diff --git a/flask-bpmn/poetry.lock b/flask-bpmn/poetry.lock
index bf863b37..7a63efc6 100644
--- a/flask-bpmn/poetry.lock
+++ b/flask-bpmn/poetry.lock
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ SQLAlchemy = ">=0.8.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "furo"
-version = "2022.6.21"
+version = "2022.9.29"
 description = "A clean customisable Sphinx documentation theme."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ python-versions = ">=3.7"
 
 [package.dependencies]
 beautifulsoup4 = "*"
-pygments = "*"
+pygments = ">=2.7"
 sphinx = ">=4.0,<6.0"
 sphinx-basic-ng = "*"
 
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ tzdata = {version = "*", markers = "python_version >= \"3.6\""}
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyupgrade"
-version = "3.1.0"
+version = "3.2.0"
 description = "A tool to automatically upgrade syntax for newer versions."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ pytz = "*"
 type = "git"
 url = "https://github.com/sartography/SpiffWorkflow"
 reference = "main"
-resolved_reference = "2d3bd00854ab483e823c4b386430abc9267f536b"
+resolved_reference = "5cdb881edc4621502bfd61ce67565cf1148199f0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlalchemy"
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ testing = ["func-timeout", "jaraco.itertools", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-black (>=
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 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.7"
-content-hash = "f5c0fcc30ff491c23da05e4d24c2dc9c66f43a2dfde028345f9dffd5e91f3f0a"
+content-hash = "7d1d5e13f2546566277c6f0b5935753c89804db2abb7a1e76498b582f40f9a01"
 
 [metadata.files]
 alabaster = [
@@ -2191,8 +2191,8 @@ flask-sqlalchemy = [
     {file = "Flask_SQLAlchemy-2.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f12c3d4cc5cc7fdcc148b9527ea05671718c3ea45d50c7e732cceb33f574b390"},
 ]
 furo = [
-    {file = "furo-2022.6.21-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:061b68e323345e27fcba024cf33a1e77f3dfd8d9987410be822749a706e2add6"},
-    {file = "furo-2022.6.21.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9aa983b7488a4601d13113884bfb7254502c8729942e073a0acb87a5512af223"},
+    {file = "furo-2022.9.29-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:559ee17999c0f52728481dcf6b1b0cf8c9743e68c5e3a18cb45a7992747869a9"},
+    {file = "furo-2022.9.29.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d4238145629c623609c2deb5384f8d036e2a1ee2a101d64b67b4348112470dbd"},
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 gitdb = [
     {file = "gitdb-4.0.9-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8033ad4e853066ba6ca92050b9df2f89301b8fc8bf7e9324d412a63f8bf1a8fd"},
@@ -2608,8 +2608,8 @@ pytz-deprecation-shim = [
     {file = "pytz_deprecation_shim-0.1.0.post0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:af097bae1b616dde5c5744441e2ddc69e74dfdcb0c263129610d85b87445a59d"},
 ]
 pyupgrade = [
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-    {file = "pyupgrade-3.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7a8d393d85e15e0e2753e90b7b2e173b9d29dfd71e61f93d93e985b242627ed3"},
+    {file = "pyupgrade-3.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2aa6c40e49ea5a350e6e45b8c7847b1741aef274a35d4f0b2bf91731ec8ab796"},
+    {file = "pyupgrade-3.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:70e1ac1e6b34a90fb21f5cada1907ef035b12dfc1d9f13cefd367acf3b530310"},
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diff --git a/flask-bpmn/pyproject.toml b/flask-bpmn/pyproject.toml
index a5a2ff3f..352cd2dd 100644
--- a/flask-bpmn/pyproject.toml
+++ b/flask-bpmn/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ reorder-python-imports = "^3.9.0"
 pre-commit-hooks = "^4.3.0"
 sphinx-click = "^4.3.0"
 Pygments = "^2.13.0"
-pyupgrade = "^3.1.0"
+pyupgrade = "^3.2.0"
 furo = ">=2021.11.12"
 MonkeyType = "^22.2.0"
 
