diff --git a/app/views/receipt_mailer/receipt_email.html.erb b/app/views/receipt_mailer/receipt_email.html.erb
index 4aa5d5f4..92e43542 100644
--- a/app/views/receipt_mailer/receipt_email.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/receipt_mailer/receipt_email.html.erb
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ The information we have on record is listed below.</p>
 <strong>Abstract:</strong><br>
 <%= simple_format(@thesis.abstract, {}, wrapper_tag: "p") %>
 <strong>Notes:</strong> <%= @thesis.author_note %><br>
-<% if satisfies_advanced_degree?(@thesis) %>
-  <strong>Consent to send thesis to ProQuest:</strong> <%= render_proquest_status(@thesis) %>
-<% end %>
 </div>
 
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diff --git a/test/mailers/receipt_mailer_test.rb b/test/mailers/receipt_mailer_test.rb
index ff2b93d3..b87a9dcc 100644
--- a/test/mailers/receipt_mailer_test.rb
+++ b/test/mailers/receipt_mailer_test.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ class ReceiptMailerTest < ActionMailer::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  test 'confirmation emails for graduate theses include ProQuest consent' do
+  # This used to be a test that the emails _do_ include ProQuest consent, but we removed that feature in December 2024.
+  # This test is to ensure that grad students do not see a nonexistent metadata field in their receipt email.
+  test 'confirmation emails for graduate theses do not include ProQuest consent' do
     ClimateControl.modify DISABLE_ALL_EMAIL: 'false' do
       thesis = theses(:doctor)
       user = users(:basic)
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ class ReceiptMailerTest < ActionMailer::TestCase
         email.deliver_now
       end
 
-      assert_match '<strong>Consent to send thesis to ProQuest:</strong> Opt-in status not reconciled', email.body.to_s
+      refute_match '<strong>Consent to send thesis to ProQuest:</strong>', email.body.to_s
     end
   end