diff --git a/app/services/out_of_band_session_accessor.rb b/app/services/out_of_band_session_accessor.rb
index 556125e8cc6..319053c4659 100644
--- a/app/services/out_of_band_session_accessor.rb
+++ b/app/services/out_of_band_session_accessor.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ def put_empty_user_session(expiration = 5.minutes)
   # @param [#to_s] profile_id
   def put_pii(profile_id:, pii:, expiration: 5.minutes)
     data = {
-      decrypted_pii: pii.to_h.to_json,
       encrypted_profiles: { profile_id.to_s => SessionEncryptor.new.kms_encrypt(pii.to_h.to_json) },
     }
 
diff --git a/app/services/pii/cacher.rb b/app/services/pii/cacher.rb
index 4f39dbebeef..4d22331d1e8 100644
--- a/app/services/pii/cacher.rb
+++ b/app/services/pii/cacher.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ def exists_in_session?
     end
 
     def delete
-      user_session.delete(:decrypted_pii)
-      user_session.delete(:encrypted_pii)
       user_session.delete(:encrypted_profiles)
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/session_encryptor.rb b/lib/session_encryptor.rb
index 77b94875441..919c06475d3 100644
--- a/lib/session_encryptor.rb
+++ b/lib/session_encryptor.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ def load(value)
   def dump(value)
     value.deep_stringify_keys!
 
-    kms_encrypt_pii!(value)
     kms_encrypt_sensitive_paths!(value, SENSITIVE_PATHS)
     alert_or_raise_if_contains_sensitive_keys!(value)
     plain = JSON.generate(value)
@@ -104,22 +103,6 @@ def outer_decrypt(ciphertext)
 
   private
 
-  # The PII bundle is stored in the user session in the 'decrypted_pii' key.
-  # The PII is decrypted with the user's password when they successfully submit it and then
-  # stored in the session.  Before saving the session, this method encrypts the PII with KMS and
-  # stores it in the 'encrypted_pii' key.
-  #
-  # The PII is not frequently needed in its KMS-decrypted state. To reduce the
-  # risks around holding plaintext PII in memory during requests, this PII is KMS-decrypted
-  # on-demand by the Pii::Cacher.
-  def kms_encrypt_pii!(session)
-    return unless session.dig('warden.user.user.session', 'decrypted_pii')
-    decrypted_pii = session['warden.user.user.session'].delete('decrypted_pii')
-    session['warden.user.user.session']['encrypted_pii'] =
-      kms_encrypt(decrypted_pii)
-    nil
-  end
-
   # This method extracts all of the sensitive paths that exist into a
   # separate hash.  This separate hash is then encrypted and placed in the session.
   # We use #reduce to build the nested empty hash if needed. If Hash#bury
diff --git a/spec/controllers/idv/sessions_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/idv/sessions_controller_spec.rb
index 909694f0ca1..ea5331427dd 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/idv/sessions_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/idv/sessions_controller_spec.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         expect(controller.user_session['idv/in_person']).to be_blank
       end
 
-      it 'clears the decrypted_pii session' do
+      it 'clears the encrypted_profiles session' do
         expect(controller.user_session[:encrypted_profiles]).to be_blank
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/lib/session_encryptor_spec.rb b/spec/lib/session_encryptor_spec.rb
index 5c2c5e38a18..048351aa390 100644
--- a/spec/lib/session_encryptor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/session_encryptor_spec.rb
@@ -34,19 +34,6 @@
       )
     end
 
-    it 'encrypts decrypted_pii bundle without automatically decrypting' do
-      session = { 'warden.user.user.session' => {
-        'decrypted_pii' => { 'ssn' => '666-66-6666' }.to_json,
-      } }
-
-      ciphertext = subject.dump(session)
-
-      result = subject.load(ciphertext)
-
-      expect(result.fetch('warden.user.user.session')['decrypted_pii']).to eq nil
-      expect(result.fetch('warden.user.user.session')['encrypted_pii']).to_not eq nil
-    end
-
     it 'KMS encrypts/decrypts doc auth elements of the session' do
       session = { 'warden.user.user.session' => {
         'idv' => { 'ssn' => '666-66-6666' },