diff --git a/app/controllers/tag_aliases_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tag_aliases_controller.rb
index 68116d1db..276502f1b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tag_aliases_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tag_aliases_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class TagAliasesController < ApplicationController
-  before_action :admin_only, :only => [:approve, :new, :create]
+  before_action :admin_only, only: [:destroy]
   respond_to :html, :xml, :json, :js
 
   def show
@@ -7,20 +7,6 @@ class TagAliasesController < ApplicationController
     respond_with(@tag_alias)
   end
 
-  def edit
-    @tag_alias = TagAlias.find(params[:id])
-  end
-
-  def update
-    @tag_alias = TagAlias.find(params[:id])
-
-    if @tag_alias.is_pending? && @tag_alias.editable_by?(CurrentUser.user)
-      @tag_alias.update(tag_alias_params)
-    end
-
-    respond_with(@tag_alias)
-  end
-
   def index
     @tag_aliases = TagAlias.paginated_search(params, count_pages: true)
     @tag_aliases = @tag_aliases.includes(:antecedent_tag, :consequent_tag, :approver) if request.format.html?
@@ -30,16 +16,9 @@ class TagAliasesController < ApplicationController
 
   def destroy
     @tag_alias = TagAlias.find(params[:id])
-    raise User::PrivilegeError unless @tag_alias.deletable_by?(CurrentUser.user)
-
     @tag_alias.reject!
-    respond_with(@tag_alias, location: tag_aliases_path, notice: "Tag alias was deleted")
-  end
 
-  def approve
-    @tag_alias = TagAlias.find(params[:id])
-    @tag_alias.approve!(approver: CurrentUser.user)
-    respond_with(@tag_alias, :location => tag_alias_path(@tag_alias))
+    respond_with(@tag_alias, location: tag_aliases_path, notice: "Tag alias was deleted")
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/controllers/tag_implications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tag_implications_controller.rb
index b7e099f18..76c2f1fe2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tag_implications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tag_implications_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class TagImplicationsController < ApplicationController
-  before_action :admin_only, :only => [:new, :create, :approve]
+  before_action :admin_only, only: [:destroy]
   respond_to :html, :xml, :json, :js
 
   def show
@@ -7,20 +7,6 @@ class TagImplicationsController < ApplicationController
     respond_with(@tag_implication)
   end
 
-  def edit
-    @tag_implication = TagImplication.find(params[:id])
-  end
-
-  def update
-    @tag_implication = TagImplication.find(params[:id])
-
-    if @tag_implication.is_pending? && @tag_implication.editable_by?(CurrentUser.user)
-      @tag_implication.update(tag_implication_params)
-    end
-
-    respond_with(@tag_implication)
-  end
-
   def index
     @tag_implications = TagImplication.paginated_search(params, count_pages: true)
     @tag_implications = @tag_implications.includes(:antecedent_tag, :consequent_tag, :approver) if request.format.html?
@@ -30,16 +16,9 @@ class TagImplicationsController < ApplicationController
 
   def destroy
     @tag_implication = TagImplication.find(params[:id])
-    raise User::PrivilegeError unless @tag_implication.deletable_by?(CurrentUser.user)
-
     @tag_implication.reject!
-    respond_with(@tag_implication, location: tag_implications_path, notice: "Tag implication was deleted")
-  end
 
-  def approve
-    @tag_implication = TagImplication.find(params[:id])
-    @tag_implication.approve!(approver: CurrentUser.user)
-    respond_with(@tag_implication, :location => tag_implication_path(@tag_implication))
+    respond_with(@tag_implication, location: tag_implications_path, notice: "Tag implication was deleted")
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 86ff88415..8ce810f13 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -366,10 +366,10 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     when "moderator/dashboards"
       /^\/moderator/
 
-    when "tag_aliases", "tag_alias_requests"
+    when "tag_aliases"
       /^\/tag_aliases/
 
