,6 @@ export class RequestsTestsContext {
         this.actionToTry = undefined;
         this.relationshipToReturnFromGetRelationshipToIdentity = undefined;
         this.relationshipToReturnFromGetExistingRelationshipToIdentity = undefined;
-        this.templateToReturnFromGetTemplate = undefined;
 
         TestRequestItemProcessor.numberOfApplyIncomingResponseItemCalls = 0;
 
@@ -230,12 +226,6 @@ export class RequestsGiven {
             requestSourceObject: params.requestSource
         });
 
-        try {
-            this.context.templateToReturnFromGetTemplate = RelationshipTemplate.from(params.requestSource as any);
-        } catch (_) {
-            // the source is not a template
-        }
-
         await this.moveIncomingRequestToStatus(localRequest, params.status);
 
         this.context.givenLocalRequest = localRequest;