diff --git a/qiita_db/test/test_util.py b/qiita_db/test/test_util.py
index fddd44b9a..8d88db246 100644
--- a/qiita_db/test/test_util.py
+++ b/qiita_db/test/test_util.py
@@ -866,10 +866,9 @@ def test_generate_study_list(self):
             USER('shared@foo.bar'), 'test_study_1', info=info)
 
         snew_info = {
-            'status': 'sandbox', 'study_title': 'test_study_1',
+            'study_title': 'test_study_1',
             'metadata_complete': True, 'publication_pid': [],
             'artifact_biom_ids': [], 'autoloaded': False,
-            'ebi_submission_status': 'not submitted',
             'study_id': new_study.id, 'ebi_study_accession': None,
             'owner': 'Shared', 'shared': [],
             'study_abstract': 'Some abstract goes here',
@@ -943,8 +942,6 @@ def _avoid_duplicated_tests(all_artifacts=False):
 
         # make artifacts of prep 2 public
         PREP(2).artifact.visibility = 'public'
-        exp1[0]['status'] = 'public'
-        exp_both[0]['status'] = 'public'
         _avoid_duplicated_tests()
 
         # make artifacts of prep 1 awaiting_approval
@@ -977,10 +974,10 @@ def test_generate_study_list_without_artifacts(self):
             qdb.user.User('shared@foo.bar'), 'test_study_1', info=info)
 
         exp_info = [
-            {'status': 'private', 'study_title': (
+            {'study_title': (
                 'Identification of the Microbiomes for Cannabis Soils'),
              'metadata_complete': True, 'publication_pid': [
-                '123456', '7891011'], 'ebi_submission_status': 'submitted',
+                '123456', '7891011'],
              'study_id': 1, 'ebi_study_accession': 'EBI123456-BB',
              'autoloaded': False,
              'study_abstract': (
@@ -996,9 +993,9 @@ def test_generate_study_list_without_artifacts(self):
                 'lifecycle.'), 'pi': ('PI_dude@foo.bar', 'PIDude'),
              'publication_doi': ['10.100/123456', '10.100/7891011'],
              'study_alias': 'Cannabis Soils', 'number_samples_collected': 27},
-            {'status': 'sandbox', 'study_title': 'test_study_1',
+            {'study_title': 'test_study_1',
              'metadata_complete': True, 'publication_pid': [],
-             'ebi_submission_status': 'not submitted', 'autoloaded': False,
+             'autoloaded': False,
              'study_id': new_study.id, 'ebi_study_accession': None,
              'study_abstract': 'Some abstract goes here',
              'pi': ('lab_dude@foo.bar', 'LabDude'), 'publication_doi': [],
@@ -1284,7 +1281,6 @@ def test_purge_filepaths_test(self):
     'study_id': 1,
     'owner': 'Dude',
     'study_alias': 'Cannabis Soils',
-    'status': 'private',
     'study_abstract':
         'This is a preliminary study to examine the microbiota '
         'associated with the Cannabis plant. Soils samples '
@@ -1300,7 +1296,6 @@ def test_purge_filepaths_test(self):
     'metadata_complete': True,
     'autoloaded': False,
     'ebi_study_accession': 'EBI123456-BB',
-    'ebi_submission_status': 'submitted',
     'study_title':
         'Identification of the Microbiomes for Cannabis Soils',
     'number_samples_collected': 27,
diff --git a/qiita_db/util.py b/qiita_db/util.py
index 67f39004a..defc024e7 100644
--- a/qiita_db/util.py
+++ b/qiita_db/util.py
@@ -1558,9 +1558,6 @@ def generate_study_list(user, visibility):
                 del info["shared_with_name"]
                 del info["shared_with_email"]
 
-                study = qdb.study.Study(info['study_id'])
-                info['status'] = study.status
-                info['ebi_submission_status'] = study.ebi_submission_status
                 infolist.append(info)
     return infolist
 
