diff --git a/lib/Config/Populator.php b/lib/Config/Populator.php
index 47729ee726..be4782e318 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Populator.php
+++ b/lib/Config/Populator.php
@@ -192,10 +192,6 @@ class Populator {
       array(
         'name' => 'schedule',
         'newsletter_type' => 'notification',
-      ),
-      array(
-        'name' => 'segments',
-        'newsletter_type' => 'notification',
       )
     );
   }
diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php
index 8dea67246d..114e0535ea 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Scheduler {
   function processPostNotificationNewsletter($newsletter, $queue) {
     $immediate_interval =
       \MailPoet\Newsletter\Scheduler\Scheduler::INTERVAL_IMMEDIATELY;
-    $segments = unserialize($newsletter->segments);
+    $segments = $newsletter->segments()->findArray();
     if(empty($segments) && $newsletter->intervalType === $immediate_interval) {
       $queue->delete();
       return;
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ class Scheduler {
       self::updateQueueNextRunDate($queue, $newsletter);
       return;
     }
-    $subscribers = Subscriber::getSubscribedInSegments($segments)
+    $segment_ids = array_map(function($segment) {
+      return $segment['id'];
+    }, $segments);
+    $subscribers = Subscriber::getSubscribedInSegments($segment_ids)
       ->findArray();
     $subscribers = Helpers::arrayColumn($subscribers, 'subscriber_id');
     $subscribers = array_unique($subscribers);
diff --git a/lib/Router/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Router/SendingQueue.php
index 13837ede49..eefe9fd046 100644
--- a/lib/Router/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Router/SendingQueue.php
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ class SendingQueue {
 
       $message = __('The newsletter has been scheduled.');
     } else {
-      $subscribers = Subscriber::getSubscribedInSegments($data['segments'])
+      $segments = $newsletter->segments()->findArray();
+      $segment_ids = array_map(function($segment) {
+        return $segment['id'];
+      }, $segments);
+      $subscribers = Subscriber::getSubscribedInSegments($segment_ids)
         ->findArray();
       $subscribers = Helpers::arrayColumn($subscribers, 'subscriber_id');
       $subscribers = array_unique($subscribers);