diff --git a/common/config/config.go b/common/config/config.go
index 20b3fa36347..0c0d0b1bb84 100644
--- a/common/config/config.go
+++ b/common/config/config.go
@@ -426,7 +426,6 @@ type (
 	// DCRedirectionPolicy contains the frontend datacenter redirection policy
 	DCRedirectionPolicy struct {
 		Policy string `yaml:"policy"`
-		ToDC   string `yaml:"toDC"`
 	}
 
 	// Archival contains the config for archival
diff --git a/config/development-cass-archival.yaml b/config/development-cass-archival.yaml
index 28f9ea28394..5e3d585b144 100644
--- a/config/development-cass-archival.yaml
+++ b/config/development-cass-archival.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-cass-es.yaml b/config/development-cass-es.yaml
index 548f9e9401c..a1835ed4527 100644
--- a/config/development-cass-es.yaml
+++ b/config/development-cass-es.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-cass-s3.yaml b/config/development-cass-s3.yaml
index 97342c03cd6..e840704478d 100644
--- a/config/development-cass-s3.yaml
+++ b/config/development-cass-s3.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-cass.yaml b/config/development-cass.yaml
index 043eb53662c..7498e8a9f73 100644
--- a/config/development-cass.yaml
+++ b/config/development-cass.yaml
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-cluster-a.yaml b/config/development-cluster-a.yaml
index 735fb7344aa..05dfbe53aff 100644
--- a/config/development-cluster-a.yaml
+++ b/config/development-cluster-a.yaml
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "selected-apis-forwarding"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-cluster-b.yaml b/config/development-cluster-b.yaml
index 66d807defa6..a6a58f5006c 100644
--- a/config/development-cluster-b.yaml
+++ b/config/development-cluster-b.yaml
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "selected-apis-forwarding"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-cluster-c.yaml b/config/development-cluster-c.yaml
index f10feef216e..669b3e8017a 100644
--- a/config/development-cluster-c.yaml
+++ b/config/development-cluster-c.yaml
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "selected-apis-forwarding"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-mysql-es.yaml b/config/development-mysql-es.yaml
index 9d63283928b..4d72f0c004a 100644
--- a/config/development-mysql-es.yaml
+++ b/config/development-mysql-es.yaml
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-mysql.yaml b/config/development-mysql.yaml
index 75522b4e7fc..81a25d20c12 100644
--- a/config/development-mysql.yaml
+++ b/config/development-mysql.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-mysql8.yaml b/config/development-mysql8.yaml
index 393437603e3..4056022b4d0 100644
--- a/config/development-mysql8.yaml
+++ b/config/development-mysql8.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-postgres-es.yaml b/config/development-postgres-es.yaml
index 8e021b60e17..e9665866fad 100644
--- a/config/development-postgres-es.yaml
+++ b/config/development-postgres-es.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-postgres.yaml b/config/development-postgres.yaml
index c8bbb4bfb7c..5f6ffcf8e66 100644
--- a/config/development-postgres.yaml
+++ b/config/development-postgres.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-postgres12.yaml b/config/development-postgres12.yaml
index 58bc5939f64..feef286603e 100644
--- a/config/development-postgres12.yaml
+++ b/config/development-postgres12.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-sqlite-file.yaml b/config/development-sqlite-file.yaml
index 3866ac7dcdc..5b8de8a89ec 100644
--- a/config/development-sqlite-file.yaml
+++ b/config/development-sqlite-file.yaml
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/config/development-sqlite.yaml b/config/development-sqlite.yaml
index 20c22ea8292..2014521ed8a 100644
--- a/config/development-sqlite.yaml
+++ b/config/development-sqlite.yaml
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
   policy: "noop"
-  toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history:
diff --git a/docker/config_template.yaml b/docker/config_template.yaml
index 4e618c61839..0d90c0c9746 100644
--- a/docker/config_template.yaml
+++ b/docker/config_template.yaml
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ clusterMetadata:
 
 dcRedirectionPolicy:
     policy: "noop"
-    toDC: ""
 
 archival:
   history: