diff --git a/browser/components/newtab/lib/DiscoveryStreamFeed.jsm b/browser/components/newtab/lib/DiscoveryStreamFeed.jsm
index 8bacb3c29ed8..da40a471cb51 100644
--- a/browser/components/newtab/lib/DiscoveryStreamFeed.jsm
+++ b/browser/components/newtab/lib/DiscoveryStreamFeed.jsm
@@ -978,13 +978,6 @@ this.DiscoveryStreamFeed = class DiscoveryStreamFeed {
         items.map(item => this.scoreItem(item, personalizedByType))
       )
     )
-      // Remove spocs that are scored too low.
-      .filter(s => {
-        if (s.score >= s.min_score) {
-          return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-      })
       // Sort by highest scores.
       .sort(this.sortItem);
 
@@ -993,7 +986,6 @@ this.DiscoveryStreamFeed = class DiscoveryStreamFeed {
 
   async scoreItem(item, personalizedByType) {
     item.score = item.item_score;
-    item.min_score = item.min_score || 0;
     if (item.score !== 0 && !item.score) {
       item.score = 1;
     }
diff --git a/browser/components/newtab/lib/TopStoriesFeed.jsm b/browser/components/newtab/lib/TopStoriesFeed.jsm
index 4b7b89bda6bd..0b1426e0b634 100644
--- a/browser/components/newtab/lib/TopStoriesFeed.jsm
+++ b/browser/components/newtab/lib/TopStoriesFeed.jsm
@@ -210,9 +210,7 @@ this.TopStoriesFeed = class TopStoriesFeed {
         this.spocCampaignMap = new Map(
           body.spocs.map(s => [s.id, `${s.campaign_id}`])
         );
-        this.spocs = this.transform(body.spocs).filter(
-          s => s.score >= s.min_score
-        );
+        this.spocs = this.transform(body.spocs);
         this.cleanUpCampaignImpressionPref();
       }
       this.storiesLastUpdated = Date.now();
@@ -237,9 +235,7 @@ this.TopStoriesFeed = class TopStoriesFeed {
         this.spocCampaignMap = new Map(
           data.stories.spocs.map(s => [s.id, `${s.campaign_id}`])
         );
-        this.spocs = this.transform(data.stories.spocs).filter(
-          s => s.score >= s.min_score
-        );
+        this.spocs = this.transform(data.stories.spocs);
         this.cleanUpCampaignImpressionPref();
       }
     }
@@ -273,7 +269,6 @@ this.TopStoriesFeed = class TopStoriesFeed {
           image: this.normalizeUrl(s.image_src),
           referrer: this.stories_referrer,
           url: s.url,
-          min_score: s.min_score || 0,
           score: s.item_score || 1,
           spoc_meta: this.show_spocs
             ? { campaign_id: s.campaign_id, caps: s.caps }
diff --git a/browser/components/newtab/test/unit/lib/DiscoveryStreamFeed.test.js b/browser/components/newtab/test/unit/lib/DiscoveryStreamFeed.test.js
index d5a70da0ea6d..f42226214105 100644
--- a/browser/components/newtab/test/unit/lib/DiscoveryStreamFeed.test.js
+++ b/browser/components/newtab/test/unit/lib/DiscoveryStreamFeed.test.js
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
             title: "",
             sponsor: "",
             sponsored_by_override: undefined,
-            items: [{ id: "data", min_score: 0, score: 1 }],
+            items: [{ id: "data", score: 1 }],
           },
         },
         lastUpdated: 0,
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
 
       assert.deepEqual(
         feed.store.getState().DiscoveryStream.spocs.data.spocs.items[0],
-        { id: "data", min_score: 0, score: 1 }
+        { id: "data", score: 1 }
       );
     });
     it("should normalizeSpocsItems for older spoc data", async () => {
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
 
       assert.deepEqual(
         feed.store.getState().DiscoveryStream.spocs.data.spocs.items[0],
-        { id: "data", min_score: 0, score: 1 }
+        { id: "data", score: 1 }
       );
     });
     it("should call personalizationVersionOverride with feature_flags", async () => {
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
           context: "",
           sponsor: "",
           sponsored_by_override: undefined,
-          items: [{ id: "data", score: 1, min_score: 0 }],
+          items: [{ id: "data", score: 1 }],
         },
         placement2: {
           title: "",
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
           context: "context",
           sponsor: "",
           sponsored_by_override: undefined,
-          items: [{ id: "data", score: 1, min_score: 0 }],
+          items: [{ id: "data", score: 1 }],
         },
       });
     });
@@ -1173,26 +1173,28 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
 
