diff --git a/app/features/tournament-bracket/tournament-bracket-utils.ts b/app/features/tournament-bracket/tournament-bracket-utils.ts
index c2ae3d85d..68c721ccc 100644
--- a/app/features/tournament-bracket/tournament-bracket-utils.ts
+++ b/app/features/tournament-bracket/tournament-bracket-utils.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ export function resolveTournamentStageSettings(
     case "DE":
       return {
         grandFinal: "double",
-        seedOrdering: ["space_between"],
       };
     default: {
       assertUnreachable(format);
diff --git a/app/modules/brackets-manager/create.ts b/app/modules/brackets-manager/create.ts
index 9dc51ec2d..ce5d3f81b 100644
--- a/app/modules/brackets-manager/create.ts
+++ b/app/modules/brackets-manager/create.ts
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ export class Create {
    * Returns the ordering method for the first round of the upper bracket of an elimination stage.
    */
   public getStandardBracketFirstRoundOrdering(): SeedOrdering {
-    return this.getOrdering(0, "elimination", "inner_outer");
+    return this.getOrdering(0, "elimination", "space_between");
   }
 
   /**