diff --git a/ietf/secr/areas/forms.py b/ietf/secr/areas/forms.py
index 14fd1a36e..716690df6 100644
--- a/ietf/secr/areas/forms.py
+++ b/ietf/secr/areas/forms.py
@@ -140,24 +140,24 @@ class AddAreaModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
             area.save()
         return area
         
-class AddAreaForm(forms.Form):
-    acronym = forms.CharField(max_length=16,required=True)
-    name = forms.CharField(max_length=80,required=True)
-    status = forms.IntegerField(widget=forms.Select(choices=STATE_CHOICES),required=True)
-    start_date = forms.DateField()
-    comments = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'rows':'1'}),required=False)
-
-    def clean_acronym(self):
-        # get name, strip leading and trailing spaces
-        name = self.cleaned_data.get('acronym', '').strip()
-        # check for invalid characters
-        r1 = re.compile(r'[a-zA-Z\-\. ]+$')
-        if name and not r1.match(name):
-            raise forms.ValidationError("Enter a valid acronym (only letters,period,hyphen allowed)") 
-        # ensure doesn't already exist
-        if Acronym.objects.filter(acronym=name):
-            raise forms.ValidationError("This acronym already exists.  Enter a unique one.") 
-        return name
+# class AddAreaForm(forms.Form):
+#     acronym = forms.CharField(max_length=16,required=True)
+#     name = forms.CharField(max_length=80,required=True)
+#     status = forms.IntegerField(widget=forms.Select(choices=STATE_CHOICES),required=True)
+#     start_date = forms.DateField()
+#     comments = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'rows':'1'}),required=False)
+# 
+#     def clean_acronym(self):
+#         # get name, strip leading and trailing spaces
+#         name = self.cleaned_data.get('acronym', '').strip()
+#         # check for invalid characters
+#         r1 = re.compile(r'[a-zA-Z\-\. ]+$')
+#         if name and not r1.match(name):
+#             raise forms.ValidationError("Enter a valid acronym (only letters,period,hyphen allowed)") 
+#         # ensure doesn't already exist
+#         if Group.objects.filter(acronym=name).exists():
+#             raise forms.ValidationError("This acronym already exists.  Enter a unique one.") 
+#         return name
         
 class AreaDirectorForm(forms.Form):
     ad_name = forms.CharField(max_length=100,label='Name',help_text="To see a list of people type the first name, or last name, or both.")