diff --git a/packages/backend/migration/1711722198590-no-recursive-delete.js b/packages/backend/migration/1711722198590-no-recursive-delete.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fd69826d6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/migration/1711722198590-no-recursive-delete.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+export class NoRecursiveDelete1711722198590 {
+    name = 'NoRecursiveDelete1711722198590'
+
+    async up(queryRunner) {
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "note" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_17cb3553c700a4985dff5a30ff5"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "note" ADD CONSTRAINT "FK_17cb3553c700a4985dff5a30ff5" FOREIGN KEY ("replyId") REFERENCES "note"("id") ON DELETE SET NULL ON UPDATE NO ACTION`);
+    }
+
+    async down(queryRunner) {
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "note" DROP CONSTRAINT "FK_17cb3553c700a4985dff5a30ff5"`);
+        await queryRunner.query(`ALTER TABLE "note" ADD CONSTRAINT "FK_17cb3553c700a4985dff5a30ff5" FOREIGN KEY ("replyId") REFERENCES "note"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE NO ACTION`);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/core/NoteDeleteService.ts b/packages/backend/src/core/NoteDeleteService.ts
index 801ed02e00b3..e0cc33a2de58 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/core/NoteDeleteService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/core/NoteDeleteService.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ export class NoteDeleteService {
 	 */
 	async delete(user: { id: MiUser['id']; uri: MiUser['uri']; host: MiUser['host']; isBot: MiUser['isBot']; }, note: MiNote, quiet = false, deleter?: MiUser) {
 		const deletedAt = new Date();
-		const cascadingNotes = await this.findCascadingNotes(note);
 
 		if (note.replyId) {
 			await this.notesRepository.decrement({ id: note.replyId }, 'repliesCount', 1);
@@ -92,14 +91,6 @@ export class NoteDeleteService {
 				this.deliverToConcerned(user, note, content);
 			}
 
-			// also deliever delete activity to cascaded notes
-			const federatedLocalCascadingNotes = (cascadingNotes).filter(note => !note.localOnly && note.userHost == null); // filter out local-only notes
-			for (const cascadingNote of federatedLocalCascadingNotes) {
-				if (!cascadingNote.user) continue;
-				if (!this.userEntityService.isLocalUser(cascadingNote.user)) continue;
-				const content = this.apRendererService.addContext(this.apRendererService.renderDelete(this.apRendererService.renderTombstone(`${this.config.url}/notes/${cascadingNote.id}`), cascadingNote.user));
-				this.deliverToConcerned(cascadingNote.user, cascadingNote, content);
-			}
 			//#endregion
 
 			const meta = await this.metaService.fetch();
@@ -119,9 +110,6 @@ export class NoteDeleteService {
 			}
 		}
 
-		for (const cascadingNote of cascadingNotes) {
-			this.searchService.unindexNote(cascadingNote);
-		}
 		this.searchService.unindexNote(note);
 
 		await this.notesRepository.delete({
@@ -141,28 +129,6 @@ export class NoteDeleteService {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@bindThis
-	private async findCascadingNotes(note: MiNote): Promise<MiNote[]> {
-		const recursive = async (noteId: string): Promise<MiNote[]> => {
-			const query = this.notesRepository.createQueryBuilder('note')
-				.where('note.replyId = :noteId', { noteId })
-				.orWhere(new Brackets(q => {
-					q.where('note.renoteId = :noteId', { noteId })
-						.andWhere('note.text IS NOT NULL');
-				}))
-				.leftJoinAndSelect('note.user', 'user');
-			const replies = await query.getMany();
-
-			return [
-				replies,
-				...await Promise.all(replies.map(reply => recursive(reply.id))),
-			].flat();
-		};
-
-		const cascadingNotes: MiNote[] = await recursive(note.id);
-
-		return cascadingNotes;
-	}
 
 	@bindThis
 	private async getMentionedRemoteUsers(note: MiNote) {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/models/Note.ts b/packages/backend/src/models/Note.ts
index 9a95c6faab9b..4cd9c92e41d7 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/models/Note.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/models/Note.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class MiNote {
 	public replyId: MiNote['id'] | null;
 
 	@ManyToOne(type => MiNote, {
-		onDelete: 'CASCADE',
+		onDelete: 'SET NULL',
 	})
 	@JoinColumn()
 	public reply: MiNote | null;