diff --git a/app/models/partner.rb b/app/models/partner.rb
index 858d01a67e..15979d9d02 100644
--- a/app/models/partner.rb
+++ b/app/models/partner.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ class Partner < ApplicationRecord
     "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document"
   ].freeze
 
-  enum :status, { uninvited: 0, invited: 1, awaiting_review: 2, approved: 3, error: 4, recertification_required: 5, deactivated: 6 }
+  # Status `4` (error) was removed for being obsolete but is intentionally skipped to preserve existing enum values.
+  enum status: { uninvited: 0, invited: 1, awaiting_review: 2, approved: 3, recertification_required: 5, deactivated: 6 }
 
   belongs_to :organization
   belongs_to :partner_group, optional: true
diff --git a/app/views/partners/_statuses.html.erb b/app/views/partners/_statuses.html.erb
index fcedc452c6..1f5f0432c0 100644
--- a/app/views/partners/_statuses.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/partners/_statuses.html.erb
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
     "uninvited": 'ban',
     "invited": 'envelope',
     "awaiting_review": 'question-circle',
-    "approved": 'check-circle',
-    "error": 'exclamation-circle'
+    "approved": 'check-circle'
   }.with_indifferent_access
   current_filtered_status = params.dig(:filters, :by_status) %>
 
diff --git a/spec/models/partner_spec.rb b/spec/models/partner_spec.rb
index a3e0a06060..fe2856794d 100644
--- a/spec/models/partner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/partner_spec.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
         expect(build(:partner, status: :invited)).not_to be_deletable
         expect(build(:partner, status: :awaiting_review)).not_to be_deletable
         expect(build(:partner, status: :approved)).not_to be_deletable
-        expect(build(:partner, status: :error)).not_to be_deletable
         expect(build(:partner, status: :recertification_required)).not_to be_deletable
         expect(build(:partner, status: :deactivated)).not_to be_deletable
       end
@@ -191,7 +190,6 @@
       it 'should return false', :aggregate_failures do
         expect(build(:partner, status: :uninvited)).not_to be_approvable
         expect(build(:partner, status: :approved)).not_to be_approvable
-        expect(build(:partner, status: :error)).not_to be_approvable
         expect(build(:partner, status: :recertification_required)).not_to be_approvable
         expect(build(:partner, status: :deactivated)).not_to be_approvable
       end