diff --git a/src/fields/performFieldOperations.js b/src/fields/performFieldOperations.js
index 2fb43676bc..55d43b35a6 100644
--- a/src/fields/performFieldOperations.js
+++ b/src/fields/performFieldOperations.js
@@ -277,18 +277,12 @@ async function performFieldOperations(entityConfig, args) {
         if (data[field.name] === '') dataCopy[field.name] = null;
       }
 
-      // TODO: sanitize additional field types as necessary i.e. relationships
-
       if (field.type === 'checkbox') {
         if (data[field.name] === 'true') dataCopy[field.name] = true;
         if (data[field.name] === 'false') dataCopy[field.name] = false;
         if (data[field.name] === '') dataCopy[field.name] = false;
       }
 
-      if (field.type === 'richText' && typeof data[field.name] === 'string') {
-        dataCopy[field.name] = JSON.parse(data[field.name]);
-      }
-
       // If richText content comes through as a string, parse it into JSON
 
       if (field.type === 'richText' && typeof data[field.name] === 'string') {