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/migrations/versions/3bd6b0b1b8ae_.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/migrations/versions/bdd1d64689db_.py
similarity index 83%
rename from spiffworkflow-backend/migrations/versions/3bd6b0b1b8ae_.py
rename to spiffworkflow-backend/migrations/versions/bdd1d64689db_.py
index 80c47958..55566149 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/migrations/versions/3bd6b0b1b8ae_.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/migrations/versions/bdd1d64689db_.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """empty message
 
-Revision ID: 3bd6b0b1b8ae
+Revision ID: bdd1d64689db
 Revises: 
-Create Date: 2022-10-25 12:31:50.177599
+Create Date: 2022-11-02 11:31:50.606843
 
 """
 from alembic import op
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import sqlalchemy as sa
 
 
 # revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
-revision = '3bd6b0b1b8ae'
+revision = 'bdd1d64689db'
 down_revision = None
 branch_labels = None
 depends_on = None
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ depends_on = None
 
 def upgrade():
     # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
-    op.create_table('admin_session',
-    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('token', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('admin_impersonate_uid', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
-    sa.UniqueConstraint('token')
-    )
     op.create_table('bpmn_process_id_lookup',
     sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
     sa.Column('bpmn_process_identifier', sa.String(length=255), nullable=True),
@@ -183,25 +176,6 @@ def upgrade():
     sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id'),
     sa.UniqueConstraint('task_id', 'process_instance_id', name='active_task_unique')
     )
-    op.create_table('file',
-    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('name', sa.String(length=50), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('type', sa.String(length=50), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('content_type', sa.String(length=50), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('process_instance_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('task_spec', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('irb_doc_code', sa.String(length=50), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('md5_hash', sa.String(length=50), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('data', sa.LargeBinary(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('size', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('updated_at_in_seconds', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('created_at_in_seconds', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('user_uid', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('archived', sa.Boolean(), nullable=True),
-    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['process_instance_id'], ['process_instance.id'], ),
-    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['user_uid'], ['user.uid'], ),
-    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
-    )
     op.create_table('message_correlation',
     sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
     sa.Column('process_instance_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
@@ -259,28 +233,6 @@ def upgrade():
     sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['process_instance_id'], ['process_instance.id'], ),
     sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
     )
-    op.create_table('task_event',
-    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('user_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('process_instance_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('spec_version', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('action', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('task_id', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('task_name', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('task_title', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('task_type', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('task_state', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('task_lane', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('form_data', sa.JSON(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('mi_type', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('mi_count', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('mi_index', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('process_name', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('date', sa.DateTime(timezone=True), nullable=True),
-    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['process_instance_id'], ['process_instance.id'], ),
-    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['user_id'], ['user.id'], ),
-    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
-    )
     op.create_table('active_task_user',
     sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
     sa.Column('active_task_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
@@ -292,19 +244,6 @@ def upgrade():
     )
     op.create_index(op.f('ix_active_task_user_active_task_id'), 'active_task_user', ['active_task_id'], unique=False)
     op.create_index(op.f('ix_active_task_user_user_id'), 'active_task_user', ['user_id'], unique=False)
-    op.create_table('data_store',
-    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('updated_at_in_seconds', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('key', sa.String(length=50), nullable=False),
-    sa.Column('process_instance_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('task_spec', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('spec_id', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('user_id', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('file_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=True),
-    sa.Column('value', sa.String(length=50), nullable=True),
-    sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['file_id'], ['file.id'], ),
-    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
-    )
     op.create_table('message_correlation_message_instance',
     sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
     sa.Column('message_instance_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
@@ -324,11 +263,9 @@ def downgrade():
     op.drop_index(op.f('ix_message_correlation_message_instance_message_instance_id'), table_name='message_correlation_message_instance')
     op.drop_index(op.f('ix_message_correlation_message_instance_message_correlation_id'), table_name='message_correlation_message_instance')
     op.drop_table('message_correlation_message_instance')
-    op.drop_table('data_store')
     op.drop_index(op.f('ix_active_task_user_user_id'), table_name='active_task_user')
     op.drop_index(op.f('ix_active_task_user_active_task_id'), table_name='active_task_user')
     op.drop_table('active_task_user')
-    op.drop_table('task_event')
     op.drop_table('spiff_logging')
     op.drop_table('permission_assignment')
     op.drop_table('message_instance')
@@ -337,7 +274,6 @@ def downgrade():
     op.drop_index(op.f('ix_message_correlation_name'), table_name='message_correlation')
     op.drop_index(op.f('ix_message_correlation_message_correlation_property_id'), table_name='message_correlation')
     op.drop_table('message_correlation')
-    op.drop_table('file')
     op.drop_table('active_task')
     op.drop_table('user_group_assignment')
     op.drop_table('secret')
@@ -363,5 +299,4 @@ def downgrade():
     op.drop_table('group')
     op.drop_index(op.f('ix_bpmn_process_id_lookup_bpmn_process_identifier'), table_name='bpmn_process_id_lookup')
     op.drop_table('bpmn_process_id_lookup')
-    op.drop_table('admin_session')
     # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/poetry.lock b/spiffworkflow-backend/poetry.lock
index 0fd209b3..c474c696 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/poetry.lock
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/poetry.lock
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ python-versions = ">=3.6,<4.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dateparser"
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "1.1.2"
 description = "Date parsing library designed to parse dates from HTML pages"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ werkzeug = "*"
 type = "git"
 url = "https://github.com/sartography/flask-bpmn"
 reference = "main"
-resolved_reference = "cedc5253add81a18a274f2cd3289fe36bb138f8b"
+resolved_reference = "191f0f32798720c9ce1e5307732c90ac26433298"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "Flask-Cors"
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "importlib-metadata"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "4.13.0"
 description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ docs = ["Sphinx (>=5.0.2,<6.0.0)", "alabaster (>=0.7.12,<0.8.0)", "commonmark (>
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytz"
-version = "2022.5"
+version = "2022.6"
 description = "World timezone definitions, modern and historical"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ pytz = "*"
 type = "git"
 url = "https://github.com/sartography/SpiffWorkflow"
 reference = "main"
-resolved_reference = "2d3bd00854ab483e823c4b386430abc9267f536b"
+resolved_reference = "a6392d19061f623394f5705fb78af23673d3940d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "SQLAlchemy"
@@ -2000,6 +2000,14 @@ category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "types-dateparser"
+version = "1.1.4.1"
+description = "Typing stubs for dateparser"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "types-Flask"
 version = "1.1.6"
@@ -2248,7 +2256,7 @@ testing = ["flake8 (<5)", "func-timeout", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.9,<3.11"
-content-hash = "bfb51ebc4ef76d4a74f670f44dc4d7ca7e91874b096f56521c2776f1837f6a63"
+content-hash = "995be3a9a60b515b281f017ff32ff27a52ca178b1980611b348dccac6afb6b89"
 
