diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/agmAssociations/AgmAgmAssociationService.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/agmAssociations/AgmAgmAssociationService.java
index 2b517f17c..43464925d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/agmAssociations/AgmAgmAssociationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/agmAssociations/AgmAgmAssociationService.java
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ protected void init() {
 	@Transactional
 	public AgmAgmAssociation upsert(AgmAgmAssociationDTO dto, BackendBulkDataProvider dataProvider) throws ValidationException {
 		AgmAgmAssociation association = agmAgmAssociationDtoValidator.validateAgmAgmAssociationDTO(dto, dataProvider);
-		if (association != null) {
-			addAssociationToAgm(association);
-			addAssociationToStr(association);
-		}
-
 		return association;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/agmAssociations/AgmStrAssociationService.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/agmAssociations/AgmStrAssociationService.java
index 656c9fb1b..41415ac63 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/agmAssociations/AgmStrAssociationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/agmAssociations/AgmStrAssociationService.java
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ protected void init() {
 	@Transactional
 	public AgmSequenceTargetingReagentAssociation upsert(AgmSequenceTargetingReagentAssociationDTO dto, BackendBulkDataProvider dataProvider) throws ValidationException {
 		AgmSequenceTargetingReagentAssociation association = agmStrAssociationDtoValidator.validateAgmSequenceTargetingReagentAssociationDTO(dto, dataProvider);
-		if (association != null) {
-			addAssociationToAgm(association);
-			addAssociationToStr(association);
-		}
-
 		return association;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/alleleAssociations/AlleleGeneAssociationService.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/alleleAssociations/AlleleGeneAssociationService.java
index 9b3b46f04..ea6bec696 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/alleleAssociations/AlleleGeneAssociationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/alleleAssociations/AlleleGeneAssociationService.java
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ public ObjectResponse<AlleleGeneAssociation> upsert(AlleleGeneAssociation uiEnti
 			return null;
 		}
 		dbEntity = alleleGeneAssociationDAO.persist(dbEntity);
-		addAssociationToAllele(dbEntity);
-		addAssociationToGene(dbEntity);
 		return new ObjectResponse<AlleleGeneAssociation>(dbEntity);
 	}
 
@@ -74,11 +72,6 @@ public ObjectResponse<AlleleGeneAssociation> validate(AlleleGeneAssociation uiEn
 	@Transactional
 	public AlleleGeneAssociation upsert(AlleleGeneAssociationDTO dto, BackendBulkDataProvider dataProvider) throws ValidationException {
 		AlleleGeneAssociation association = alleleGeneAssociationDtoValidator.validateAlleleGeneAssociationDTO(dto, dataProvider);
-		if (association != null) {
-			addAssociationToAllele(association);
-			addAssociationToGene(association);
-		}
-
 		return association;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/constructAssociations/ConstructGenomicEntityAssociationService.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/constructAssociations/ConstructGenomicEntityAssociationService.java
index 258396355..e85508a60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/constructAssociations/ConstructGenomicEntityAssociationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/services/associations/constructAssociations/ConstructGenomicEntityAssociationService.java
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ public ObjectResponse<ConstructGenomicEntityAssociation> upsert(ConstructGenomic
 			return null;
 		}
 		dbEntity = constructGenomicEntityAssociationDAO.persist(dbEntity);
-/*
-		addAssociationToConstruct(dbEntity);
-		addAssociationToGenomicEntity(dbEntity);
-*/
 		return new ObjectResponse<>(dbEntity);
 	}