diff --git a/app/main/forms.py b/app/main/forms.py
index 7ebf99f8b..7538c27c5 100644
--- a/app/main/forms.py
+++ b/app/main/forms.py
@@ -447,17 +447,6 @@ class EmailTemplateForm(BaseTemplateForm):
 
 
 class LetterTemplateForm(EmailTemplateForm):
-    postage = RadioField(
-        'Choose postage',
-        choices=[
-            ('first', 'First class'),
-            ('second', 'Second class'),
-            ('None', "Service default"),
-        ],
-        validators=[DataRequired()],
-        default='None'
-    )
-
     subject = TextAreaField(
         u'Main heading',
         validators=[DataRequired(message="Can’t be empty")])
diff --git a/app/main/views/templates.py b/app/main/views/templates.py
index 195d291e6..8bfcbd51e 100644
--- a/app/main/views/templates.py
+++ b/app/main/views/templates.py
@@ -614,12 +614,6 @@ def edit_service_template(service_id, template_id):
             'process_type': form.process_type.data,
             'reply_to_text': template['reply_to_text'],
         }
-        if current_service.has_permission("choose_postage") and template["template_type"] == "letter":
-            postage = {"postage": form.postage.data}
-        else:
-            postage = {}
-
-        new_template_data.update(postage)
 
         new_template = get_template(new_template_data, current_service)
         template_change = get_template(template, current_service).compare_to(new_template)
@@ -648,7 +642,6 @@ def edit_service_template(service_id, template_id):
                 service_id,
                 subject,
                 form.process_type.data,
-                postage=postage.get("postage")
             )
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.status_code == 400:
@@ -679,7 +672,6 @@ def edit_service_template(service_id, template_id):
         return render_template(
             'views/edit-{}-template.html'.format(template['template_type']),
             form=form,
-            can_choose_postage=current_service.has_permission("choose_postage"),
             template_id=template_id,
             template_type=template['template_type'],
             heading_action='Edit',
diff --git a/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py b/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py
index 9c1f25603..4b4b87ea1 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class ServiceAPIClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
     @cache.delete('template-{id_}-version-None')
     @cache.delete('template-{id_}-versions')
     def update_service_template(
-        self, id_, name, type_, content, service_id, subject=None, process_type=None, postage=None
+        self, id_, name, type_, content, service_id, subject=None, process_type=None
     ):
         """
         Update a service template.
@@ -170,14 +170,6 @@ class ServiceAPIClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
             data.update({
                 'process_type': process_type
             })
-        if postage in ["first", "second"]:
-            data.update({
-                'postage': postage
-            })
-        elif postage == 'None':
-            data.update({
-                'postage': None
-            })
         data = _attach_current_user(data)
         endpoint = "/service/{0}/template/{1}".format(service_id, id_)
         return self.post(endpoint, data)
diff --git a/app/templates/views/edit-letter-template.html b/app/templates/views/edit-letter-template.html
index 6884c67a7..d78ba19f6 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/edit-letter-template.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/edit-letter-template.html
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
       <div class="grid-row">
         <div class="column-five-sixths">
           {{ textbox(form.name, width='1-1', hint='Your recipients won’t see this', rows=10) }}
-          {% if can_choose_postage %}
-            {{ radios(form.postage, hint='Go to Settings to change default postage for your service') }}
-          {% endif %}
           {{ textbox(form.subject, width='1-1', highlight_tags=True, rows=2) }}
           {{ textbox(form.template_content, highlight_tags=True, width='1-1', rows=8) }}
           {{ sticky_page_footer(
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_templates.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_templates.py
index 13619541a..937574173 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_templates.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_templates.py
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ def test_should_redirect_when_saving_a_template(
     assert response.location == url_for(
         '.view_template', service_id=service['id'], template_id=template_id, _external=True)
     mock_update_service_template.assert_called_with(
-        template_id, name, 'sms', content, service['id'], None, 'normal', postage=None)
+        template_id, name, 'sms', content, service['id'], None, 'normal')
 
 
 def test_should_edit_content_when_process_type_is_priority_not_platform_admin(
@@ -1356,8 +1356,7 @@ def test_should_edit_content_when_process_type_is_priority_not_platform_admin(
         "new template <em>content</em> with & entity",
         service['id'],
         None,
-        'priority',
-        postage=None
+        'priority'
     )
 
 
@@ -1646,7 +1645,7 @@ def test_should_redirect_when_saving_a_template_email(
         template_id=template_id,
         _external=True)
     mock_update_service_template.assert_called_with(
-        template_id, name, 'email', content, service_id, subject, 'normal', postage=None)
+        template_id, name, 'email', content, service_id, subject, 'normal')
 
 
 def test_should_show_delete_template_page_with_time_block(