@@ -1642,9 +1639,6 @@ def generate_study_list_without_artifacts(study_ids, portal=None):
             del info["pi_email"]
             del info["pi_name"]
 
-            study = qdb.study.Study(info['study_id'])
-            info['status'] = study.status
-            info['ebi_submission_status'] = study.ebi_submission_status
             infolist.append(info)
     return infolist
 
diff --git a/qiita_pet/handlers/study_handlers/listing_handlers.py b/qiita_pet/handlers/study_handlers/listing_handlers.py
index 6a1a3bcd3..91b83a562 100644
--- a/qiita_pet/handlers/study_handlers/listing_handlers.py
+++ b/qiita_pet/handlers/study_handlers/listing_handlers.py
@@ -136,13 +136,12 @@ def get(self, ignore):
 
             info[i]['pi'] = study_person_linkifier(info[i]['pi'])
 
-            info[i]['ebi_info'] = info[i]['ebi_submission_status']
+            info[i]['ebi_info'] = ''
             ebi_study_accession = info[i]['ebi_study_accession']
             if ebi_study_accession:
-                info[i]['ebi_info'] = '%s (%s)' % (
-                    ''.join([EBI_LINKIFIER.format(a)
-                             for a in ebi_study_accession.split(',')]),
-                    info[i]['ebi_submission_status'])
+                info[i]['ebi_info'] = ''.join([
+                    EBI_LINKIFIER.format(a)
+                    for a in ebi_study_accession.split(',')])
 
         # build the table json
         results = {
diff --git a/qiita_pet/handlers/study_handlers/tests/test_listing_handlers.py b/qiita_pet/handlers/study_handlers/tests/test_listing_handlers.py
index fc46f1ffb..a63256f96 100644
--- a/qiita_pet/handlers/study_handlers/tests/test_listing_handlers.py
+++ b/qiita_pet/handlers/study_handlers/tests/test_listing_handlers.py
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ def setUp(self):
                 'study_title': ('Identification of the Microbiomes for '
                                 'Cannabis Soils'),
                 'metadata_complete': True,
-                'ebi_submission_status': 'submitted',
                 'study_id': 1,
                 'study_alias': 'Cannabis Soils',
                 'owner': 'Dude',
diff --git a/qiita_pet/templates/list_studies.html b/qiita_pet/templates/list_studies.html
index d95986ac1..f390b9d16 100644
--- a/qiita_pet/templates/list_studies.html
+++ b/qiita_pet/templates/list_studies.html
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
         { "data": "shared" },
         { "data": "pi" },
         { "data": "pubs" },
-        { "data": "status" },
         { "data": "ebi_info" },
         { "data": "study_alias" }],
       columnDefs: [
@@ -379,7 +378,6 @@ <h3 class="gray-msg">Your Studies</h3>
           <th>Shared With These Users</th>
           <th>Principal Investigator</th>
           <th>Publications</th>
-          <th>Status</th>
           <th>Qiita EBI submission</th>
           <th>Study Alias</th>
         </tr>
diff --git a/qiita_pet/test/test_qiita_redbiom.py b/qiita_pet/test/test_qiita_redbiom.py
index b5ad3b192..559858112 100644
--- a/qiita_pet/test/test_qiita_redbiom.py
+++ b/qiita_pet/test/test_qiita_redbiom.py
@@ -134,10 +134,9 @@ def test_post_errors(self):
 
 
 DATA = [
-    {'status': 'private',
-     'study_title': 'Identification of the Microbiomes for Cannabis Soils',
+    {'study_title': 'Identification of the Microbiomes for Cannabis Soils',
      'metadata_complete': True, 'publication_pid': ['123456', '7891011'],
-     'ebi_submission_status': 'submitted', 'autoloaded': False,
+     'autoloaded': False,
      'study_id': 1, 'ebi_study_accession': 'EBI123456-BB',
      'study_abstract': ('This is a preliminary study to examine the '
                         'microbiota associated with the Cannabis plant. Soils '