diff --git a/api/controllers/v2/github.ts b/api/controllers/v2/github.ts
index db4880496..372d136f6 100644
--- a/api/controllers/v2/github.ts
+++ b/api/controllers/v2/github.ts
@@ -158,17 +158,14 @@ export const triggerSmokeTestAutomatedBuild = async (event: APIGatewayEvent): Pr
     return {
       statusCode: 202,
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' },
-      body: `Build on branch
-        ${body.workflow_run.head_branch}
-         is not complete and will not trigger smoke test site deployments`,
+      body: `Build on branch ${body.workflow_run.head_branch} is not complete and will not trigger smoke test site deployments`,
     };
 
   if (body.workflow_run.name != 'Deploy Staging ECS')
     return {
       statusCode: 202,
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' },
-      body: `Workflow
-        ${body.workflow_run.name} completed successfully but only Deploy Staging ECS workflow completion will trigger smoke test site deployments`,
+      body: `Workflow ${body.workflow_run.name} completed successfully but only Deploy Staging ECS workflow completion will trigger smoke test site deployments`,
     };
 
   // if the build was not building main branch, no need for smoke test sites
@@ -244,7 +241,7 @@ export const triggerSmokeTestAutomatedBuild = async (event: APIGatewayEvent): Pr
   return {
     statusCode: 202,
     headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' },
-    body: 'Smoke Test Jobs Queued with the following Job Ids' + returnVal,
+    body: 'Smoke Test Jobs Queued with the following Job Ids ' + returnVal,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/cdk-infra/static/api/config/default.json b/cdk-infra/static/api/config/default.json
index 28d596fe5..3758dea37 100644
--- a/cdk-infra/static/api/config/default.json
+++ b/cdk-infra/static/api/config/default.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   "entitlementCollection": "USER_ENTITLEMENT_COL_NAME",
   "repoBranchesCollection": "REPO_BRANCHES_COL_NAME",
   "docsetsCollection": "DOCSETS_COL_NAME",
-  "projectsCollection": "PROJECTS_COL_NAME",
   "MONGO_TIMEOUT_S": 15,
   "JOB_TIMEOUT_S": 900,
   "RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS": 5000,
diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
index ae9b5f9a7..8a089b421 100644
--- a/config/default.json
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   "githubBotPW": "q1w",
   "fastlyDochubMap": "devfslydochubmap",
   "entitlementCollection": "entitlements",
-  "projectsCollection": "projects",
   "docsetsCollection": "docsets",
   "MONGO_TIMEOUT_S": 1500,
   "JOB_TIMEOUT_S": 900,