diff --git a/src/js/models/metadata/eml211/EML211.js b/src/js/models/metadata/eml211/EML211.js
index 87aeb3bd5..d4dfe724c 100644
--- a/src/js/models/metadata/eml211/EML211.js
+++ b/src/js/models/metadata/eml211/EML211.js
@@ -1712,32 +1712,8 @@ define([
         // Validate the EMLAnnotation models
         const annotations = this.get("annotations");
         const annotationErrors = annotations.validate();
-        // if (annotationErrors) {
-        //   // Put canonicalDataset annotation errors in their own category
-        //   // so they can be displayed in the special canonicalDataset field.
-        //   const canonicalErrors = [];
-        //   const errorsToRemove = [];
-        //   // Check for a canonicalDataset annotation error
-        //   annotationErrors.forEach((annotationError, i) => {
-        //     if (annotationError.isCanonicalDataset) {
-        //       canonicalErrors.push(annotationError);
-        //       errorsToRemove.push(i);
-        //     }
-        //   });
-        //   // Remove canonicalDataset errors from the annotation errors
-        //   // backwards so we don't mess up the indexes.
-        //   errorsToRemove.reverse().forEach((i) => {
-        //     annotationErrors.splice(i, 1);
-        //   });
-
-        //   if (canonicalErrors.length) {
-        //     // The two canonicalDataset errors are the same, so just show one.
-        //     errors.canonicalDataset = canonicalErrors[0].message;
-        //   }
-        // }
-        // Add the rest of the annotation errors if there are any
-        // non-canonical left
-        if (annotationErrors.length) {
+
+        if (annotationErrors?.length) {
           errors.annotations = annotationErrors.filter(
             (e) => e.attr !== "canonicalDataset",
           );