diff --git a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts
index c754e627155..99759a3941e 100644
--- a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts
+++ b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts
@@ -65,45 +65,19 @@ import {
     getVariableOfDatapageIfApplicable,
 } from "../Variable.js"
 
-@Entity("tags")
-export class Tag extends BaseEntity implements TagInterface {
-    static table = "tags"
-    @PrimaryColumn() id!: number
-    @Column() name!: string
-    @Column() createdAt!: Date
-    @Column({ nullable: true }) updatedAt!: Date
-    @Column({ nullable: true }) parentId!: number
-    @Column() isBulkImport!: boolean
-    @Column({ type: "varchar", nullable: true }) slug!: string | null
-    @Column() specialType!: string
-    @ManyToMany(() => GdocBase, (gdoc) => gdoc.tags)
-    gdocs!: GdocBase[]
-}
-
-@Entity("posts_gdocs")
-export class GdocBase extends BaseEntity implements OwidGdocBaseInterface {
-    @PrimaryColumn() id!: string
-    @Column() slug: string = ""
-    @Column({ default: "{}", type: "json" }) content!: Record<string, any>
-    @Column() published: boolean = false
-    @Column() createdAt: Date = new Date()
-    @Column({ type: Date, nullable: true }) publishedAt: Date | null = null
-    @UpdateDateColumn({ nullable: true }) updatedAt: Date | null = null
-    @Column({ type: String, nullable: true }) revisionId: string | null = null
-    @Column({ type: String, nullable: true }) markdown: string | null = null
-    @Column() publicationContext: OwidGdocPublicationContext =
+export class GdocBase implements OwidGdocBaseInterface {
+    id: string
+    slug: string = ""
+    content!: Record<string, any>
+    published: boolean = false
+    createdAt: Date = new Date()
+    publishedAt: Date | null = null
+    updatedAt: Date | null = null
+    revisionId: string | null = null
+    markdown: string | null = null
+    publicationContext: OwidGdocPublicationContext =
         OwidGdocPublicationContext.unlisted
-    @Column({ type: "json", nullable: true }) breadcrumbs:
-        | BreadcrumbItem[]
-        | null = null
-    @ManyToMany(() => Tag, { cascade: true })
-    @JoinTable({
-        name: "posts_gdocs_x_tags",
-        joinColumn: { name: "gdocId", referencedColumnName: "id" },
-        inverseJoinColumn: { name: "tagId", referencedColumnName: "id" },
-    })
-    tags!: Tag[]
-
+    breadcrumbs: BreadcrumbItem[] | null = null
     errors: OwidGdocErrorMessage[] = []
     imageMetadata: Record<string, ImageMetadata> = {}
     linkedCharts: Record<string, LinkedChart> = {}
@@ -123,7 +97,6 @@ export class GdocBase extends BaseEntity implements OwidGdocBaseInterface {
     _loadSubclassAttachments: () => Promise<void> = async () => undefined
 
     constructor(id?: string) {
-        super()
         if (id) {
             this.id = id
         }
@@ -139,8 +112,6 @@ export class GdocBase extends BaseEntity implements OwidGdocBaseInterface {
         return enrichedBlockSources
     }
 
-    @BeforeUpdate()
-    @BeforeInsert()
     updateMarkdown(): void {
         try {
             this.markdown =
diff --git a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocDataInsight.ts b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocDataInsight.ts
index 96563dd7b3d..21036b8a266 100644
--- a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocDataInsight.ts
+++ b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocDataInsight.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ import {
 import { GdocBase } from "./GdocBase.js"
 import * as db from "../../../db/db.js"
 
-@Entity("posts_gdocs")
 export class GdocDataInsight
     extends GdocBase
     implements OwidGdocDataInsightInterface
 {
-    @Column({ default: "{}", type: "json" })
     content!: OwidGdocDataInsightContent
 
     constructor(id?: string) {
diff --git a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFaq.ts b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFaq.ts
index dec1800af41..a1c7d0f3bce 100644
--- a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFaq.ts
+++ b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocFaq.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ interface InterfaceGdocFaq {
  * instead of using the same endpoint for both posts and faqs.
  * For now, we'll just use the GdocPost class.
  */
-@Entity("posts_gdocs")
 export class GdocFaq extends GdocBase {
     static table = "posts_gdocs"
-    @Column({ default: "{}", type: "json" }) content!: InterfaceGdocFaq
+    content!: InterfaceGdocFaq
 
     constructor(id?: string) {
         super()
diff --git a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocHomepage.ts b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocHomepage.ts
index 165ef32bafa..c501ecec304 100644
--- a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocHomepage.ts
+++ b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocHomepage.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ import * as db from "../../db.js"
 import { OwidGdocHomepageMetadata } from "@ourworldindata/types"
 import { UNIQUE_TOPIC_COUNT } from "../../../site/SiteNavigation.js"
 
-@Entity("posts_gdocs")
 export class GdocHomepage
     extends GdocBase
     implements OwidGdocHomepageInterface
 {
-    @Column({ default: "{}", type: "json" })
     content!: OwidGdocHomepageContent
 
     constructor(id?: string) {
diff --git a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocPost.ts b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocPost.ts
index d48172bea96..61fed698387 100644
--- a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocPost.ts
+++ b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocPost.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ import { htmlToEnrichedTextBlock } from "./htmlToEnriched.js"
 import { GdocBase } from "./GdocBase.js"
 import { getConnection } from "../../db.js"
 
-@Entity("posts_gdocs")
 export class GdocPost extends GdocBase implements OwidGdocPostInterface {
-    @Column({ default: "{}", type: "json" }) content!: OwidGdocPostContent
+    content!: OwidGdocPostContent
 
     constructor(id?: string) {
         super(id)