diff --git a/app/models/derived_variables/case_log_variables.rb b/app/models/derived_variables/case_log_variables.rb
index 1d1694365..8a8d8429a 100644
--- a/app/models/derived_variables/case_log_variables.rb
+++ b/app/models/derived_variables/case_log_variables.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ module DerivedVariables::CaseLogVariables
       if location
         self.la = location.county
         self.postcode_full = location.postcode
-        self.builtype = form.questions.find { |x| x.id == "builtype" }.answer_options.find { |_key, value| value["value"] == location.type_of_building }.first
         wheelchair_adaptation_map = { 1 => 1, 0 => 2 }
         self.wchair = wheelchair_adaptation_map[location.wheelchair_adaptation.to_i]
       end
diff --git a/spec/models/case_log_spec.rb b/spec/models/case_log_spec.rb
index f697b0447..d5cbed1cc 100644
--- a/spec/models/case_log_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/case_log_spec.rb
@@ -1730,11 +1730,6 @@ RSpec.describe CaseLog do
           expect(supported_housing_case_log.unittype_sh).to eq(1)
         end
 
-        it "correctly infers and saves type of building" do
-          record_from_db = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("SELECT builtype from case_logs WHERE id=#{supported_housing_case_log.id}").to_a[0]
-          expect(record_from_db["builtype"]).to eq(1)
-        end
-
         it "correctly infers and saves wchair" do
           record_from_db = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("SELECT wchair from case_logs WHERE id=#{supported_housing_case_log.id}").to_a[0]
           expect(record_from_db["wchair"]).to eq(2)