diff --git a/backend/jobs/payoutProcessor.js b/backend/jobs/payoutProcessor.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6930f1a..0000000
--- a/backend/jobs/payoutProcessor.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-const cron = require("node-cron");
-const PayoutService = require("../services/payoutService");
-
-// Daily retry job for failed payouts (hourly job removed - payouts are now triggered immediately on completion)
-const retrySchedule = "0 7 * * *"; // Retry failed payouts once daily at 7 AM
-
-class PayoutProcessor {
-  static startScheduledPayouts() {
-    console.log("Starting payout retry processor...");
-
-    const retryJob = cron.schedule(
-      retrySchedule,
-      async () => {
-        console.log("Running failed payout retry process...");
-
-        try {
-          const results = await PayoutService.retryFailedPayouts();
-
-          if (results.totalProcessed > 0) {
-            console.log(
-              `Retry batch completed: ${results.successful.length} successful, ${results.failed.length} still failed`
-            );
-          }
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error("Error in retry payout processing:", error);
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        scheduled: false,
-        timezone: "America/New_York",
-      }
-    );
-
-    // Start the job
-    retryJob.start();
-
-    console.log("Payout processor jobs scheduled:");
-    console.log("- Daily retry processing: " + retrySchedule);
-
-    return {
-      retryJob,
-
-      stop() {
-        retryJob.stop();
-        console.log("Payout processor jobs stopped");
-      },
-
-      getStatus() {
-        return {
-          retryJobRunning: retryJob.getStatus() === "scheduled",
-        };
-      },
-    };
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = PayoutProcessor;
diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index dec37a5..5714016 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
         "jsdom": "^27.0.0",
         "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
         "morgan": "^1.10.1",
-        "node-cron": "^3.0.3",
         "pg": "^8.16.3",
         "sequelize": "^6.37.7",
         "sequelize-cli": "^6.6.3",
@@ -9510,27 +9509,6 @@
         "node": ">= 0.6"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/node-cron": {
-      "version": "3.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-cron/-/node-cron-3.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dOal67//nohNgYWb+nWmg5dkFdIwDm8EpeGYMekPMrngV3637lqnX0lbUcCtgibHTz6SEz7DAIjKvKDFYCnO1A==",
-      "license": "ISC",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "uuid": "8.3.2"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6.0.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/node-cron/node_modules/uuid": {
-      "version": "8.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "bin": {
-        "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/node-domexception": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-domexception/-/node-domexception-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index a0a112d..fb70621 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     "jsdom": "^27.0.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
     "morgan": "^1.10.1",
-    "node-cron": "^3.0.3",
     "pg": "^8.16.3",
     "sequelize": "^6.37.7",
     "sequelize-cli": "^6.6.3",