diff --git a/service/r2/service.go b/service/r2/service.go
index 0e681b5..877cad2 100644
--- a/service/r2/service.go
+++ b/service/r2/service.go
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/m3db/m3ctl/auth"
 	mservice "github.com/m3db/m3ctl/service"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3ctl/service/r2/store"
-	"github.com/m3db/m3metrics/rules"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3x/clock"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3x/instrument"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3x/log"
@@ -134,13 +132,12 @@ func registerRoute(router *mux.Router, path, method string, h r2Handler, hf r2Ha
 
 // service handles all of the endpoints for r2.
 type service struct {
-	rootPrefix   string
-	store        store.Store
-	authService  auth.HTTPAuthService
-	logger       log.Logger
-	nowFn        clock.NowFn
-	metrics      serviceMetrics
-	updateHelper rules.RuleSetUpdateHelper
+	rootPrefix  string
+	store       store.Store
+	authService auth.HTTPAuthService
+	logger      log.Logger
+	nowFn       clock.NowFn
+	metrics     serviceMetrics
 }
 
 // NewService creates a new r2 service using a given store.
@@ -150,16 +147,14 @@ func NewService(
 	store store.Store,
 	iOpts instrument.Options,
 	clockOpts clock.Options,
-	rulePropagationDelay time.Duration,
 ) mservice.Service {
 	return &service{
-		rootPrefix:   rootPrefix,
-		store:        store,
-		authService:  authService,
-		logger:       iOpts.Logger(),
-		nowFn:        clockOpts.NowFn(),
-		metrics:      newServiceMetrics(iOpts.MetricsScope(), iOpts.MetricsSamplingRate()),
-		updateHelper: rules.NewRuleSetUpdateHelper(rulePropagationDelay),
+		rootPrefix:  rootPrefix,
+		store:       store,
+		authService: authService,
+		logger:      iOpts.Logger(),
+		nowFn:       clockOpts.NowFn(),
+		metrics:     newServiceMetrics(iOpts.MetricsScope(), iOpts.MetricsSamplingRate()),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/service/r2/store/stub/store.go b/service/r2/store/stub/store.go
index 783580c..09c5ddb 100644
--- a/service/r2/store/stub/store.go
+++ b/service/r2/store/stub/store.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/pborman/uuid"
+
 	"github.com/m3db/m3ctl/service/r2"
 	r2store "github.com/m3db/m3ctl/service/r2/store"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3metrics/policy"
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/m3db/m3metrics/rules/models"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3metrics/rules/models/changes"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3x/instrument"
-	"github.com/pborman/uuid"
 )
 
 type mappingRuleHistories map[string][]*models.MappingRuleView
diff --git a/services/r2ctl/config/r2ctl.go b/services/r2ctl/config/r2ctl.go
index 18500cf..6df44ff 100644
--- a/services/r2ctl/config/r2ctl.go
+++ b/services/r2ctl/config/r2ctl.go
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	Metrics instrument.MetricsConfiguration `yaml:"metrics"`
 
 	// Store configuration.
-	Store R2StoreConfiguration `yaml:"store"`
+	Store r2StoreConfiguration `yaml:"store"`
 
 	// Simple Auth Config.
 	Auth *auth.SimpleAuthConfig `yaml:"auth"`
 }
 
-// R2StoreConfiguration has all the fields necessary for an R2 store.
-type R2StoreConfiguration struct {
+// r2StoreConfiguration has all the fields necessary for an R2 store.
+type r2StoreConfiguration struct {
 	// Stub means use the stub store.
 	Stub bool `yaml:"stub"`
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type R2StoreConfiguration struct {
 }
 
 // NewR2Store creates a new R2 store.
-func (c R2StoreConfiguration) NewR2Store(instrumentOpts instrument.Options) (r2store.Store, error) {
+func (c r2StoreConfiguration) NewR2Store(instrumentOpts instrument.Options) (r2store.Store, error) {
 	if c.Stub {
 		return stub.NewStore(instrumentOpts), nil
 	}
diff --git a/services/r2ctl/main/main.go b/services/r2ctl/main/main.go
index 3524980..c58182f 100644
--- a/services/r2ctl/main/main.go
+++ b/services/r2ctl/main/main.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ const (
 	portEnvVar              = "R2CTL_PORT"
 	r2apiPrefix             = "/r2/v1/"
 	gracefulShutdownTimeout = 15 * time.Second
-	defaultPropagationDelay = time.Minute
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -109,20 +108,12 @@ func main() {
 		"service-name": "r2",
 	})
 	r2ServiceInstrumentOpts := instrumentOpts.SetMetricsScope(r2ServiceScope)
-	var propagationDelay time.Duration
-	if cfg.Store.KV != nil {
-		propagationDelay = cfg.Store.KV.PropagationDelay
-	} else {
-		propagationDelay = defaultPropagationDelay
-	}
-
 	r2Service := r2.NewService(
 		r2apiPrefix,
 		authService,
 		store,
 		r2ServiceInstrumentOpts,
 		clock.NewOptions(),
-		propagationDelay,
 	)
 
 	// Create health service.