 [metadata.files]
 alabaster = [
@@ -2454,8 +2462,8 @@ darglint = [
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 dateparser = [
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-    {file = "dateparser-1.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:038196b1f12c7397e38aad3d61588833257f6f552baa63a1499e6987fa8d42d9"},
+    {file = "dateparser-1.1.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d31659dc806a7d88e2b510b2c74f68b525ae531f145c62a57a99bd616b7f90cf"},
+    {file = "dateparser-1.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3821bf191f95b2658c4abd91571c09821ce7a2bc179bf6cefd8b4515c3ccf9ef"},
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@@ -2632,8 +2640,8 @@ imagesize = [
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@@ -2938,7 +2946,10 @@ orjson = [
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@@ -3130,8 +3141,8 @@ python-keycloak = [
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+    {file = "pytz-2022.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:222439474e9c98fced559f1709d89e6c9cbf8d79c794ff3eb9f8800064291427"},
+    {file = "pytz-2022.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e89512406b793ca39f5971bc999cc538ce125c0e51c27941bef4568b460095e2"},
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@@ -3539,6 +3550,10 @@ types-click = [
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 ]
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+]
 types-Flask = [
     {file = "types-Flask-1.1.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:aac777b3abfff9436e6b01f6d08171cf23ea6e5be71cbf773aaabb1c5763e9cf"},
     {file = "types_Flask-1.1.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6ab8a9a5e258b76539d652f6341408867298550b19b81f0e41e916825fc39087"},
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml b/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml
index a4741447..7f2d09a4 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ flask-migrate = "*"
 flask-restful = "*"
 werkzeug = "*"
 SpiffWorkflow = {git = "https://github.com/sartography/SpiffWorkflow", rev = "main"}
+#SpiffWorkflow = {develop = true, path = "../SpiffWorkflow" }
 sentry-sdk = "^1.10"
 sphinx-autoapi = "^2.0"
 flask-bpmn = {git = "https://github.com/sartography/flask-bpmn", rev = "main"}
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ types-pytz = "^2022.1.1"
 # for now use my fork
 sqlalchemy-stubs = { git = "https://github.com/burnettk/sqlalchemy-stubs.git", rev = "scoped-session-delete" }
 simplejson = "^3.17.6"
+pytz = "^2022.6"
+dateparser = "^1.1.2"
+types-dateparser = "^1.1.4.1"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/load_database_models.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/load_database_models.py
index 12b33a7e..7283b19b 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/load_database_models.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/load_database_models.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.models.active_task import ActiveTaskModel  # noqa: F4
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.bpmn_process_id_lookup import (
     BpmnProcessIdLookup,
 )  # noqa: F401
-from spiffworkflow_backend.models.data_store import DataStoreModel  # noqa: F401
-from spiffworkflow_backend.models.file import FileModel  # noqa: F401
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.message_correlation_property import (
     MessageCorrelationPropertyModel,
 )  # noqa: F401
@@ -48,7 +46,6 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance_report import (
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.refresh_token import RefreshTokenModel  # noqa: F401
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.secret_model import SecretModel  # noqa: F401
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.spiff_logging import SpiffLoggingModel  # noqa: F401
-from spiffworkflow_backend.models.task_event import TaskEventModel  # noqa: F401
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.user import UserModel  # noqa: F401
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.group import GroupModel  # noqa: F401
 
