diff --git a/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/dataconversion/service/student/StudentBaseService.java b/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/dataconversion/service/student/StudentBaseService.java
index 7d4d6bf..87654c5 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/dataconversion/service/student/StudentBaseService.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/dataconversion/service/student/StudentBaseService.java
@@ -130,29 +130,6 @@ protected void populateNewBatchFlags(StudentGradDTO currentStudent) {
         }
     }
 
-    protected void validateAndAdjustNewBatchFlags(StudentGradDTO currentStudent) {
-        String currentStudentStatus = currentStudent.getStudentStatus();
-        String newStudentStatus = currentStudent.getNewStudentStatus();
-        // 1. If a student in GRAD is ARC/TER then do not set TVR flag
-        if (STUDENT_STATUS_ARCHIVED.equalsIgnoreCase(currentStudentStatus) || STUDENT_STATUS_TERMINATED.equalsIgnoreCase(currentStudentStatus)) {
-            currentStudent.setNewRecalculateProjectedGrad(null);
-        }
-        // 2. If a student in GRAD is MER then do not set Transcript & TVR flags
-        if (STUDENT_STATUS_MERGED.equalsIgnoreCase(currentStudentStatus)) {
-            currentStudent.setNewRecalculateGradStatus(null);
-            currentStudent.setNewRecalculateProjectedGrad(null);
-        }
-        // 3. If a student in GRAD is changed to ARC/TER then set TVR flag to NULL
-        if (STUDENT_STATUS_ARCHIVED.equalsIgnoreCase(newStudentStatus) || STUDENT_STATUS_TERMINATED.equalsIgnoreCase(newStudentStatus)) {
-            currentStudent.setNewRecalculateProjectedGrad(NULL_VALUE);
-        }
-        // 4. If a student in GRAD is changed to MER then set Transcript & TVR flags to NULL
-        if (STUDENT_STATUS_MERGED.equalsIgnoreCase(newStudentStatus)) {
-            currentStudent.setNewRecalculateGradStatus(NULL_VALUE);
-            currentStudent.setNewRecalculateProjectedGrad(NULL_VALUE);
-        }
-    }
-
     private void updateProgramCountsInSummary(ConversionStudentSummaryDTO summary, String programCode, boolean isGraduated) {
         if (summary != null) {
             summary.increment(programCode, isGraduated);
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/dataconversion/service/student/StudentGraduationUpdateEventService.java b/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/dataconversion/service/student/StudentGraduationUpdateEventService.java
index 011901e..310c6b2 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/dataconversion/service/student/StudentGraduationUpdateEventService.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/ca/bc/gov/educ/api/dataconversion/service/student/StudentGraduationUpdateEventService.java
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ public <T extends Object> void processEvent(T request, Event event) {
 
     public void processStudent(TraxGraduationUpdateDTO updateGrad, StudentGradDTO currentStudent, String accessToken) {
         boolean isChanged = false;
-        boolean isStudentStatusChanged = false;
 
         log.info(" Process Student : studentID = {}, pen = {}", currentStudent.getStudentID(), updateGrad.getPen());
         // Processing order is important for the first 3 fields below.
@@ -114,13 +113,9 @@ public void processStudent(TraxGraduationUpdateDTO updateGrad, StudentGradDTO cu
             processStudentStatus(currentStudent, newStudentStatus);
             log.info(" => student status : current = {}, request = {}", currentStudent.getStudentStatus(), currentStudent.getNewStudentStatus());
             isChanged = true;
-            isStudentStatusChanged = true;
         }
 
         if (isChanged) {
-            if (isStudentStatusChanged) {
-                validateAndAdjustNewBatchFlags(currentStudent);
-            }
             log.info(" Save Student : studentID = {}, pen = {}", currentStudent.getStudentID(), updateGrad.getPen());
             studentProcess.saveGraduationStudent(updateGrad.getPen(), currentStudent, UPD_GRAD, accessToken);
         }