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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9342f25..1f165be0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
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diff --git a/public/components/TagEdit/formComponents/TagDescription.react.js b/public/components/TagEdit/formComponents/TagDescription.react.js
index 4c566691..690f1e60 100644
--- a/public/components/TagEdit/formComponents/TagDescription.react.js
+++ b/public/components/TagEdit/formComponents/TagDescription.react.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import ReactScribe from '../../utils/ReactScribe.react';
 import { RichTextEditor, customMultiBlockTextConfig, transformToLegacyMarkup } from '@guardian/prosemirror-editor';
 
 
@@ -29,15 +28,6 @@ export default class TagDescription extends React.Component {
       <div className="tag-edit__input-group">
         <label className="tag-edit__input-group__header">Description/Profile</label>
         <div>
-          <ReactScribe
-            onChange={this.updateDescription.bind(this)}
-            value={this.props.tag.description || ''}
-            className="tag-edit__richtext"
-            toolbarClassName="tag-edit__richtext__toolbar"
-            toolbarItemClassName="tag-edit__richtext__toolbar__item"
-            editorClassName="tag-edit__richtext__editor"
-            disabled={!this.props.tagEditable}
-          />
           <RichTextEditor 
             value={this.props.tag.description || ''}
             onUpdate={this.updateDescription.bind(this)}
diff --git a/public/components/utils/ReactScribe.react.js b/public/components/utils/ReactScribe.react.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ee5c650..00000000
--- a/public/components/utils/ReactScribe.react.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import Scribe from 'scribe-editor';
-import scribeKeyboardShortcutsPlugin from 'scribe-plugin-keyboard-shortcuts';
-import scribePluginToolbar from 'scribe-plugin-toolbar';
-import scribePluginLinkPromptCommand from 'scribe-plugin-link-prompt-command';
-import scribePluginSanitizer from 'scribe-plugin-sanitizer'
-
-export default class ReactScribe extends React.Component {
-
-  constructor(props) {
-    super(props);
-
-    this.onContentChange = this.onContentChange.bind(this);
-  }
-
-  componentDidMount() {
-    if (!this.props.disabled) {
-      this.scribe = new Scribe(this.refs.editor);
-
-      this.configureScribe();
-
-      this.scribe.on('content-changed', this.onContentChange);
-    }
-  }
-
-  UNSAFE_componentWillUnmount() {
-    if (!this.props.disabled) {
-      this.scribe.off('content-changed', this.onContentChange);
-    }
-  }
-
-  configureScribe() {
-
-    this.scribe.use(scribePluginLinkPromptCommand());
-    this.scribe.use(scribeKeyboardShortcutsPlugin({
-      bold: function (event) { return event.metaKey && event.keyCode === 66; }, // b
-      italic: function (event) { return event.metaKey && event.keyCode === 73; }, // i
-      linkPrompt: function (event) { return event.metaKey && !event.shiftKey && event.keyCode === 75; }, // k
-      unlink: function (event) { return event.metaKey && event.shiftKey && event.keyCode === 75; } // shft + k
-    }));
-    this.scribe.use(scribePluginSanitizer({
-      tags: {
-        p: {},
-        i: {},
-        b: {},
-        a: {
-          href: true
-        }
-      }
-    }));
-
-    this.scribe.use(scribePluginToolbar(this.refs.toolbar));
-  }
-
-  shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps) {
-    return nextProps.value !== this.refs.editor.innerHTML;
-  }
-
-  onContentChange() {
-    const newContent = this.refs.editor.innerHTML;
-
-    if (newContent !== this.props.value) {
-      this.props.onChange(newContent);
-    }
-  }
-
-  render () {
-    return (
-      <div className={this.props.className}>
-        <div ref="toolbar" className={this.props.toolbarClassName}>
-          <div data-command-name="bold" className={this.props.toolbarItemClassName}>Bold</div>
-          <div data-command-name="italic" className={this.props.toolbarItemClassName}>Italic</div>
-          <div data-command-name="linkPrompt" className={this.props.toolbarItemClassName}>Link</div>
-          <div data-command-name="unlink" className={this.props.toolbarItemClassName}>Unlink</div>
-        </div>
-        <div className={this.props.editorClassName} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: this.props.value}} ref="editor"></div>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-}