diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/interface-panel/EditorSettingsForm.tsx b/apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/interface-panel/EditorSettingsForm.tsx
index f6bcd00f6..8772a129e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/interface-panel/EditorSettingsForm.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/app-settings/panel/interface-panel/EditorSettingsForm.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ export default function EditorSettingsForm() {
                 onChange={(event) => setDefaultEndAction(event.target.value as EndAction)}
               >
                 <option value={EndAction.None}>None</option>
-                <option value={EndAction.Stop}>Stop</option>
                 <option value={EndAction.LoadNext}>Load next</option>
                 <option value={EndAction.PlayNext}>Play next</option>
               </Select>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlockInner.tsx b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlockInner.tsx
index c404ded56..ce821f33b 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlockInner.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-block/EventBlockInner.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   IoPlay,
   IoPlayForward,
   IoPlaySkipForward,
-  IoStop,
   IoTime,
 } from 'react-icons/io5';
 import { Tooltip } from '@chakra-ui/react';
@@ -177,9 +176,6 @@ function EndActionIcon(props: { action: EndAction; className: string }) {
   if (action === EndAction.PlayNext) {
     return <IoPlayForward className={maybeActiveClasses} />;
   }
-  if (action === EndAction.Stop) {
-    return <IoStop className={maybeActiveClasses} />;
-  }
   return <IoPlay className={className} />;
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-editor/composite/EventEditorTimes.tsx b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-editor/composite/EventEditorTimes.tsx
index f5a5f8b46..cd9593cc6 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-editor/composite/EventEditorTimes.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/event-editor/composite/EventEditorTimes.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ function EventEditorTimes(props: EventEditorTimesProps) {
               variant='ontime'
             >
               <option value={EndAction.None}>None</option>
-              <option value={EndAction.Stop}>Stop rundown</option>
               <option value={EndAction.LoadNext}>Load next event</option>
               <option value={EndAction.PlayNext}>Play next event</option>
             </Select>
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/runtime-service/RuntimeService.ts b/apps/server/src/services/runtime-service/RuntimeService.ts
index 071e0b976..2883f260a 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/runtime-service/RuntimeService.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/runtime-service/RuntimeService.ts
@@ -134,9 +134,7 @@ class RuntimeService {
       // handle end action if there was a timer playing
       // actions are added to the queue stack to ensure that the order of operations is maintained
       if (newState.eventNow) {
-        if (newState.eventNow.endAction === EndAction.Stop) {
-          setTimeout(this.stop.bind(this), 0);
-        } else if (newState.eventNow.endAction === EndAction.LoadNext) {
+        if (newState.eventNow.endAction === EndAction.LoadNext) {
           setTimeout(this.loadNext.bind(this), 0);
         } else if (newState.eventNow.endAction === EndAction.PlayNext) {
           setTimeout(this.startNext.bind(this), 0);
diff --git a/packages/types/src/definitions/EndAction.type.ts b/packages/types/src/definitions/EndAction.type.ts
index 7db64a69b..81111c79c 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/definitions/EndAction.type.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/definitions/EndAction.type.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ export enum EndAction {
   LoadNext = 'load-next',
   None = 'none',
   PlayNext = 'play-next',
-  Stop = 'stop',
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/validate-events/validateEvent.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/validate-events/validateEvent.test.ts
index aa61b4106..9c8734d14 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/validate-events/validateEvent.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/validate-events/validateEvent.test.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ describe('validateEndAction()', () => {
     expect(endAction).toBe(EndAction.LoadNext);
   });
   it('returns fallback otherwise', () => {
-    const emptyAction = validateEndAction('', EndAction.Stop);
+    const emptyAction = validateEndAction('', EndAction.LoadNext);
     const invalidAction = validateEndAction('this-does-not-exist', EndAction.PlayNext);
-    expect(emptyAction).toBe(EndAction.Stop);
+    expect(emptyAction).toBe(EndAction.LoadNext);
     expect(invalidAction).toBe(EndAction.PlayNext);
   });
 });