diff --git a/packages/component-wizard/src/components/WizardFormStep.js b/packages/component-wizard/src/components/WizardFormStep.js
index b50d4d3e408bc85af1d024e385aa8aa350fa8486..2a9f4dd9f336ef606b4386c6fca340642bc3ed6e 100644
--- a/packages/component-wizard/src/components/WizardFormStep.js
+++ b/packages/component-wizard/src/components/WizardFormStep.js
@@ -45,14 +45,6 @@ const submitManuscript = (
       ...values,
     }),
   )
-    .then(() =>
-      dispatch(
-        actions.updateCollection({
-          id: project.id,
-          status: 'submitted',
-        }),
-      ),
-    )
     .then(() => {
       history.push(redirectPath, { project: project.id, version: version.id })
     })
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/AssignHEModal.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/AssignHEModal.js
index 592a672532c297eee54a7935536514435bc2f17f..37ab14727ea3048cc87c3deb39f45cc9e083fe65 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/AssignHEModal.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/AssignHEModal.js
@@ -35,22 +35,16 @@ class AssignHEModal extends React.Component {
       showModal,
       hideModal,
       setModalError,
-      updateCollection,
       getCollections,
     } = this.props
     assignHandlingEditor(email, collectionId).then(
       () => {
-        updateCollection({
-          id: collectionId,
-          status: 'he-invited',
-        }).then(() => {
-          getCollections()
-          hideModal()
-          showModal({
-            type: 'confirmation',
-            title: 'Assignation Sent',
-            cancelText: 'OK',
-          })
+        getCollections()
+        hideModal()
+        showModal({
+          type: 'confirmation',
+          title: 'Assignation Sent',
+          cancelText: 'OK',
         })
       },
       e => {
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/EditorInChiefActions.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/EditorInChiefActions.js
index d9bdde64a9104b35ce9a48960e48659312764f32..74d43be7981a96341f71e2527dffd463a76bf39c 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/EditorInChiefActions.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/EditorInChiefActions.js
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ export default compose(
   connect(null, {
     revokeHandlingEditor,
     assignHandlingEditor,
-    updateCollection: actions.updateCollection,
     getCollections: actions.getCollections,
   }),
   withTheme,
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ export default compose(
       getHandlingEditor,
       hideModal,
       setModalError,
-      updateCollection,
       getCollections,
     }) => actionType => {
       const editor = get(project, 'handlingEditor')
@@ -112,16 +110,11 @@ export default compose(
         confirmText: 'Revoke invite',
         onConfirm: () =>
           revokeHandlingEditor(invitation.id, project.id).then(() => {
-            updateCollection({
-              id: project.id,
-              status: 'submitted',
-            }).then(() => {
-              getCollections()
-              hideModal()
-              showModal({
-                type: 'success',
-                title: 'Handling Editor Assignation Revoked',
-              })
+            getCollections()
+            hideModal()
+            showModal({
+              type: 'success',
+              title: 'Handling Editor Assignation Revoked',
             })
           }, handleError(setModalError)),
       }
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/HandlingEditorActions.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/HandlingEditorActions.js
index da92ff4ec736ef3969ebad6ace56bebebc97666a..64885e96a2fdef4bc167dde69f4eff2783f8cdad 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/HandlingEditorActions.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/HandlingEditorActions.js
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ const HandlingEditorActions = ({ showHEModal }) => (
 export default compose(
   connect(null, {
     getCollections: actions.getCollections,
-    updateCollection: actions.updateCollection,
   }),
   withModal({
     modalKey: 'he-action',
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ export default compose(
       hideModal,
       project,
       getCollections,
-      updateCollection,
       setModalError,
     }) => modalType => {
       const invitation = project.invitations.find(
@@ -80,13 +78,8 @@ export default compose(
         subtitle: `Clicking "Agree" will assign you as Handling Editor for this Manuscript.`,
         onConfirm: () => {
           handlingEditorDecision(invitation.id, project.id, true).then(() => {
-            updateCollection({
-              id: project.id,
-              status: 'under-review',
-            }).then(() => {
-              getCollections()
-              hideModal()
-            })
+            getCollections()
+            hideModal()
           }, handleError(setModalError))
         },
       }
@@ -97,13 +90,8 @@ export default compose(
         onConfirm: reason => () => {
           handlingEditorDecision(invitation.id, project.id, false, reason).then(
             () => {
-              updateCollection({
-                id: project.id,
-                status: 'submitted',
-              }).then(() => {
-                getCollections()
-                hideModal()
-              })
+              getCollections()
+              hideModal()
             },
             handleError(setModalError),
           )