diff --git a/arkindex/documents/management/commands/build_fixtures.py b/arkindex/documents/management/commands/build_fixtures.py
index e148226b0d09ab54cee68d4ea410ecbcd204c638..b4021838b7fd37a1cb5cb64b2da1ba800765ac4a 100644
--- a/arkindex/documents/management/commands/build_fixtures.py
+++ b/arkindex/documents/management/commands/build_fixtures.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         img5 = Image.objects.create(path="img5", width=1000, height=1000, server=imgsrv)
         img6 = Image.objects.create(path="img6", width=1000, height=1000, server=imgsrv)
 
-        # Create an admin, an internal and a normal user
+        # Create an admin and a normal user
         superuser = User.objects.create_superuser("root@root.fr", "Pa$$w0rd", display_name="Admin")
         superuser.verified_email = True
         superuser.save()
diff --git a/arkindex/project/config.py b/arkindex/project/config.py
index 147e8528cc828f8d73f334f83f07da985065d686..3b99060be51e5ee8738ffafc3ebce5d641b87581 100644
--- a/arkindex/project/config.py
+++ b/arkindex/project/config.py
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ def add_s3_parser(parser, name, **kwargs):
 def get_settings_parser(base_dir):
     parser = ConfigParser()
     parser.add_option("arkindex_env", type=str, default="dev")
-    parser.add_option("internal_group_id", type=int, default=2)
     parser.add_option("local_imageserver_id", type=int, default=1)
     parser.add_option("allowed_hosts", type=str, many=True, default=[])
     parser.add_option("imports_worker_version", type=uuid.UUID, default=None)
diff --git a/arkindex/project/settings.py b/arkindex/project/settings.py
index 9e898ded762321af73458191667846749edb26cf..238fd4906b9b39338291b4c573b9a9109425dc13 100644
--- a/arkindex/project/settings.py
+++ b/arkindex/project/settings.py
@@ -537,10 +537,6 @@ ARCHIVE_MIME_TYPES = {
     "application/zstd",
 }
 
-# User groups with special permissions
-# Deprecated, left there only to run the users.0004 migration
-INTERNAL_GROUP_ID = conf["internal_group_id"]
-
 # CDN Assets URL to use for arkindex remote CSS/JS/Images assets
 CDN_ASSETS_URL = conf["static"]["cdn_assets_url"]
 if CDN_ASSETS_URL is not None:
diff --git a/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/defaults.yaml b/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/defaults.yaml
index 0fd43ab9933478d6dafb0434ea0e94781d2d4d47..d94fedb78b5909aa2254cb536df1c20b78cb44a8 100644
--- a/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/defaults.yaml
+++ b/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/defaults.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ ingest:
   prefix_by_bucket_name: true
   region: null
   secret_access_key: null
-internal_group_id: 2
 job_timeouts:
   corpus_delete: 7200
   element_trash: 3600
diff --git a/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/errors.yaml b/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/errors.yaml
index 351af98d0628180547ad69cf0f85618a2565fcee..81514697a626838f7fd43103003647d3d87b0c6d 100644
--- a/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/errors.yaml
+++ b/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/errors.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ features:
 gitlab:
   app_id: yes
   app_secret: []
-internal_group_id: 2
 ingest:
   endpoint: https://ohno
   access_key_id: a
diff --git a/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/override.yaml b/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/override.yaml
index 3e4f69e593c1f48694ef69d0a66c30bc092823e7..3aad60f04b22b4c6304f8180d8a7952cc5ecc53d 100644
--- a/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/override.yaml
+++ b/arkindex/project/tests/config_samples/override.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ ingest:
   prefix_by_bucket_name: false
   region: middle-earth-1
   secret_access_key: hunter2
-internal_group_id: 4
 job_timeouts:
   corpus_delete: 1
   element_trash: 2