diff --git a/adhocracy-plus/config/settings/base.py b/adhocracy-plus/config/settings/base.py
index 918427527..046a9ddc3 100644
--- a/adhocracy-plus/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/adhocracy-plus/config/settings/base.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     "easy_thumbnails",
     "ckeditor",
     "ckeditor_uploader",
-    "background_task",
     "parler",
     # Wagtail cms components
     "wagtail.contrib.forms",
diff --git a/apps/contrib/migrations/0001_drop_background_task_table.py b/apps/contrib/migrations/0001_drop_background_task_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43cae5022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/contrib/migrations/0001_drop_background_task_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.20 on 2023-11-09 07:46
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = []
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunSQL(
+            sql=[
+                "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS background_task",
+                "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS background_task_completedtask",
+            ],
+            reverse_sql=migrations.RunSQL.noop,
+        )
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/contrib/migrations/__init__.py b/apps/contrib/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/changelog/7638.md b/changelog/7638.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4098c799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/7638.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+### Removed
+
+- background_task_completedtask and background_task tables
+- background_task app from the settings
+- background_task app from the requirements
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index fe84e441e..6023faa5e 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ redis==5.0.0
 Django==3.2.19
 django-allauth==0.54.0
 git+https://github.com/liqd/django-autoslug.git@liqd2212#egg=django-autoslug
-django-background-tasks==1.2.5
 django-ckeditor==6.5.1
 django-filter==22.1
 django-widget-tweaks==1.4.12