diff --git a/app/models/case_log.rb b/app/models/case_log.rb
index 49c3a8a73..d426e3d5d 100644
--- a/app/models/case_log.rb
+++ b/app/models/case_log.rb
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ private
 
   def get_inferred_la(postcode)
     # Avoid network calls when postcode is invalid
-    return unless postcode.match(Validations::PropertyValidations::POSTCODE_REGEXP)
+    return unless postcode.match(POSTCODE_REGEXP)
 
     postcode_lookup = nil
     begin
diff --git a/app/models/validations/local_authority_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/local_authority_validations.rb
index a7b3ed30d..0442af772 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/local_authority_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/local_authority_validations.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 module Validations::LocalAuthorityValidations
-  POSTCODE_REGEXP = Validations::PropertyValidations::POSTCODE_REGEXP
 
   def validate_previous_accommodation_postcode(record)
     postcode = record.ppostcode_full
diff --git a/app/services/imports/case_logs_import_service.rb b/app/services/imports/case_logs_import_service.rb
index 936218838..2a3f129df 100644
--- a/app/services/imports/case_logs_import_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/imports/case_logs_import_service.rb
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ module Imports
       end
     end
 
-    POSTCODE_REGEXP = Validations::PropertyValidations::POSTCODE_REGEXP
     def compose_postcode(xml_doc, outcode, incode)
       outcode_value = string_or_nil(xml_doc, outcode)
       incode_value = string_or_nil(xml_doc, incode)