-    when "tag_implications", "tag_implication_requests"
+    when "tag_implications",
       /^\/tag_implications/
 
     when "wiki_pages", "wiki_page_versions"
diff --git a/app/models/tag_relationship.rb b/app/models/tag_relationship.rb
index 994e2531b..be6827fe2 100644
--- a/app/models/tag_relationship.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag_relationship.rb
@@ -66,14 +66,7 @@ class TagRelationship < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def deletable_by?(user)
-    return true if user.is_admin?
-    return true if is_pending? && user.is_builder?
-    return true if is_pending? && user.id == creator_id
-    return false
-  end
-
-  def editable_by?(user)
-    deletable_by?(user)
+    user.is_admin?
   end
 
   def reject!(update_topic: true)
diff --git a/app/views/tag_alias_requests/new.html.erb b/app/views/tag_alias_requests/new.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index c08e116ae..000000000
--- a/app/views/tag_alias_requests/new.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-<div id="c-tag-alias-requests">
-  <div id="a-new">
-    <h1>Tag Alias Request</h1>
-
-    <%= error_messages_for :tag_alias_request %>
-
-    <p>You can request a new tag alias be created. This will create a corresponding forum topic for community review.</p>
-
-    <%= form_tag(tag_alias_request_path, :class => "simple_form") do %>
-      <div class="input">
-        <label>From</label>
-        <%= text_field "tag_alias_request", "antecedent_name", :data => { :autocomplete => "tag" } %>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="input">
-        <label>To</label>
-        <%= text_field "tag_alias_request", "consequent_name", :data => { :autocomplete => "tag" } %>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="input">
-        <%= dtext_field "tag_alias_request", "reason", :name => "Reason" %>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="input">
-        <label class="checkbox optional" for="tag_alias_request_skip_secondary_validations">
-          <%= check_box "tag_alias_request", "skip_secondary_validations" %>
-          Skip validations
-        </label>
-        <p class="hint">You can ignore the wiki page and minimum count requirements</p>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="input">
-        <%= submit_tag "Submit" %>
-        <%= dtext_preview_button "tag_alias_request", "reason" %>
-      </div>
-    <% end %>
-  </div>
-</div>
-
-<%= render "tag_aliases/secondary_links" %>
diff --git a/app/views/tag_aliases/_listing.html.erb b/app/views/tag_aliases/_listing.html.erb
index 9fdafc433..09867f87e 100644
--- a/app/views/tag_aliases/_listing.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/tag_aliases/_listing.html.erb
@@ -21,16 +21,8 @@
   <% t.column column: "control", width: "15%" do |tag_alias| %>
     <%= link_to "Show", tag_alias_path(tag_alias) %>
 