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/data_store.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/data_store.py
deleted file mode 100644
index abbfcf34..00000000
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/data_store.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-"""Data_store."""
-from flask_bpmn.models.db import db
-from flask_bpmn.models.db import SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel
-from flask_marshmallow.sqla import SQLAlchemyAutoSchema  # type: ignore
-
-
-class DataStoreModel(SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel):
-    """DataStoreModel."""
-
-    __tablename__ = "data_store"
-    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
-    updated_at_in_seconds = db.Column(db.Integer)
-    key = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)
-    process_instance_id = db.Column(db.Integer)
-    task_spec = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    spec_id = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    user_id = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=True)
-    file_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey("file.id"), nullable=True)
-    value = db.Column(db.String(50))
-
-
-class DataStoreSchema(SQLAlchemyAutoSchema):  # type: ignore
-    """DataStoreSchema."""
-
-    class Meta:
-        """Meta."""
-
-        model = DataStoreModel
-        load_instance = True
-        include_fk = True
-        sqla_session = db.session
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/file.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/file.py
index eb49b873..0c844766 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/file.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/file.py
@@ -4,40 +4,10 @@ from dataclasses import field
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Optional
 
-from flask_bpmn.models.db import db
-from flask_bpmn.models.db import SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel
 from marshmallow import INCLUDE
 from marshmallow import Schema
-from sqlalchemy.orm import deferred
-from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 
 from spiffworkflow_backend.helpers.spiff_enum import SpiffEnum
-from spiffworkflow_backend.models.data_store import DataStoreModel
-
-
-class FileModel(SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel):
-    """FileModel."""
-
-    __tablename__ = "file"
-    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
-    name = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)
-    type = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)
-    content_type = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)
-    process_instance_id = db.Column(
-        db.Integer, db.ForeignKey("process_instance.id"), nullable=True
-    )
-    task_spec = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=True)
-    irb_doc_code = db.Column(
-        db.String(50), nullable=False
-    )  # Code reference to the documents.xlsx reference file.
-    data_stores = relationship(DataStoreModel, cascade="all,delete", backref="file")
-    md5_hash = db.Column(db.String(50), unique=False, nullable=False)
-    data = deferred(db.Column(db.LargeBinary))  # type: ignore
-    size = db.Column(db.Integer, default=0)
-    updated_at_in_seconds = db.Column(db.Integer)
-    created_at_in_seconds = db.Column(db.Integer)
-    user_uid = db.Column(db.String(50), db.ForeignKey("user.uid"), nullable=True)
-    archived = db.Column(db.Boolean, default=False)
 