     it("should sort based on item_score", async () => {
       const { data: result } = await feed.scoreItems([
-        { id: 2, flight_id: 2, item_score: 0.8, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { id: 3, flight_id: 3, item_score: 0.7, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { id: 1, flight_id: 1, item_score: 0.9, min_score: 0.1 },
+        { id: 2, flight_id: 2, item_score: 0.8 },
+        { id: 4, flight_id: 4, item_score: 0.5 },
+        { id: 3, flight_id: 3, item_score: 0.7 },
+        { id: 1, flight_id: 1, item_score: 0.9 },
       ]);
 
       assert.deepEqual(result, [
-        { id: 1, flight_id: 1, item_score: 0.9, score: 0.9, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { id: 2, flight_id: 2, item_score: 0.8, score: 0.8, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { id: 3, flight_id: 3, item_score: 0.7, score: 0.7, min_score: 0.1 },
+        { id: 1, flight_id: 1, item_score: 0.9, score: 0.9 },
+        { id: 2, flight_id: 2, item_score: 0.8, score: 0.8 },
+        { id: 3, flight_id: 3, item_score: 0.7, score: 0.7 },
+        { id: 4, flight_id: 4, item_score: 0.5, score: 0.5 },
       ]);
     });
 
     it("should sort based on priority", async () => {
       const { data: result } = await feed.scoreItems([
-        { id: 6, flight_id: 6, priority: 2, item_score: 0.7, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { id: 2, flight_id: 3, priority: 1, item_score: 0.2, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { id: 4, flight_id: 4, item_score: 0.6, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { id: 5, flight_id: 5, priority: 2, item_score: 0.8, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { id: 3, flight_id: 3, item_score: 0.8, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { id: 1, flight_id: 1, priority: 1, item_score: 0.3, min_score: 0.1 },
+        { id: 6, flight_id: 6, priority: 2, item_score: 0.7 },
+        { id: 2, flight_id: 3, priority: 1, item_score: 0.2 },
+        { id: 4, flight_id: 4, item_score: 0.6 },
+        { id: 5, flight_id: 5, priority: 2, item_score: 0.8 },
+        { id: 3, flight_id: 3, item_score: 0.8 },
+        { id: 1, flight_id: 1, priority: 1, item_score: 0.3 },
       ]);
 
       assert.deepEqual(result, [
@@ -1202,7 +1204,6 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
           priority: 1,
           score: 0.3,
           item_score: 0.3,
-          min_score: 0.1,
         },
         {
           id: 2,
@@ -1210,7 +1211,6 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
           priority: 1,
           score: 0.2,
           item_score: 0.2,
-          min_score: 0.1,
         },
         {
           id: 5,
@@ -1218,7 +1218,6 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
           priority: 2,
           score: 0.8,
           item_score: 0.8,
-          min_score: 0.1,
         },
         {
           id: 6,
@@ -1226,46 +1225,19 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
           priority: 2,
           score: 0.7,
           item_score: 0.7,
-          min_score: 0.1,
         },
-        { id: 3, flight_id: 3, item_score: 0.8, score: 0.8, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { id: 4, flight_id: 4, item_score: 0.6, score: 0.6, min_score: 0.1 },
-      ]);
-    });
-
-    it("should remove items with scores lower than min_score", async () => {
-      const { data: result } = await feed.scoreItems([
-        { id: 2, flight_id: 2, item_score: 0.8, min_score: 0.9 },
-        { id: 3, flight_id: 3, item_score: 0.7, min_score: 0.7 },
-        { id: 1, flight_id: 1, item_score: 0.9, min_score: 0.8 },
-      ]);
-
-      assert.deepEqual(result, [
-        { id: 1, flight_id: 1, item_score: 0.9, score: 0.9, min_score: 0.8 },
-        { id: 3, flight_id: 3, item_score: 0.7, score: 0.7, min_score: 0.7 },
+        { id: 3, flight_id: 3, item_score: 0.8, score: 0.8 },
+        { id: 4, flight_id: 4, item_score: 0.6, score: 0.6 },
       ]);
     });
 
     it("should add a score prop to spocs", async () => {
       const { data: result } = await feed.scoreItems([
-        { flight_id: 1, item_score: 0.9, min_score: 0.1 },
+        { flight_id: 1, item_score: 0.9 },
       ]);
 
       assert.equal(result[0].score, 0.9);
     });
-    it("should score items using item_score and min_score", async () => {
-      const { data: result } = await feed.scoreItems([
-        { item_score: 0.8, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { item_score: 0.5, min_score: 0.6 },
-        { item_score: 0.7, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { item_score: 0.9, min_score: 0.1 },
-      ]);
-      assert.deepEqual(result, [
-        { item_score: 0.9, score: 0.9, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { item_score: 0.8, score: 0.8, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { item_score: 0.7, score: 0.7, min_score: 0.1 },
-      ]);
-    });
   });
 
