diff --git a/catalogue/Catalogue.hpp b/catalogue/Catalogue.hpp
index 8c2125ef9b0af08e781f56acd7290fdd20f3816f..fac1ecae900255fc8ce3d828dd01fac44cf05ffd 100644
--- a/catalogue/Catalogue.hpp
+++ b/catalogue/Catalogue.hpp
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ public:
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyArchivePriority(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t archivePriority) = 0;
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyArchiveMinRequestAge(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t minArchiveRequestAge) = 0;
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyRetrievePriority(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t retrievePriority) = 0;
-  virtual void modifyMountPolicyRetrieveMinFilesQueued(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t minRetrieveFilesQueued) = 0;
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyRetrieveMinBytesQueued(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t retrieveMinBytesQueued) = 0;
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyRetrieveMinRequestAge(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t minRetrieveRequestAge) = 0;
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyMaxDrivesAllowed(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t maxDrivesAllowed) = 0;
diff --git a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
index 8b1b485e499085b46911a2f4e7a26192a2aea7cc..e1d06b045caa179d3879832605bbfc260f3b6c6b 100644
--- a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
+++ b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.cpp
@@ -2985,13 +2985,6 @@ void RdbmsCatalogue::modifyMountPolicyRetrievePriority(const common::dataStructu
   throw exception::Exception(std::string(__FUNCTION__) + " not implemented");
 }
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// modifyMountPolicyRetrieveMinFilesQueued
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void RdbmsCatalogue::modifyMountPolicyRetrieveMinFilesQueued(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t minRetrieveFilesQueued) {
-  throw exception::Exception(std::string(__FUNCTION__) + " not implemented");
-}
-
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // modifyMountPolicyRetrieveMinBytesQueued
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.hpp b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.hpp
index db1e44cabbce46b6ff5ae81571c3cc15bb8006d0..3d45937f2c3abbae3c00daf0cd4feac1ae7624db 100644
--- a/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.hpp
+++ b/catalogue/RdbmsCatalogue.hpp
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ public:
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyArchivePriority(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t archivePriority) override;
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyArchiveMinRequestAge(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t minArchiveRequestAge) override;
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyRetrievePriority(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t retrievePriority) override;
-  virtual void modifyMountPolicyRetrieveMinFilesQueued(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t minRetrieveFilesQueued) override;
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyRetrieveMinBytesQueued(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t retrieveMinBytesQueued) override;
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyRetrieveMinRequestAge(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t minRetrieveRequestAge) override;
   virtual void modifyMountPolicyMaxDrivesAllowed(const common::dataStructures::SecurityIdentity &cliIdentity, const std::string &name, const uint64_t maxDrivesAllowed) override;