 
 class FileType(SpiffEnum):
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/process_instance.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/process_instance.py
index d1d117c8..1c2098e9 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/process_instance.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/process_instance.py
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ class ProcessInstanceModel(SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel):
     process_initiator = relationship("UserModel")
 
     active_tasks = relationship("ActiveTaskModel", cascade="delete")  # type: ignore
-    task_events = relationship("TaskEventModel", cascade="delete")  # type: ignore
     spiff_logs = relationship("SpiffLoggingModel", cascade="delete")  # type: ignore
     message_instances = relationship("MessageInstanceModel", cascade="delete")  # type: ignore
     message_correlations = relationship("MessageCorrelationModel", cascade="delete")  # type: ignore
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/task_event.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/task_event.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bb668b4..00000000
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/task_event.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-"""Task_event."""
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import enum
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
-from flask_bpmn.models.db import db
-from flask_bpmn.models.db import SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel
-from marshmallow import fields
-from marshmallow import INCLUDE
-from marshmallow import Schema
-from sqlalchemy import func
-
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance import (
-        ProcessInstanceModel,
-    )  # noqa: F401
-
-
-class TaskAction(enum.Enum):
-    """TaskAction."""
-
-    COMPLETE = "COMPLETE"
-    TOKEN_RESET = "TOKEN_RESET"  # noqa: S105
-    HARD_RESET = "HARD_RESET"
-    SOFT_RESET = "SOFT_RESET"
-    ASSIGNMENT = "ASSIGNMENT"  # Whenever the lane changes between tasks we assign the task to specific user.
-
-
-class TaskEventModel(SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel):
-    """TaskEventModel."""
-
-    __tablename__ = "task_event"
-    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
-    user_id = db.Column(
-        db.Integer, db.ForeignKey("user.id"), nullable=False
-    )  # In some cases the unique user id may not exist in the db yet.
-    process_instance_id = db.Column(
-        db.Integer, db.ForeignKey("process_instance.id"), nullable=False
-    )
-    spec_version = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    action = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    task_id = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    task_name = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    task_title = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    task_type = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    task_state = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    task_lane = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    form_data = db.Column(
-        db.JSON
-    )  # And form data submitted when the task was completed.
-    mi_type = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    mi_count = db.Column(db.Integer)
-    mi_index = db.Column(db.Integer)
-    process_name = db.Column(db.String(50))
-    date = db.Column(db.DateTime(timezone=True), default=func.now())
-
-
-class TaskEvent:
-    """TaskEvent."""
-
-    def __init__(self, model: TaskEventModel, process_instance: ProcessInstanceModel):
-        """__init__."""
-        self.id = model.id
-        self.process_instance = process_instance
-        self.user_id = model.user_id
-        self.action = model.action
-        self.task_id = model.task_id
-        self.task_title = model.task_title
-        self.task_name = model.task_name
-        self.task_type = model.task_type
-        self.task_state = model.task_state
-        self.task_lane = model.task_lane
-        self.date = model.date
-
-
-class TaskEventSchema(Schema):
-    """TaskEventSchema."""
-
-    process_instance = fields.Nested("ProcessInstanceMetadataSchema", dump_only=True)
-    task_lane = fields.String(allow_none=True, required=False)
-
-    class Meta:
-        """Meta."""
-
-        model = TaskEvent
-        additional = [
-            "id",
-            "user_id",
-            "action",
-            "task_id",
-            "task_title",
-            "task_name",
-            "task_type",
-            "task_state",
-            "task_lane",
-            "date",
-        ]
-        unknown = INCLUDE
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/user.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/user.py
index 22cdfb69..c33a72e7 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/user.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/models/user.py
@@ -112,12 +112,3 @@ class UserModelSchema(Schema):
 
