diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/note_tags_state.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/note_tags_state.ts
index f263fcb7d..80b5273f8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/note_tags_state.ts
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/note_tags_state.ts
@@ -198,15 +198,9 @@ export class NoteTagsState {
   async removeTagFromActiveNote(tag: SNTag): Promise<void> {
     const { activeNote } = this;
     if (activeNote) {
-      const descendantTags = this.application.getTagDescendants(tag);
-      const tagsToRemove = [...descendantTags, tag];
-      await Promise.all(
-        tagsToRemove.map(async (tag) => {
-          await this.application.changeItem(tag.uuid, (mutator) => {
-            mutator.removeItemAsRelationship(activeNote);
-          });
-        })
-      );
+      await this.application.changeItem(tag.uuid, (mutator) => {
+        mutator.removeItemAsRelationship(activeNote);
+      });
       this.application.sync();
       this.reloadTags();
     }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/notes_state.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/notes_state.ts
index daa9881aa..66d1ad024 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/notes_state.ts
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/ui_models/app_state/notes_state.ts
@@ -346,17 +346,11 @@ export class NotesState {
 
   async removeTagFromSelectedNotes(tag: SNTag): Promise<void> {
     const selectedNotes = Object.values(this.selectedNotes);
-    const descendantTags = this.application.getTagDescendants(tag);
-    const tagsToRemove = [...descendantTags, tag];
-    await Promise.all(
-      tagsToRemove.map(async (tag) => {
-        await this.application.changeItem(tag.uuid, (mutator) => {
-          for (const note of selectedNotes) {
-            mutator.removeItemAsRelationship(note);
-          }
-        });
-      })
-    );
+    await this.application.changeItem(tag.uuid, (mutator) => {
+      for (const note of selectedNotes) {
+        mutator.removeItemAsRelationship(note);
+      }
+    });
     this.application.sync();
   }