diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 6ae37e7b3..93693c919 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ Mandatory parameters are marked as **Required**, which means that they are requi
 | `ask_strategy.use_sell_signal` | Use sell signals produced by the strategy in addition to the `minimal_roi`. [Strategy Override](#parameters-in-the-strategy). <br>*Defaults to `true`.* <br> **Datatype:** Boolean
 | `ask_strategy.sell_profit_only` | Wait until the bot makes a positive profit before taking a sell decision. [Strategy Override](#parameters-in-the-strategy). <br>*Defaults to `false`.* <br> **Datatype:** Boolean
 | `ask_strategy.ignore_roi_if_buy_signal` | Do not sell if the buy signal is still active. This setting takes preference over `minimal_roi` and `use_sell_signal`. [Strategy Override](#parameters-in-the-strategy). <br>*Defaults to `false`.* <br> **Datatype:** Boolean
-| `ask_strategy.ignore_buying_expired_candle` | Enables usage of skipping buys on candles that are older than a specified period. <br>*Defaults to `False`* <br> **Datatype:** Boolean 
-| `ask_strategy.ignore_buying_expired_candle_after` | Specifies the number of seconds until a buy signal is no longer used when setting `ignore_buying_expired_candle`. <br> **Datatype:** Integer
+| `ask_strategy.ignore_buying_expired_candle_after` | Specifies the number of seconds until a buy signal is no longer used. <br> **Datatype:** Integer
 | `order_types` | Configure order-types depending on the action (`"buy"`, `"sell"`, `"stoploss"`, `"stoploss_on_exchange"`). [More information below](#understand-order_types). [Strategy Override](#parameters-in-the-strategy).<br> **Datatype:** Dict
 | `order_time_in_force` | Configure time in force for buy and sell orders. [More information below](#understand-order_time_in_force). [Strategy Override](#parameters-in-the-strategy). <br> **Datatype:** Dict
 | `exchange.name` | **Required.** Name of the exchange class to use. [List below](#user-content-what-values-for-exchangename). <br> **Datatype:** String
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ Values set in the configuration file always overwrite values set in the strategy
 * `use_sell_signal` (ask_strategy)
 * `sell_profit_only` (ask_strategy)
 * `ignore_roi_if_buy_signal` (ask_strategy)
-* `ignore_buying_expired_candle` (ask_strategy)
 * `ignore_buying_expired_candle_after` (ask_strategy)
 
 ### Configuring amount per trade
@@ -679,13 +677,12 @@ freqtrade
 
 When working with larger timeframes (for example 1h or more) and using a low `max_open_trades` value, the last candle can be processed as soon as a trade slot becomes available. When processing the last candle, this can lead to a situation where it may not be desirable to use the buy signal on that candle. For example, when using a condition in your strategy where you use a cross-over, that point may have passed too long ago for you to start a trade on it.
 
-In these situations, you can enable the functionality to ignore candles that are beyond a specified period by setting `ask_strategy.ignore_buying_expired_candle` to `true`. After this, you can set `ask_strategy.ignore_buying_expired_candle_after` to the number of seconds after which the candle becomes expired.
+In these situations, you can enable the functionality to ignore candles that are beyond a specified period by setting `ask_strategy.ignore_buying_expired_candle_after` to a positive number, indicating the number of seconds after which the candle becomes expired.
 
 For example, if your strategy is using a 1h timeframe, and you only want to buy within the first 5 minutes when a new candle comes in, you can add the following configuration to your strategy:
 
 ``` jsonc
   "ask_strategy":{
-    "ignore_buying_expired_candle" = true
     "ignore_buying_expired_candle_after" = 300 # 5 minutes
     "price_side": "bid",
     // ...
diff --git a/freqtrade/resolvers/strategy_resolver.py b/freqtrade/resolvers/strategy_resolver.py
index 5872d95a6..3b7374326 100644
--- a/freqtrade/resolvers/strategy_resolver.py
+++ b/freqtrade/resolvers/strategy_resolver.py
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ class StrategyResolver(IResolver):
                       ("sell_profit_only",                False,       'ask_strategy'),
                       ("ignore_roi_if_buy_signal",        False,       'ask_strategy'),
                       ("disable_dataframe_checks",        False,       None),
-                      ("ignore_buying_expired_candle",    None,       'ask_strategy'),
                       ("ignore_buying_expired_candle_after",  0,       'ask_strategy')
                       ]
         for attribute, default, subkey in attributes:
diff --git a/freqtrade/strategy/interface.py b/freqtrade/strategy/interface.py
index b9d05f64f..57dcdeb3c 100644
--- a/freqtrade/strategy/interface.py
+++ b/freqtrade/strategy/interface.py
@@ -113,9 +113,7 @@ class IStrategy(ABC):
     # run "populate_indicators" only for new candle
     process_only_new_candles: bool = False
 
-    # Don't buy on expired candles
-    ignore_buying_expired_candle: bool = False
-    # Number of seconds after which the candle will no longer result in a buy
+    # Number of seconds after which the candle will no longer result in a buy on expired candles
     ignore_buying_expired_candle_after: int = 0
 
     # Disable checking the dataframe (converts the error into a warning message)
@@ -491,7 +489,9 @@ class IStrategy(ABC):
 
     def ignore_expired_candle(self, latest_date: datetime, current_time: datetime,
                               timeframe_seconds: int, buy: bool):
-        if self.ignore_buying_expired_candle and buy:
+        if self.ignore_buying_expired_candle_after \
+                and self.ignore_buying_expired_candle_after > 0\
+                and buy:
             time_delta = current_time - (latest_date + timedelta(seconds=timeframe_seconds))
             return time_delta.total_seconds() > self.ignore_buying_expired_candle_after
         else:
diff --git a/tests/strategy/test_interface.py b/tests/strategy/test_interface.py
index a3969d91b..f158a1518 100644
--- a/tests/strategy/test_interface.py
+++ b/tests/strategy/test_interface.py
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ def test_get_signal_old_dataframe(default_conf, mocker, caplog, ohlcv_history):
 def test_ignore_expired_candle(default_conf):
     default_conf.update({'strategy': 'DefaultStrategy'})
     strategy = StrategyResolver.load_strategy(default_conf)
-    strategy.ignore_buying_expired_candle = True
     strategy.ignore_buying_expired_candle_after = 60
 
     latest_date = datetime(2020, 12, 30, 7, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)