     id = marshmallow.fields.String(required=True)
     username = marshmallow.fields.String(required=True)
-
-
-class AdminSessionModel(SpiffworkflowBaseDBModel):
-    """AdminSessionModel."""
-
-    __tablename__ = "admin_session"
-    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
-    token = db.Column(db.String(50), unique=True)
-    admin_impersonate_uid = db.Column(db.String(50))
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
index 012cb52f..fd20341c 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
@@ -424,7 +424,6 @@ def process_instance_run(
                 task=task,
             ) from e
         processor.save()
-        ProcessInstanceService.update_task_assignments(processor)
 
         if not current_app.config["RUN_BACKGROUND_SCHEDULER"]:
             MessageService.process_message_instances()
@@ -1071,7 +1070,9 @@ def task_show(process_instance_id: int, task_id: str) -> flask.wrappers.Response
                 task.form_ui_schema = ui_form_contents
 
     if task.properties and task.data and "instructionsForEndUser" in task.properties:
-        print(f"task.properties['instructionsForEndUser']: {task.properties['instructionsForEndUser']}")
+        print(
+            f"task.properties['instructionsForEndUser']: {task.properties['instructionsForEndUser']}"
+        )
         if task.properties["instructionsForEndUser"]:
             task.properties["instructionsForEndUser"] = render_jinja_template(
                 task.properties["instructionsForEndUser"], task.data
@@ -1121,8 +1122,6 @@ def task_submit(
     #         last_index = next_task.task_info()["mi_index"]
     #         next_task = processor.next_task()
 
-    ProcessInstanceService.update_task_assignments(processor)
-
     next_active_task_assigned_to_me = (
         ActiveTaskModel.query.filter_by(process_instance_id=process_instance_id)
         .order_by(asc(ActiveTaskModel.id))  # type: ignore
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/scripts/get_frontend_url.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/scripts/get_frontend_url.py
index 40dc482c..9490df95 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/scripts/get_frontend_url.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/scripts/get_frontend_url.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Get_env."""
 from typing import Any
+
 from flask import current_app
 
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.script_attributes_context import (
@@ -22,4 +23,4 @@ class GetFrontendUrl(Script):
         **kwargs: Any
     ) -> Any:
         """Run."""
-        return current_app.config['SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL']
+        return current_app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_URL"]
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
index d82d8063..fecde1b9 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timedelta
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Callable
 from typing import Dict
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ from typing import Tuple
 from typing import TypedDict
 from typing import Union
 
+import dateparser
+import pytz
 from flask import current_app
 from flask_bpmn.api.api_error import ApiError
 from flask_bpmn.models.db import db
@@ -25,7 +28,6 @@ from RestrictedPython import safe_globals  # type: ignore
 from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.exceptions import WorkflowTaskExecException  # type: ignore
 from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.parser.ValidationException import ValidationException  # type: ignore
 from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.PythonScriptEngine import Box  # type: ignore
-from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.PythonScriptEngine import DEFAULT_GLOBALS
 from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.PythonScriptEngine import PythonScriptEngine
 from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.serializer import BpmnWorkflowSerializer  # type: ignore
 from SpiffWorkflow.bpmn.specs.BpmnProcessSpec import BpmnProcessSpec  # type: ignore
@@ -77,8 +79,6 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_model import ProcessModelInfo
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.script_attributes_context import (
     ScriptAttributesContext,
 )
-from spiffworkflow_backend.models.task_event import TaskAction
-from spiffworkflow_backend.models.task_event import TaskEventModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.user import UserModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.user import UserModelSchema
 from spiffworkflow_backend.scripts.script import Script
@@ -98,19 +98,6 @@ def _import(name: str, glbls: Dict[str, Any], *args: Any) -> None:
         raise ImportError(f"Import not allowed: {name}", name=name)
 
 
-DEFAULT_GLOBALS.update(
-    {
-        "datetime": datetime,
-        "time": time,
-        "decimal": decimal,
-        "_strptime": _strptime,
-    }
-)
-# This will overwrite the standard builtins
-DEFAULT_GLOBALS.update(safe_globals)
-DEFAULT_GLOBALS["__builtins__"]["__import__"] = _import
-
-
 class PotentialOwnerIdList(TypedDict):
     """PotentialOwnerIdList."""
 