   describe("#filterBlocked", () => {
@@ -2547,12 +2519,10 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
               recommendations: [
                 {
                   id: "first",
-                  min_score: 0.5,
                   item_score: 0.7,
                 },
                 {
                   id: "second",
-                  min_score: 0.5,
                   item_score: 0.6,
                 },
               ],
@@ -2566,17 +2536,14 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
               recommendations: [
                 {
                   id: "third",
-                  min_score: 0.5,
                   item_score: 0.4,
                 },
                 {
                   id: "fourth",
-                  min_score: 0.5,
                   item_score: 0.6,
                 },
                 {
                   id: "fifth",
-                  min_score: 0.5,
                   item_score: 0.8,
                 },
               ],
@@ -2593,13 +2560,11 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
             recommendations: [
               {
                 id: "second",
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 item_score: 0.6,
                 score: 0.6,
               },
               {
                 id: "first",
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 item_score: 0.7,
                 score: 0.7,
               },
@@ -2614,16 +2579,19 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
             recommendations: [
               {
                 id: "fifth",
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 item_score: 0.8,
                 score: 0.8,
               },
               {
                 id: "fourth",
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 item_score: 0.6,
                 score: 0.6,
               },
+              {
+                id: "third",
+                item_score: 0.4,
+                score: 0.4,
+              },
             ],
             settings: {
               recsExpireTime,
@@ -2682,15 +2650,12 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
           placement1: {
             items: [
               {
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 item_score: 0.6,
               },
               {
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 item_score: 0.4,
               },
               {
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 item_score: 0.8,
               },
             ],
@@ -2698,11 +2663,9 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
           placement2: {
             items: [
               {
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 item_score: 0.6,
               },
               {
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 item_score: 0.8,
               },
             ],
@@ -2719,26 +2682,26 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
           placement1: {
             items: [
               {
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 score: 0.8,
                 item_score: 0.8,
               },
               {
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 score: 0.6,
                 item_score: 0.6,
               },
+              {
+                score: 0.4,
+                item_score: 0.4,
+              },
             ],
           },
           placement2: {
             items: [
               {
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 score: 0.8,
                 item_score: 0.8,
               },
               {
-                min_score: 0.5,
                 score: 0.6,
                 item_score: 0.6,
               },
@@ -2860,21 +2823,6 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
       assert.isTrue(!feed.affinityProvider);
     });
   });
-  describe("#scoreItems", () => {
-    it("should score items using item_score and min_score", async () => {
-      const { data: result } = await feed.scoreItems([
-        { item_score: 0.8, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { item_score: 0.5, min_score: 0.6 },
-        { item_score: 0.7, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { item_score: 0.9, min_score: 0.1 },
-      ]);
-      assert.deepEqual(result, [
-        { item_score: 0.9, score: 0.9, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { item_score: 0.8, score: 0.8, min_score: 0.1 },
-        { item_score: 0.7, score: 0.7, min_score: 0.1 },
-      ]);
-    });
-  });
   describe("#scoreItem", () => {
     it("should call calculateItemRelevanceScore with affinity provider", async () => {
       const item = {};
@@ -2900,16 +2848,5 @@ describe("DiscoveryStreamFeed", () => {
       const result = await feed.scoreItem(item);
       assert.equal(result.score, 0.6);
     });
-    it("should add min_score of 0 if undefined", async () => {
-      const item = {};
-      feed._prefCache.config = {
-        personalized: true,
-      };
-      feed.affinityProvider = {
-        calculateItemRelevanceScore: () => 0.5,
-      };
-      const result = await feed.scoreItem(item);
-      assert.equal(result.min_score, 0);
-    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/browser/components/newtab/test/unit/lib/TopStoriesFeed.test.js b/browser/components/newtab/test/unit/lib/TopStoriesFeed.test.js
index 2dd847a7973d..dfbda3dbe7e4 100644
--- a/browser/components/newtab/test/unit/lib/TopStoriesFeed.test.js
+++ b/browser/components/newtab/test/unit/lib/TopStoriesFeed.test.js
@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ describe("Top Stories Feed", () => {
           referrer: "referrer",
           url: "rec-url",
           hostname: "rec-url",
-          min_score: 0,
           score: 1,
           spoc_meta: {},
         },
@@ -570,7 +569,6 @@ describe("Top Stories Feed", () => {
           referrer: "referrer",
           url: "rec-url",
           hostname: "domain",
-          min_score: 0,
           score: 1,
           spoc_meta: {},
         },
@@ -1734,7 +1732,6 @@ describe("Top Stories Feed", () => {
           referrer: "referrer",
           url: "rec-url",
           hostname: "rec-url",
-          min_score: 0,
           score: 0.98,
           spoc_meta: {},
         },
@@ -1806,7 +1803,6 @@ describe("Top Stories Feed", () => {
               hostname: undefined,
               icon: undefined,
               image: undefined,
-              min_score: 0,
               referrer: "referrer",
               score: 1,
               spoc_meta: {},