diff --git a/server/src/api/controllers/ItemCategories.ts b/server/src/api/controllers/ItemCategories.ts
index d36d75643..6bdd272e9 100644
--- a/server/src/api/controllers/ItemCategories.ts
+++ b/server/src/api/controllers/ItemCategories.ts
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ export default class ItemsCategoriesController extends BaseController {
         .trim()
         .escape()
         .isLength({ min: 0, max: DATATYPES_LENGTH.STRING }),
-      check('parent_category_id')
-        .optional({ nullable: true })
-        .isInt({ min: 0, max: DATATYPES_LENGTH.INT_10 })
-        .toInt(),
       check('description')
         .optional({ nullable: true })
         .isString()
diff --git a/server/src/database/migrations/20190822214304_create_items_categories_table.js b/server/src/database/migrations/20190822214304_create_items_categories_table.js
index c807352f5..2fe1ec9ef 100644
--- a/server/src/database/migrations/20190822214304_create_items_categories_table.js
+++ b/server/src/database/migrations/20190822214304_create_items_categories_table.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ exports.up = function (knex) {
   return knex.schema.createTable('items_categories', (table) => {
     table.increments();
     table.string('name').index();
-    table.integer('parent_category_id').unsigned().references('id').inTable('items_categories');
+   
     table.text('description');
     table.integer('user_id').unsigned().index();
 
diff --git a/server/src/interfaces/ItemCategory.ts b/server/src/interfaces/ItemCategory.ts
index 6da3f1ce4..9742d6e51 100644
--- a/server/src/interfaces/ItemCategory.ts
+++ b/server/src/interfaces/ItemCategory.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import { ISystemUser } from "./User";
 export interface IItemCategory {
   id: number,
   name: string,
-
-  parentCategoryId?: number,
   description?: string,
   userId: number,
 
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ export interface IItemCategory {
 export interface IItemCategoryOTD {
   name: string,
 
-  parentCategoryId?: number,
   description?: string,
   userId: number,
 
diff --git a/server/src/models/ItemCategory.js b/server/src/models/ItemCategory.js
index 8eda86284..2741c5174 100644
--- a/server/src/models/ItemCategory.js
+++ b/server/src/models/ItemCategory.js
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ export default class ItemCategory extends TenantModel {
         column: 'description',
         columnType: 'string'
       },
-      parent_category_id: {
-        label: 'Parent category',
-        column: 'parent_category_id',
-        relation: 'items_categories.id',
-        relationColumn: 'items_categories.id',
-        optionsResource: 'item_category',
-      },
       user: {
         label: 'User',
         column: 'user_id',
diff --git a/server/src/services/ItemCategories/ItemCategoriesService.ts b/server/src/services/ItemCategories/ItemCategoriesService.ts
index d7e9e73b2..893381135 100644
--- a/server/src/services/ItemCategories/ItemCategoriesService.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/ItemCategories/ItemCategoriesService.ts
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ export default class ItemCategoriesService implements IItemCategoriesService {
     if (itemCategoryOTD.inventoryAccountId) {
       await this.validateInventoryAccount(tenantId, itemCategoryOTD.inventoryAccountId);
     }
-    if (itemCategoryOTD.parentCategoryId) {
-      await this.getItemCategoryOrThrowError(tenantId, itemCategoryOTD.parentCategoryId);
-    }
 
     const itemCategoryObj = this.transformOTDToObject(itemCategoryOTD, authorizedUser);
     const itemCategory = await ItemCategory.query().insert({ ...itemCategoryObj });
@@ -203,10 +200,6 @@ export default class ItemCategoriesService implements IItemCategoriesService {
     if (itemCategoryOTD.inventoryAccountId) {
       await this.validateInventoryAccount(tenantId, itemCategoryOTD.inventoryAccountId);
     }
-    if (itemCategoryOTD.parentCategoryId) {
-      await this.getItemCategoryOrThrowError(tenantId, itemCategoryOTD.parentCategoryId);
-    }
-
     const itemCategoryObj = this.transformOTDToObject(itemCategoryOTD, authorizedUser);
     const itemCategory = await ItemCategory.query().patchAndFetchById(itemCategoryId, { ...itemCategoryObj });