diff --git a/features/content-moderation/backend-api/src/threat-escalation.controller.spec.ts b/features/content-moderation/backend-api/src/threat-escalation.controller.spec.ts
index 7641352eb..356d185b9 100644
--- a/features/content-moderation/backend-api/src/threat-escalation.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/features/content-moderation/backend-api/src/threat-escalation.controller.spec.ts
@@ -104,15 +104,10 @@ function buildClassificationServiceMock() {
 describe('ThreatEscalationController', () => {
   let controller: ThreatEscalationController;
   let threatService: ReturnType<typeof buildThreatEscalationServiceMock>;
-  let classificationService: ReturnType<typeof buildClassificationServiceMock>;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     threatService = buildThreatEscalationServiceMock();
-    classificationService = buildClassificationServiceMock();
-    controller = new ThreatEscalationController(
-      threatService,
-      classificationService,
-    );
+    controller = new ThreatEscalationController(threatService);
   });
 
   // ── GET / ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/features/content-moderation/backend-api/src/threat-escalation.controller.ts b/features/content-moderation/backend-api/src/threat-escalation.controller.ts
index 49a18c1d7..c4e2d1f8e 100644
--- a/features/content-moderation/backend-api/src/threat-escalation.controller.ts
+++ b/features/content-moderation/backend-api/src/threat-escalation.controller.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ interface PaginatedThreatLevels {
 export class ThreatEscalationController {
   constructor(
     private readonly userThreatEscalationService: UserThreatEscalationService,
-    private readonly classificationService: ClassificationService,
   ) {}
 
   /**