diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dcb7c47..3b603e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ callers).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Removed
+
+- **`settings.min_movie_size_bytes` retiré.** Le champ Pydantic + son
+  validator n'avaient plus aucun consommateur (l'ancien
+  `MovieService.validate_movie_file` ayant été supprimé lors d'une
+  refonte précédente). La règle "est-ce un vrai film ou un sample"
+  est désormais portée par l'exclusion par extension
+  (`application/release/supported_media.py`) et le PoP. Si on a un
+  jour besoin d'un seuil de taille, il ira dans un YAML knowledge,
+  pas dans `settings`.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - **Multi-episode chain (e.g. `S14E09E10E11`) now collapses to a full
diff --git a/alfred/settings.py b/alfred/settings.py
index 95e00c8..7351a7f 100644
--- a/alfred/settings.py
+++ b/alfred/settings.py
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     llm_temperature: float = 0.2
     data_storage_dir: str = "data"
 
-    # --- MEDIA ---
-    # Minimum file size to consider a video file as a real movie (in bytes).
-    # 100 MB is generous enough to skip sample clips / trailers without rejecting
-    # legitimate low-bitrate releases (e.g. older anime, certain web rips).
-    min_movie_size_bytes: int = 100 * 1024 * 1024
-
     # --- BUILD ---
     alfred_version: str | None = None
 
@@ -90,15 +84,6 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
             )
         return v
 
-    @field_validator("min_movie_size_bytes")
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_min_movie_size(cls, v: int) -> int:
-        if v < 0:
-            raise ConfigurationError(
-                f"min_movie_size_bytes must be non-negative, got {v}"
-            )
-        return v
-
     @field_validator("request_timeout")
     @classmethod
     def validate_timeout(cls, v: int) -> int: