diff --git a/lib/open_project/costs/engine.rb b/lib/open_project/costs/engine.rb
index 208be8486e..5ecad7cfaf 100644
--- a/lib/open_project/costs/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/open_project/costs/engine.rb
@@ -217,12 +217,6 @@ module OpenProject::Costs
     end
 
     extend_api_response(:v3, :work_packages, :schema, :work_package_schema) do
-      schema :spent_time,
-             type: 'Duration',
-             writable: false,
-             show_if: -> (*) { represented.project && represented.project.costs_enabled? },
-             required: false
-
       # N.B. in the long term we should have a type like "Currency", but that requires a proper
       # format and not a string like "10 EUR"
       schema :overall_costs,