diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/event_source_mapping_status_updates_to_handler.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/event_source_mapping_status_updates_to_handler.tf
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--- a/infrastructure/terraform/components/api/event_source_mapping_status_updates_to_handler.tf
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-resource "aws_lambda_event_source_mapping" "status_updates_sqs_to_status_update_handler" {
-  event_source_arn                   = module.amendments_queue.sqs_queue_arn
-  function_name                      = module.amendment_event_transformer.function_arn
-  batch_size                         = 10
-  maximum_batching_window_in_seconds = 1
-  scaling_config { maximum_concurrency = 10 }
-
-  depends_on = [
-    module.amendments_queue,           # ensures queue exists
-    module.amendment_event_transformer # ensures update handler exists
-  ]
-}