@@ -143,7 +130,21 @@ class CustomBpmnScriptEngine(PythonScriptEngine):  # type: ignore
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         """__init__."""
-        super().__init__(default_globals=DEFAULT_GLOBALS)
+        default_globals = {
+            "timedelta": timedelta,
+            "datetime": datetime,
+            "dateparser": dateparser,
+            "pytz": pytz,
+            "time": time,
+            "decimal": decimal,
+            "_strptime": _strptime,
+        }
+
+        # This will overwrite the standard builtins
+        default_globals.update(safe_globals)
+        default_globals["__builtins__"]["__import__"] = _import
+
+        super().__init__(default_globals=default_globals)
 
     def __get_augment_methods(self, task: SpiffTask) -> Dict[str, Callable]:
         """__get_augment_methods."""
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ class ProcessInstanceProcessor:
         """Add_user_info_to_process_instance."""
         current_user = None
         if UserService.has_user():
-            current_user = UserService.current_user(allow_admin_impersonate=True)
+            current_user = UserService.current_user()
 
         # fall back to initiator if g.user is not set
         # this is for background processes when there will not be a user
@@ -430,59 +431,6 @@ class ProcessInstanceProcessor:
             for task in tasks:
                 task.data["current_user"] = current_user_data
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def reset(
-        process_instance_model: ProcessInstanceModel, clear_data: bool = False
-    ) -> None:
-        """Resets the process_instance back to an unstarted state - where nothing has happened yet.
-
-        If clear_data is set to false, then the information
-        previously used in forms will be re-populated when the form is re-
-        displayed, and any files that were updated will remain in place, otherwise
-        files will also be cleared out.
-        """
-        # Try to execute a cancel notify
-        try:
-            bpmn_process_instance = (
-                ProcessInstanceProcessor.__get_bpmn_process_instance(
-                    process_instance_model
-                )
-            )
-            ProcessInstanceProcessor.__cancel_notify(bpmn_process_instance)
-        except Exception as e:
-            db.session.rollback()  # in case the above left the database with a bad transaction
-            current_app.logger.error(
-                "Unable to send a cancel notify for process_instance %s during a reset."
-                " Continuing with the reset anyway so we don't get in an unresolvable"
-                " state. An %s error occured with the following information: %s"
-                % (process_instance_model.id, e.__class__.__name__, str(e))
-            )
-        process_instance_model.bpmn_json = None
-        process_instance_model.status = ProcessInstanceStatus.not_started.value
-
-        # clear out any task assignments
-        db.session.query(TaskEventModel).filter(
-            TaskEventModel.process_instance_id == process_instance_model.id
-        ).filter(TaskEventModel.action == TaskAction.ASSIGNMENT.value).delete()
-
-        if clear_data:
-            # Clear out data in previous task events
-            task_events = (
-                db.session.query(TaskEventModel)
-                .filter(TaskEventModel.process_instance_id == process_instance_model.id)
-                .all()
-            )
-            for task_event in task_events:
-                task_event.form_data = {}
-                db.session.add(task_event)
-            # Remove any uploaded files.
-
-            # TODO: grab UserFileService
-            # files = FileModel.query.filter(FileModel.process_instance_id == process_instance_model.id).all()
-            # for file in files:
-            #     UserFileService().delete_file(file.id)
-        db.session.commit()
-
     @staticmethod
     def get_bpmn_process_instance_from_workflow_spec(
         spec: BpmnProcessSpec,
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_service.py
index f3d080a8..062d0ef7 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_service.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Process_instance_service."""
 import time
 from typing import Any
-from typing import Dict
 from typing import List
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -9,15 +8,12 @@ from flask import current_app
 from flask_bpmn.api.api_error import ApiError
 from flask_bpmn.models.db import db
 from SpiffWorkflow.task import Task as SpiffTask  # type: ignore
-from SpiffWorkflow.util.deep_merge import DeepMerge  # type: ignore
 
