diff --git a/webapp/config/web.xml b/webapp/config/web.xml
index 1f48ca603..1a5d3cd0d 100644
--- a/webapp/config/web.xml
+++ b/webapp/config/web.xml
@@ -1105,12 +1105,7 @@
     <servlet-name>individual</servlet-name>
     <servlet-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.IndividualController</servlet-class>
   </servlet>
-  
-  <servlet>
-    <servlet-name>updateEntityFlags</servlet-name>
-    <servlet-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.UpdateEntityFlagServlet</servlet-class>
-  </servlet>
-
+    
   <servlet>
     <servlet-name>authenticate</servlet-name>
     <servlet-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.edit.Authenticate</servlet-class>
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/UpdateEntityFlagServlet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/UpdateEntityFlagServlet.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fde0dee7d..000000000
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/UpdateEntityFlagServlet.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-
-package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.edit;
-
-import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.SQLException;
-import java.sql.Statement;
-
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroHttpServlet;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.indexing.IndexBuilder;
-
-public class UpdateEntityFlagServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
-    private static final int DEFAULT_PORTAL_ID=1;
-    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(UpdateEntityFlagServlet.class.getName());
-
-    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse response) {
-    	
-    	VitroRequest request = new VitroRequest(req);
-    	
-        Connection con=null;
-        try {
-            // JCR 20040905 passing on portal home parameter
-            String portalIdStr=(portalIdStr=request.getParameter("home"))==null?String.valueOf(DEFAULT_PORTAL_ID):portalIdStr;
-            //request.setAttribute("home",portalIdStr);
-
-
-            int entityId=0;
-            // YES, you do want to look at the QuerySpecId parameter, not an entityId parameter in the next line
-            String entityIdStr=(entityIdStr=request.getParameter("querySpecId"))==null?String.valueOf(entityId):entityIdStr;
-            try {
-                entityId=Integer.parseInt(entityIdStr);
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                log.error("error -- could not parse " + entityIdStr + " as an integer value");
-                request.setAttribute("processError","Exception when parsing entity id: "+entityIdStr+" as integer value: " + ex.getMessage());
-                getServletConfig().getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/fetch?queryspec=entityv&linkwhere=entities.id="+entityId).forward( request, response );
-                return;
-            }
-
-            //try {
-                // TODO: this way of getting a connection is soon going away.
-                //con=getVitroConnection().getConnection();
-                con = null;
-                if (con==null) {
-                    request.setAttribute("processError","SQLException on establishing database pool connection: connection is null");
-                    getServletConfig().getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/fetch?queryspec=entityv&linkwhere=entities.id="+entityId).forward( request, response );
-                    return;
-                }
-//            } catch (SQLException ex) {
-//                request.setAttribute("processError","SQLException on establishing database connection: "+ex.getMessage());
-//                getServletConfig().getServletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/fetch?queryspec=entityv&linkwhere=entities.id="+entityId).forward( request, response );
-//                return;
-//            }
-
-            Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
-
-            String[] flag1ParameterValues = request.getParameterValues("flag1s");
-            String updateEntityStr="UPDATE entities SET flag1Set='";
-            String flag1SetMembers="";
-            if ( flag1ParameterValues != null ) {
-                for ( int i=0; i<flag1ParameterValues.length; i++ ) {
-                    if (i==0) {
-                        flag1SetMembers=flag1ParameterValues[i];
-                    } else {
-                        flag1SetMembers+="," + flag1ParameterValues[i];
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            updateEntityStr+=flag1SetMembers + "',flag2Set='";
-
-            String[] flag2ParameterValues = request.getParameterValues("flag2s");
-            String flag2SetMembers="";
-            if ( flag2ParameterValues != null ) {
-                for ( int i=0; i<flag2ParameterValues.length; i++ ) {
-                    if (i==0) {
-                        flag2SetMembers=flag2ParameterValues[i];
-                    } else {
-                        flag2SetMembers+="," + flag2ParameterValues[i];
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            updateEntityStr+=flag2SetMembers + "',flag3Set='";
-
-            String[] flag3ParameterValues = request.getParameterValues("flag3s");
-            String flag3SetMembers="";
-            if ( flag3ParameterValues != null ) {
-                for ( int i=0; i<flag3ParameterValues.length; i++ ) {
-                    if (i==0) {
-                        flag3SetMembers=flag3ParameterValues[i];
-                    } else {
-                        flag3SetMembers+="," + flag3ParameterValues[i];
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            updateEntityStr+=flag3SetMembers + "' WHERE id='"+entityId + "'";
-
-            try {
-                int updateCount=stmt.executeUpdate(updateEntityStr);
-            } catch (SQLException ex) {
-                log.error("Error from updating entity filtering flags via " + updateEntityStr + ": " + ex.getMessage());
-                stmt.close();
-                con.close();
-                return;
-            }
-            stmt.close();
-            con.close();
-            response.sendRedirect("entity?home="+portalIdStr+"&id="+entityId);
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            log.error( ex.getMessage() );
-            ex.printStackTrace();
-        }finally {
-            updateSearchIndex(request);
-            //VitroConnection.close(con);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /** Updates the search index. */
-    private void updateSearchIndex(HttpServletRequest request){
-        IndexBuilder builder = (IndexBuilder)getServletContext().getAttribute(IndexBuilder.class.getName());
-        if( builder != null )
-        	builder.doUpdateIndex();
-    }
-}
-