diff --git a/app/models/debate.rb b/app/models/debate.rb
index 0ce52a168..2f09b5eb7 100644
--- a/app/models/debate.rb
+++ b/app/models/debate.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 require 'numeric'
 class Debate < ActiveRecord::Base
-  default_scope { order(created_at: :desc) }
-
   apply_simple_captcha
   TITLE_LENGTH = Debate.columns.find { |c| c.name == 'title' }.limit
 
diff --git a/spec/models/debate_spec.rb b/spec/models/debate_spec.rb
index fc4130354..e5cbc4691 100644
--- a/spec/models/debate_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/debate_spec.rb
@@ -174,15 +174,6 @@ describe Debate do
     end
   end
 
-  describe '#default_order' do
-    let!(:economy) { create(:debate) }
-    let!(:health)  { create(:debate) }
-
-    it "returns debates ordered by last one first" do
-      expect(Debate.all).to eq([health, economy])
-    end
-  end
-
   describe '#anonymous_votes_ratio' do
     it "returns the percentage of anonymous votes of the total votes" do
       debate = create(:debate, cached_anonymous_votes_total: 25, cached_votes_total: 100)