-    <% if tag_alias.is_pending? && tag_alias.editable_by?(CurrentUser.user) %>
-      | <%= link_to "Edit", edit_tag_alias_path(tag_alias) %>
-    <% end %>
-
     <% if tag_alias.deletable_by?(CurrentUser.user) %>
       | <%= link_to "Delete", tag_alias_path(tag_alias), :remote => true, :method => :delete, :data => {:confirm => "Are you sure you want to delete this alias?"} %>
     <% end %>
-
-    <% if CurrentUser.user.is_admin? && tag_alias.is_pending? %>
-      | <%= link_to "Approve", approve_tag_alias_path(tag_alias), :remote => true, :method => :post %>
-    <% end %>
   <% end %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/tag_aliases/approve.js.erb b/app/views/tag_aliases/approve.js.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index ec051ec70..000000000
--- a/app/views/tag_aliases/approve.js.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-$("#tag-alias-status-for-<%= @tag_alias.id %>").html("queued");
diff --git a/app/views/tag_aliases/edit.html.erb b/app/views/tag_aliases/edit.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index f2211621b..000000000
--- a/app/views/tag_aliases/edit.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<div id="c-tag-aliases">
-  <div id="a-new">
-    <h1>Edit Tag Alias</h1>
-
-    <%= error_messages_for :tag_alias %>
-
-    <%= edit_form_for(@tag_alias) do |f| %>
-      <%= f.input :antecedent_name, :as => :string, :label => "From" %>
-      <%= f.input :consequent_name, :label => "To" %>
-      <%= f.input :forum_topic_id, :label => "Forum" %>
-      <%= f.button :submit, :data => { :disable_with => "Updating..." } %>
-    <% end %>
-  </div>
-</div>
-
-<%= render "secondary_links" %>
diff --git a/app/views/tag_aliases/show.html.erb b/app/views/tag_aliases/show.html.erb
index fb6d091e6..531d1d9e7 100644
--- a/app/views/tag_aliases/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/tag_aliases/show.html.erb
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
         </li>
       <% end %>
       <li><strong>Status</strong> <%= @tag_alias.status %></li>
-
-      <% if CurrentUser.is_admin? && @tag_alias.is_pending? %>
-        <li><strong>Commands</strong> <%= link_to "Approve", approve_tag_alias_path(@tag_alias), :method => :post %></li>
-      <% end %>
     </ul>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/tag_implication_requests/new.html.erb b/app/views/tag_implication_requests/new.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index b62c53d90..000000000
--- a/app/views/tag_implication_requests/new.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-<div id="c-tag-implication-requests">
-  <div id="a-new">
-    <h1>Tag Implication Request</h1>
-
-    <%= error_messages_for :tag_implication_request %>
-
-    <p>You can request a new tag implication be created. This will create a corresponding forum topic for community review.</p>
-
-    <%= form_tag(tag_implication_request_path, :class => "simple_form") do %>
-      <div class="input">
-        <label>From</label>
-        <%= text_field "tag_implication_request", "antecedent_name", :data => { :autocomplete => "tag" } %>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="input">
-        <label>To</label>
-        <%= text_field "tag_implication_request", "consequent_name", :data => { :autocomplete => "tag" } %>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="input">
-        <%= dtext_field "tag_implication_request", "reason", :name => "Reason" %>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="input">
-        <label class="checkbox optional" for="tag_implication_request_skip_secondary_validations">
-          <%= check_box "tag_implication_request", "skip_secondary_validations" %>
-          Skip validations
-        </label>
-        <p class="hint">You can ignore the wiki page and minimum count requirements</p>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="input">
-        <%= submit_tag "Submit" %>
-        <%= dtext_preview_button "tag_implication_request", "reason" %>
-      </div>
-    <% end %>
-  </div>
-</div>
-
-<%= render "tag_implications/secondary_links" %>
diff --git a/app/views/tag_implications/_listing.html.erb b/app/views/tag_implications/_listing.html.erb
index 3d633bc31..09a969cc0 100644
--- a/app/views/tag_implications/_listing.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/tag_implications/_listing.html.erb
@@ -21,16 +21,8 @@
   <% t.column column: "control", width: "15%" do |tag_implication| %>
     <%= link_to "Show", tag_implication_path(tag_implication) %>
 
-    <% if tag_implication.is_pending? && tag_implication.editable_by?(CurrentUser.user) %>
-      | <%= link_to "Edit", edit_tag_implication_path(tag_implication) %>
-    <% end %>
-
     <% if tag_implication.deletable_by?(CurrentUser.user) %>
       | <%= link_to "Delete", tag_implication_path(tag_implication), :remote => true, :method => :delete, :data => {:confirm => "Are you sure you want to delete this implication?"} %>
     <% end %>
-
-    <% if CurrentUser.user.is_admin? && tag_implication.is_pending? %>
-      | <%= link_to "Approve", approve_tag_implication_path(tag_implication), :remote => true, :method => :post %>
-    <% end %>
   <% end %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/tag_implications/approve.js.erb b/app/views/tag_implications/approve.js.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1849bc49c..000000000
--- a/app/views/tag_implications/approve.js.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-$("#tag-implication-status-for-<%= @tag_implication.id %>").html("queued");
diff --git a/app/views/tag_implications/edit.html.erb b/app/views/tag_implications/edit.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index b91bd9542..000000000
--- a/app/views/tag_implications/edit.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<div id="c-tag-implications">
-  <div id="a-edit">
-    <h1>Edit Tag Implication</h1>
-
-    <%= error_messages_for :tag_implication %>
-
-    <%= edit_form_for(@tag_implication) do |f| %>
-      <%= f.input :antecedent_name, :label => "From" %>
-      <%= f.input :consequent_name, :label => "To" %>
-      <%= f.input :forum_topic_id, :label => "Forum" %>
-      <%= f.button :submit, :data => { :disable_with => "Updating..." } %>
-    <% end %>
-  </div>
-</div>
-
-<%= render "secondary_links" %>
diff --git a/app/views/tag_implications/show.html.erb b/app/views/tag_implications/show.html.erb
index a2236267e..f4717d050 100644
--- a/app/views/tag_implications/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/tag_implications/show.html.erb
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
         </li>
       <% end %>
       <li><strong>Status</strong>: <%= @tag_implication.status %></li>
-
-      <% if CurrentUser.is_admin? && @tag_implication.is_pending? %>
-        <li><strong>Commands</strong> <%= link_to "Approve", approve_tag_implication_path(@tag_implication), :method => :post %></li>
-      <% end %>
     </ul>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 7be2ca840..d5ad09293 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -241,16 +241,8 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
       get :autocomplete
     end
   end
-  resources :tag_aliases do
-    member do
-      post :approve
-    end
-  end
-  resources :tag_implications do
-    member do
-      post :approve
-    end
-  end
+  resources :tag_aliases, only: [:show, :index, :destroy]
+  resources :tag_implications, only: [:show, :index, :destroy]
   resources :uploads do
     collection do
       post :preprocess
diff --git a/test/functional/tag_aliases_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/tag_aliases_controller_test.rb
index 1805ca893..540e253eb 100644
--- a/test/functional/tag_aliases_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/tag_aliases_controller_test.rb
@@ -7,50 +7,6 @@ class TagAliasesControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
       @tag_alias = create(:tag_alias, antecedent_name: "aaa", consequent_name: "bbb")
     end
 
