diff --git a/apps/portal/src/components/questions/forms/ContributeQuestionForm.tsx b/apps/portal/src/components/questions/forms/ContributeQuestionForm.tsx
index 29e1b3eb..3d625827 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/components/questions/forms/ContributeQuestionForm.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/components/questions/forms/ContributeQuestionForm.tsx
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
 import { startOfMonth } from 'date-fns';
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { Controller, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
-import { ArrowPathIcon } from '@heroicons/react/20/solid';
 import type { QuestionsQuestionType } from '@prisma/client';
-import {
-  Button,
-  CheckboxInput,
-  HorizontalDivider,
-  Select,
-  TextArea,
-} from '@tih/ui';
+import { Button, HorizontalDivider, Select, TextArea } from '@tih/ui';
 
 import { LOCATIONS, QUESTION_TYPES, ROLES } from '~/utils/questions/constants';
 import {
   useFormRegister,
   useSelectRegister,
 } from '~/utils/questions/useFormRegister';
-import { trpc } from '~/utils/trpc';
 
-import SimilarQuestionCard from '../card/question/SimilarQuestionCard';
 import CompanyTypeahead from '../typeahead/CompanyTypeahead';
 import LocationTypeahead from '../typeahead/LocationTypeahead';
 import RoleTypeahead from '../typeahead/RoleTypeahead';
@@ -48,39 +38,15 @@ export default function ContributeQuestionForm({
     control,
     register: formRegister,
     handleSubmit,
-    watch,
   } = useForm<ContributeQuestionData>({
     defaultValues: {
       date: startOfMonth(new Date()),
     },
   });
 
-  const [contentToCheck, setContentToCheck] = useState('');
-
-  const { data: similarQuestions } = trpc.useQuery(
-    [
-      'questions.questions.getRelatedQuestionsByContent',
-      { content: contentToCheck },
-    ],
-    {
-      keepPreviousData: true,
-    },
-  );
-  const questionContent = watch('questionContent');
   const register = useFormRegister(formRegister);
   const selectRegister = useSelectRegister(formRegister);
 
-  const [checkedSimilar, setCheckedSimilar] = useState<boolean>(false);
-  const handleCheckSimilarQuestions = (checked: boolean) => {
-    setCheckedSimilar(checked);
-  };
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (questionContent !== contentToCheck) {
-      setCheckedSimilar(false);
-    }
-  }, [questionContent, contentToCheck]);
-
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col justify-between gap-4">
       <form
@@ -180,63 +146,12 @@ export default function ContributeQuestionForm({
         <div className="w-full">
           <HorizontalDivider />
         </div>
-        <h2
-          className="text-primary-900 mb-3
-        text-lg font-semibold
-        ">
-          Are these questions the same as yours?
-        </h2>
-        <Button
-          addonPosition="start"
-          disabled={questionContent === contentToCheck}
-          icon={ArrowPathIcon}
-          label="Refresh similar questions"
-          variant="primary"
-          onClick={() => {
-            setContentToCheck(questionContent);
-          }}
-        />
-        <div className="flex flex-col gap-y-2">
-          {similarQuestions?.map((question) => (
-            <SimilarQuestionCard
-              key={question.id}
-              content={question.content}
-              questionId={question.id}
-              timestamp={
-                question.lastSeenAt?.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
-                  month: 'short',
-                  year: 'numeric',
-                }) ?? null
-              }
-              type={question.questionType}
-              onSimilarQuestionClick={() => {
-                // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-                console.log('hi!');
-              }}
-            />
-          ))}
-          {similarQuestions?.length === 0 && (
-            <p className="text-slate-900 font-semibold">No similar questions found.</p>
-          )}
-        </div>
         <div
-          className="bg-primary-50 flex w-full flex-col gap-y-2 py-3 shadow-[0_0_0_100vmax_theme(colors.primary.50)] sm:flex-row sm:justify-between"
+          className="bg-primary-50 flex w-full justify-end gap-y-2 py-3 shadow-[0_0_0_100vmax_theme(colors.primary.50)]"
           style={{
             // Hack to make the background bleed outside the container
             clipPath: 'inset(0 -100vmax)',
           }}>
-          <div className="my-2 flex items-center sm:my-0">
-            <CheckboxInput
-              disabled={questionContent !== contentToCheck}
-              label={
-                questionContent !== contentToCheck
-                  ? 'I have checked that my question is new (Refresh similar questions to proceed)'
-                  : 'I have checked that my question is new'
-              }
-              value={checkedSimilar}
-              onChange={handleCheckSimilarQuestions}
-            />
-          </div>
           <div className="flex gap-x-2">
             <button
               className="focus:ring-primary-500 inline-flex w-full justify-center rounded-md border border-slate-300 bg-white px-4 py-2 text-base font-medium text-slate-700 shadow-sm hover:bg-slate-50 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-offset-2 sm:mt-0 sm:ml-3 sm:w-auto sm:text-sm"
@@ -246,7 +161,6 @@ export default function ContributeQuestionForm({
             </button>
             <Button
               className="bg-primary-600 hover:bg-primary-700 focus:ring-primary-500 inline-flex w-full justify-center rounded-md border border-transparent px-4 py-2 text-base font-medium text-white shadow-sm focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-offset-2 disabled:bg-slate-400 sm:ml-3 sm:w-auto sm:text-sm"
-              disabled={!checkedSimilar}
               label="Contribute"
               type="submit"
               variant="primary"></Button>
diff --git a/apps/portal/src/server/router/questions-question-router.ts b/apps/portal/src/server/router/questions-question-router.ts
index 2eb4de14..961843d7 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/server/router/questions-question-router.ts
+++ b/apps/portal/src/server/router/questions-question-router.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
-import type { QuestionsQuestion } from '@prisma/client';
 import { QuestionsQuestionType, Vote } from '@prisma/client';
 import { TRPCError } from '@trpc/server';
 
@@ -195,29 +194,6 @@ export const questionsQuestionRouter = createProtectedRouter()
       return createQuestionWithAggregateData(questionData);
     },
   })
-  .query('getRelatedQuestionsByContent', {
-    input: z.object({
-      content: z.string(),
-    }),
-    async resolve({ ctx, input }) {
-      const escapeChars = /[()|&:*!]/g;
-
-      const query = input.content
-        .replace(escapeChars, ' ')
-        .trim()
-        .split(/\s+/)
-        .join(' | ');
-
-      const relatedQuestions = (await ctx.prisma.$queryRaw`
-        SELECT "id", "userId", "content", "createdAt", "updatedAt", "questionType", "lastSeenAt", "upvotes" FROM "QuestionsQuestion"
-        WHERE
-          "contentSearch" @@ to_tsquery('english', ${query})
-        ORDER BY ts_rank("contentSearch", to_tsquery('english', ${query})) DESC
-      `) as Array<QuestionsQuestion>;
-
-      return relatedQuestions;
-    },
-  })
   .mutation('create', {
     input: z.object({
       companyId: z.string(),