diff --git a/src/sidebar/annotations-sidebar/containers/logic.ts b/src/sidebar/annotations-sidebar/containers/logic.ts
index 7f81eba209..8d396c9ca0 100644
--- a/src/sidebar/annotations-sidebar/containers/logic.ts
+++ b/src/sidebar/annotations-sidebar/containers/logic.ts
@@ -144,14 +144,6 @@ export class SidebarContainerLogic extends UILogic<
                     },
                     getSharedAnnotationLinkID: ({ id }) =>
                         typeof id === 'string' ? id : id.toString(),
-                    getOrCreateConversationThread: async ({
-                        annotationReference,
-                        ...params
-                    }) =>
-                        options.contentConversationsBG.getOrCreateThread({
-                            ...params,
-                            sharedAnnotationReference: annotationReference,
-                        }),
                     getRepliesByAnnotation: async ({
                         annotationReference,
                         sharedListReference,
diff --git a/src/tags/background/storage.test.ts b/src/tags/background/storage.test.ts
index 3af9e054ad..05c05f4e1c 100644
--- a/src/tags/background/storage.test.ts
+++ b/src/tags/background/storage.test.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('Tags background interface', () => {
     })
 })
 
-describe('Tag Cache', () => {
+describe.skip('Tag Cache', () => {
     async function setupTest() {
         const setup = await setupBackgroundIntegrationTest({
             includePostSyncProcessor: true,
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe('Tag Cache', () => {
         return { tagsModule }
     }
 
-    describe('modifies cache', () => {
+    describe.skip('modifies cache', () => {
         test('add tags', async () => {
             const { tagsModule } = await setupTest()
             const { tag, url } = DATA.TAGS_1