diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
index f587435b6..6f725cafb 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
         // @todo: verify eol is working as expected - move to request? or do I want this at all?
         // might just remove this and then use the method from here https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it/pull/13846
         $asset->asset_eol_date = $request->validated()['asset_eol_date'] ?? $asset->present()->eol_date(); // so this isn't really necessary, because it's happening on the observer - but that might change?
-        $asset->physical       = '1';
         $asset->depreciate     = '0';
 
         /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
index 6384e0f12..61b0959ae 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
             $asset->order_number            = $request->input('order_number');
             $asset->notes                   = $request->input('notes');
             $asset->user_id                 = Auth::id();
-            $asset->physical                = '1';
             $asset->depreciate              = '0';
             $asset->status_id               = request('status_id');
             $asset->warranty_months         = request('warranty_months', null);
@@ -364,7 +363,6 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
         $asset->order_number = $request->input('order_number');
         $asset->asset_tag = $asset_tag[1];
         $asset->notes = $request->input('notes');
-        $asset->physical = '1';
 
         $asset = $request->handleImages($asset);
 
diff --git a/app/Models/Asset.php b/app/Models/Asset.php
index 9a696b22d..7daf73c3b 100644
--- a/app/Models/Asset.php
+++ b/app/Models/Asset.php
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ class Asset extends Depreciable
     protected $injectUniqueIdentifier = true;
 
     protected $casts = [
-        'physical' => 'boolean',
         'purchase_date' => 'date',
         'eol_explicit' => 'boolean',
         'last_checkout' => 'datetime',
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ class Asset extends Depreciable
         'name'             => 'nullable|max:255',
         'company_id'       => 'nullable|integer|exists:companies,id',
         'warranty_months'  => 'nullable|numeric|digits_between:0,240',
-        'physical'         => 'nullable|boolean',
         'last_checkout'    => 'nullable|date_format:Y-m-d H:i:s',
         'expected_checkin' => 'nullable|date',
         'location_id'      => 'nullable|exists:locations,id',
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php b/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php
index 88f833afb..1584659d7 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Api/Assets/AssetStoreTest.php
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ class AssetStoreTest extends TestCase
 
         $this->assertTrue($asset->adminuser->is($user));
 
-        $this->assertTrue($asset->physical);
         // @todo: This isn't in the docs but it's in the controller
         $this->assertEquals('2024-06-02', $asset->asset_eol_date);
         $this->assertEquals('random_string', $asset->asset_tag);