-    context "edit action" do
-      should "render" do
-        get_auth edit_tag_alias_path(@tag_alias), @user
-        assert_response :success
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "update action" do
-      context "for a pending alias" do
-        setup do
-          as_admin do
-            @tag_alias.update(status: "pending")
-          end
-        end
-
-        should "succeed" do
-          put_auth tag_alias_path(@tag_alias), @user, params: {:tag_alias => {:antecedent_name => "xxx"}}
-          @tag_alias.reload
-          assert_equal("xxx", @tag_alias.antecedent_name)
-        end
-
-        should "not allow changing the status" do
-          put_auth tag_alias_path(@tag_alias), @user, params: {:tag_alias => {:status => "active"}}
-          @tag_alias.reload
-          assert_equal("pending", @tag_alias.status)
-        end
-
-        # TODO: Broken in shoulda-matchers 2.8.0. Need to upgrade to 3.1.1.
-        # should_eventually permit(:antecedent_name, :consequent_name, :forum_topic_id).for(:update)
-      end
-
-      context "for an approved alias" do
-        setup do
-          @tag_alias.update_attribute(:status, "approved")
-        end
-
-        should "fail" do
-          put_auth tag_alias_path(@tag_alias), @user, params: {:tag_alias => {:antecedent_name => "xxx"}}
-          @tag_alias.reload
-          assert_equal("aaa", @tag_alias.antecedent_name)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
     context "index action" do
       should "list all tag alias" do
         get_auth tag_aliases_path, @user
diff --git a/test/functional/tag_implications_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/tag_implications_controller_test.rb
index 81b024837..29dd4dd05 100644
--- a/test/functional/tag_implications_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/tag_implications_controller_test.rb
@@ -7,47 +7,6 @@ class TagImplicationsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
       @tag_implication = create(:tag_implication, antecedent_name: "aaa", consequent_name: "bbb")
     end
 
-    context "edit action" do
-      should "render" do
-        get_auth tag_implication_path(@tag_implication), @user
-        assert_response :success
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "update action" do
-      context "for a pending implication" do
-        setup do
-          as_admin do
-            @tag_implication.update(status: "pending")
-          end
-        end
-
-        should "succeed" do
-          put_auth tag_implication_path(@tag_implication), @user, params: {:tag_implication => {:antecedent_name => "xxx"}}
-          @tag_implication.reload
-          assert_equal("xxx", @tag_implication.antecedent_name)
-        end
-
-        should "not allow changing the status" do
-          put_auth tag_implication_path(@tag_implication), @user, params: {:tag_implication => {:status => "active"}}
-          @tag_implication.reload
-          assert_equal("pending", @tag_implication.status)
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "for an approved implication" do
-        setup do
-          @tag_implication.update_attribute(:status, "approved")
-        end
-
-        should "fail" do
-          put_auth tag_implication_path(@tag_implication), @user, params: {:tag_implication => {:antecedent_name => "xxx"}}
-          @tag_implication.reload
-          assert_equal("aaa", @tag_implication.antecedent_name)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
     context "index action" do
       should "list all tag implications" do
         get tag_implications_path