diff --git a/app/components/newsPage/cards/NewsCollabCommentCard.tsx b/app/components/newsPage/cards/NewsCollabCommentCard.tsx
index b985424..18bea11 100644
--- a/app/components/newsPage/cards/NewsCollabCommentCard.tsx
+++ b/app/components/newsPage/cards/NewsCollabCommentCard.tsx
@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ export function useNewsCollabCommentCard(props: NewsCollabCommentCardProps) {
   const item = entry.item as CollaborationComment;
   const question = item.question;
 
-  if (!question) {
-    errorMessage({ message: m.components_collaboration_comments_collaborationCommentCard_questionMissing() });
-    appInsights.trackException({
-      exception: new Error('Failed to get collaboration question'),
-      severityLevel: SeverityLevel.Error,
-    });
-  }
-
   const [comment, setComment] = useState(item);
 
   const state = useEditingState();
diff --git a/app/services/collaborationCommentService.ts b/app/services/collaborationCommentService.ts
index 6a5bba7..e591dab 100644
--- a/app/services/collaborationCommentService.ts
+++ b/app/services/collaborationCommentService.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   addCommentToDb,
   deleteCommentInDb,
   getCommentById,
-  getCommentLikes,
   getCommentResponseCount,
   handleCommentLike,
   updateCommentInDb,
@@ -189,7 +188,6 @@ export const createNewsFeedEntryForComment = async (comment: Comment, user?: Use
 
   const author = user ?? comment.author;
   const commentCount = (await getCommentResponseCount(dbClient, comment.id)) || 0;
-  const likedBy = await getCommentLikes(dbClient, comment.id); //todo
   const reactions = await getReactionsForEntity(dbClient, ObjectType.COLLABORATION_COMMENT, comment.id);
   const followerIds = await getFollowedByForEntity(dbClient, ObjectType.PROJECT, question.projectId);
   const followers = await mapToRedisUsers(followerIds);
diff --git a/app/services/commentService.ts b/app/services/commentService.ts
index 2e1f211..ab99982 100644
--- a/app/services/commentService.ts
+++ b/app/services/commentService.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export const removeComment = async ({ user, commentId }: RemoveComment) => {
 
 const updateCommentInCache = async (comment: { objectId: string; objectType: ObjectType }, author: UserSession) => {
   const commentCount = await countComments(dbClient, comment.objectId);
-  const body = { id: comment.objectId, responseCount: commentCount };
+  const body = { id: comment.objectId, commentCount };
   return comment.objectType === 'POST'
     ? await updatePostInCache({ post: body, user: author })
     : await updateProjectUpdateInCache({ update: body });
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const updateCommentInCache = async (comment: { objectId: string; objectType: Obj
 
 const removeCommentInCache = async (comment: { objectId: string; objectType: ObjectType }, author: UserSession) => {
   const commentCount = await countComments(dbClient, comment.objectId);
-  const body = { id: comment.objectId, responseCount: commentCount };
+  const body = { id: comment.objectId, commentCount };
   return comment.objectType === 'POST'
     ? await updatePostInCache({ post: body, user: author })
     : await updateProjectUpdateInCache({ update: body });
diff --git a/app/services/updateService.ts b/app/services/updateService.ts
index 8719569..5b98387 100644
--- a/app/services/updateService.ts
+++ b/app/services/updateService.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use server';
 
 import { ObjectType, ProjectUpdate } from '@/common/types';
-import { countComments } from '@/repository/db/comment';
 import { getFollowedByForEntity } from '@/repository/db/follow';
 import dbClient from '@/repository/db/prisma/prisma';
 import { getReactionsForEntity } from '@/repository/db/reaction';
diff --git a/app/utils/newsFeed/newsFeedSync.ts b/app/utils/newsFeed/newsFeedSync.ts
index d590d3b..29bdd42 100644
--- a/app/utils/newsFeed/newsFeedSync.ts
+++ b/app/utils/newsFeed/newsFeedSync.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { getBasicCollaborationQuestionStartingFromWithAdditionalData } from '@/u
 import { getProjectsStartingFrom } from '@/utils/requests/project/requests';
 
 import { mapToComment } from '../requests/comments/mapping';
+import { saveEntryNewsComments } from '../requests/comments/requests';
 import { getEventsStartingFrom } from '../requests/events/requests';
 import { getSurveyQuestionsStartingFrom } from '../requests/surveyQuestions/requests';
 import { getProjectUpdatesStartingFrom } from '../requests/updates/requests';
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ import {
   transactionalDeleteItemsFromRedis,
   transactionalSaveNewsFeedEntry,
 } from './redis/redisService';
-import { saveEntryNewsComments } from '../requests/comments/requests';
 
 const logger = getLogger();
 const maxSyncRetries = 3;