diff --git a/moped-etl/arcgis/components_to_agol.py b/moped-etl/arcgis/components_to_agol.py
index c230376713..0cba56b9f1 100644
--- a/moped-etl/arcgis/components_to_agol.py
+++ b/moped-etl/arcgis/components_to_agol.py
@@ -53,31 +53,31 @@ def is_valid_HTML_tag(html_string_to_check):
     return html_string_to_check == str(soup)
 
 
-def handle_status_updates(features):
-    """Check project status updates for valid or invalid HTML; escape HTML if needed.
-    Project status updates can be plain text, valid HTML, or invalid HTML. If invalid HTML is found,
-    the content of the update is escaped to prevent it from being rejected by AGOL (504 or 400 error).
+# def handle_status_updates(features):
+#     """Check project status updates for valid or invalid HTML; escape HTML if needed.
+#     Project status updates can be plain text, valid HTML, or invalid HTML. If invalid HTML is found,
+#     the content of the update is escaped to prevent it from being rejected by AGOL (504 or 400 error).
 
-    Args:
-        features (list): list of Esri feature objects
+#     Args:
+#         features (list): list of Esri feature objects
 
-    Returns:
-        list: list of Esri feature objects with status update HTML escaped if needed
-    """
-    for record in features:
-        id = record["attributes"]["project_id"]
+#     Returns:
+#         list: list of Esri feature objects with status update HTML escaped if needed
+#     """
+#     for record in features:
+#         id = record["attributes"]["project_id"]
 
-        status_update = record["attributes"]["project_status_update"]
+#         status_update = record["attributes"]["project_status_update"]
 
-        if status_update != None and has_html_tags(status_update):
-            if not is_valid_HTML_tag(status_update):
-                logger.info(
-                    f"Invalid HTML tag found in project_id: {id}. Getting HTML text..."
-                )
-                html_text = BeautifulSoup(status_update, "html.parser").get_text()
-                record["attributes"]["project_status_update"] = html_text
+#         if status_update != None and has_html_tags(status_update):
+#             if not is_valid_HTML_tag(status_update):
+#                 logger.info(
+#                     f"Invalid HTML tag found in project_id: {id}. Getting HTML text..."
+#                 )
+#                 html_text = BeautifulSoup(status_update, "html.parser").get_text()
+#                 record["attributes"]["project_status_update"] = html_text
 
-    return features
+#     return features
 
 
 def get_esri_geometry_key(geometry):
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def main(args):
         for feature_type in ["points", "lines", "combined", "exploded"]:
             logger.info(f"Processing {feature_type} features...")
             features_of_type = all_features[feature_type]
-            features = handle_status_updates(features_of_type)
+            features = features_of_type
 
             logger.info("Deleting all existing features...")
             if not args.test:
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def main(args):
         for feature_type in ["points", "lines", "combined", "exploded"]:
             logger.info(f"Processing {feature_type} features...")
             features_of_type = all_features[feature_type]
-            features = handle_status_updates(features_of_type)
+            features = features_of_type
 
             logger.info(
                 f"Deleting all existing features in {feature_type} layer for updated projects in chunks of {UPLOAD_CHUNK_SIZE}..."