diff --git a/app/models/research/journal/paper.rb b/app/models/research/journal/paper.rb
index 56761aea33cccb7bc36a263d823fe0183b807668..d616d31e5823f9f7a9bbaad42574ea694ce63015 100644
--- a/app/models/research/journal/paper.rb
+++ b/app/models/research/journal/paper.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ class Research::Journal::Paper < ApplicationRecord
                           class_name: 'University::Person',
                           join_table: :research_journal_papers_researchers,
                           association_foreign_key: :researcher_id
-  has_many :communication_websites, -> { distinct }, through: :journal
 
   validates :title, presence: true