diff --git a/samcli/local/docker/durable_functions_emulator_container.py b/samcli/local/docker/durable_functions_emulator_container.py
index 02db99a9acf..74fb575cd04 100644
--- a/samcli/local/docker/durable_functions_emulator_container.py
+++ b/samcli/local/docker/durable_functions_emulator_container.py
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ class DurableFunctionsEmulatorContainer:
     """
     ENV_STORE_TYPE = "DURABLE_EXECUTIONS_STORE_TYPE"
 
-    """
-    Allow overriding the timescale used by the emulator. For example, if you have
-    a context.wait(3 months), you probably don't want to actually wait 3 months in
-    a local development loop. This lets you override that!
-    """
-    ENV_TIME_SCALE = "DURABLE_EXECUTIONS_TIME_SCALE"
-
     """
     Capture the logs from the emulator on cleanup - this can be useful for debugging
     what happened, since once the container is gone, the logs are too.
@@ -153,10 +146,6 @@ def _get_emulator_store_type(self):
         LOG.debug(f"Creating durable functions emulator container with store type: {store_type}")
         return store_type
 
-    def _get_emulator_time_scale(self):
-        """Get the execution time scale from environment variable or use default timescale of 1."""
-        return os.environ.get(self.ENV_TIME_SCALE, "1")
-
     def _get_emulator_data_dir(self):
         """Get the path to the emulator data directory."""
         return os.path.join(os.getcwd(), self._EMULATOR_DATA_DIR_NAME)
@@ -181,9 +170,7 @@ def _get_emulator_environment(self):
         """
         Get the environment variables for the emulator container.
         """
-        return {
-            "DURABLE_EXECUTION_TIME_SCALE": self._get_emulator_time_scale(),
-        }
+        return {}
 
     @property
     def _docker_client(self) -> docker.DockerClient:
diff --git a/tests/unit/local/docker/test_durable_functions_emulator_container.py b/tests/unit/local/docker/test_durable_functions_emulator_container.py
index 534bc9dd70a..25bdd174437 100644
--- a/tests/unit/local/docker/test_durable_functions_emulator_container.py
+++ b/tests/unit/local/docker/test_durable_functions_emulator_container.py
@@ -300,21 +300,18 @@ def test_binary_selection_by_architecture(self, arch, expected_binary, mock_get_
 
     @parameterized.expand(
         [
-            # (name, env_vars, expected_port, expected_store, expected_scale)
-            ("default_config", {}, 9014, "sqlite", "1"),
-            ("custom_port", {"DURABLE_EXECUTIONS_EMULATOR_PORT": "9999"}, 9999, "sqlite", "1"),
-            ("filesystem_store", {"DURABLE_EXECUTIONS_STORE_TYPE": "filesystem"}, 9014, "filesystem", "1"),
-            ("custom_time_scale", {"DURABLE_EXECUTIONS_TIME_SCALE": "0.5"}, 9014, "sqlite", "0.5"),
+            # (name, env_vars, expected_port, expected_store)
+            ("default_config", {}, 9014, "sqlite"),
+            ("custom_port", {"DURABLE_EXECUTIONS_EMULATOR_PORT": "9999"}, 9999, "sqlite"),
+            ("filesystem_store", {"DURABLE_EXECUTIONS_STORE_TYPE": "filesystem"}, 9014, "filesystem"),
             (
                 "all_custom",
                 {
                     "DURABLE_EXECUTIONS_EMULATOR_PORT": "8888",
                     "DURABLE_EXECUTIONS_STORE_TYPE": "filesystem",
-                    "DURABLE_EXECUTIONS_TIME_SCALE": "2.0",
                 },
                 8888,
                 "filesystem",
-                "2.0",
             ),
         ]
     )
@@ -329,7 +326,6 @@ def test_create_container(
         env_vars,
         expected_port,
         expected_store,
-        expected_scale,
         mock_path_exists,
         mock_getcwd,
         mock_makedirs,
@@ -364,7 +360,7 @@ def test_create_container(
 
             # Verify environment variables
             environment = call_args.kwargs["environment"]
-            self.assertEqual(environment["DURABLE_EXECUTION_TIME_SCALE"], expected_scale)
+            self.assertEqual(environment, {})
 
             # Verify volumes
             volumes = call_args.kwargs["volumes"]