diff --git a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store.ts b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store.ts
index f01f11d5d13d..e7768a1dcff7 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ export class DependentFeaturesStore implements IDependentFeaturesStore {
                 featureDependency.variants,
             );
         }
+        // TODO: remove when we support multiple parents
+        await this.db('dependent_features')
+            .where('child', featureDependency.child)
+            .del();
+
         await this.db('dependent_features')
             .insert(serializableFeatureDependency)
             .onConflict(['parent', 'child'])
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/api/client/feature.e2e.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/api/client/feature.e2e.test.ts
index 58912e866478..57c9194fa205 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/api/client/feature.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/api/client/feature.e2e.test.ts
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
         'featureY',
         { feature: 'featureX', variants: ['featureXVariant'] },
     );
-    // depend on parent being disabled
-    await app.services.dependentFeaturesService.upsertFeatureDependency(
-        'featureY',
-        { feature: 'featureZ', enabled: false },
-    );
 
     await app.services.featureToggleServiceV2.archiveToggle(
         'featureArchivedX',
@@ -154,10 +149,6 @@ test('returns dependencies', async () => {
                         enabled: true,
                         variants: ['featureXVariant'],
                     },
-                    {
-                        feature: 'featureZ',
-                        enabled: false,
-                    },
                 ],
             });
             expect(res.body.features[1].dependencies).toBe(undefined);