diff --git a/src/modules/manager/workflowTemplates/components/CapabilityEditors/TaskCoreEditor.tsx b/src/modules/manager/workflowTemplates/components/CapabilityEditors/TaskCoreEditor.tsx
index 6c4d9c8..a600ebf 100644
--- a/src/modules/manager/workflowTemplates/components/CapabilityEditors/TaskCoreEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/manager/workflowTemplates/components/CapabilityEditors/TaskCoreEditor.tsx
@@ -53,18 +53,6 @@ const formatNewTaskName = (
   return `${base}${index}`;
 };
 
-const setDefaultPredecessors = (
-  task: TaskDefinition,
-  tasks: TaskDefinition[],
-): string[] => {
-  const allowedPredecessors = getAllowedPredecessors(task, tasks);
-  if (allowedPredecessors.length === 0) return [];
-
-  return [
-    allowedPredecessors[allowedPredecessors.length - 1].config.guid as string,
-  ];
-};
-
 export const TaskCoreEditor: React.FC<CapabilityEditorProps> = (props) => {
   const { task, tasks, onChange, fieldErrors } = props;
 
@@ -97,22 +85,6 @@ export const TaskCoreEditor: React.FC<CapabilityEditorProps> = (props) => {
         InputType.time,
         fieldErrors,
       )}
-      {renderTaskField(
-        task,
-        onChange,
-        "predecessors",
-        "Predecessors",
-        InputType.checklist,
-        fieldErrors,
-        "",
-        0,
-        {
-          options: allowedPredecessors.map((t) => ({
-            value: t.config.guid as string,
-            label: t.config.name as string,
-          })),
-        },
-      )}
     </>
   );
 };
@@ -149,13 +121,6 @@ const runValidation = (
     errors.predecessors = "A task cannot depend on itself.";
   }
 
-  if (task.config.predecessors) {
-    const unique = new Set(task.config.predecessors as string[]);
-    if (unique.size !== (task.config.predecessors as string[]).length) {
-      errors.predecessors = "Duplicate predecessors are not allowed.";
-    }
-  }
-
   return Promise.resolve(errors);
 };
 
@@ -172,7 +137,6 @@ export function defaultsAssignment(
   );
   task.config.description = "";
   task.config.duration = "01:00";
-  task.config.predecessors = setDefaultPredecessors(task, tasks);
 }
 
 export const taskCoreEditorRegistryEntry: capabilityEditorRegistryEntry = {