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance import ProcessInstanceApi
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance import ProcessInstanceModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance import ProcessInstanceStatus
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.task import MultiInstanceType
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.task import Task
-from spiffworkflow_backend.models.task_event import TaskAction
-from spiffworkflow_backend.models.task_event import TaskEventModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.user import UserModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.authorization_service import AuthorizationService
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.git_service import GitService
@@ -108,70 +104,9 @@ class ProcessInstanceService:
             is_review=is_review_value,
             title=title_value,
         )
-        next_task_trying_again = next_task
-        if (
-            not next_task
-        ):  # The Next Task can be requested to be a certain task, useful for parallel tasks.
-            # This may or may not work, sometimes there is no next task to complete.
-            next_task_trying_again = processor.next_task()
-
-        if next_task_trying_again is not None:
-            previous_form_data = ProcessInstanceService.get_previously_submitted_data(
-                processor.process_instance_model.id, next_task_trying_again
-            )
-            #            DeepMerge.merge(next_task_trying_again.data, previous_form_data)
-            next_task_trying_again.data = DeepMerge.merge(
-                previous_form_data, next_task_trying_again.data
-            )
-
-            process_instance_api.next_task = (
-                ProcessInstanceService.spiff_task_to_api_task(
-                    next_task_trying_again, add_docs_and_forms=True
-                )
-            )
-            # TODO: Hack for now, until we decide how to implment forms
-            process_instance_api.next_task.form = None
-
-            # Update the state of the task to locked if the current user does not own the task.
-            # user_uids = WorkflowService.get_users_assigned_to_task(processor, next_task)
-            # if not UserService.in_list(user_uids, allow_admin_impersonate=True):
-            #     workflow_api.next_task.state = WorkflowService.TASK_STATE_LOCKED
 
         return process_instance_api
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_previously_submitted_data(
-        process_instance_id: int, spiff_task: SpiffTask
-    ) -> Dict[Any, Any]:
-        """If the user has completed this task previously, find the form data for the last submission."""
-        query = (
-            db.session.query(TaskEventModel)
-            .filter_by(process_instance_id=process_instance_id)
-            .filter_by(task_name=spiff_task.task_spec.name)
-            .filter_by(action=TaskAction.COMPLETE.value)
-        )
-
-        if (
-            hasattr(spiff_task, "internal_data")
-            and "runtimes" in spiff_task.internal_data
-        ):
-            query = query.filter_by(mi_index=spiff_task.internal_data["runtimes"])
-
-        latest_event = query.order_by(TaskEventModel.date.desc()).first()
-        if latest_event:
-            if latest_event.form_data is not None:
-                return latest_event.form_data  # type: ignore
-            else:
-                missing_form_error = (
-                    f"We have lost data for workflow {process_instance_id}, "
-                    f"task {spiff_task.task_spec.name}, it is not in the task event model, "
-                    f"and it should be."
-                )
-                current_app.logger.exception("missing_form_data", missing_form_error)
-                return {}
-        else:
-            return {}
-
     def get_process_instance(self, process_instance_id: int) -> Any:
         """Get_process_instance."""
         result = (
@@ -181,30 +116,6 @@ class ProcessInstanceService:
         )
         return result
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def update_task_assignments(processor: ProcessInstanceProcessor) -> None:
-        """For every upcoming user task, log a task action that connects the assigned user(s) to that task.
-
-        All existing assignment actions for this workflow are removed from the database,
-        so that only the current valid actions are available. update_task_assignments
-        should be called whenever progress is made on a workflow.
-        """
-        db.session.query(TaskEventModel).filter(
-            TaskEventModel.process_instance_id == processor.process_instance_model.id
-        ).filter(TaskEventModel.action == TaskAction.ASSIGNMENT.value).delete()
-        db.session.commit()
-
-        tasks = processor.get_current_user_tasks()
-        for task in tasks:
-            user_ids = ProcessInstanceService.get_users_assigned_to_task(
-                processor, task
-            )
-
-            for user_id in user_ids:
-                ProcessInstanceService().log_task_action(
-                    user_id, processor, task, TaskAction.ASSIGNMENT.value
-                )
-
     @staticmethod
     def get_users_assigned_to_task(
         processor: ProcessInstanceProcessor, spiff_task: SpiffTask
@@ -279,52 +190,8 @@ class ProcessInstanceService:
         spiff_task.update_data(dot_dct)
         # ProcessInstanceService.post_process_form(spiff_task)  # some properties may update the data store.
         processor.complete_task(spiff_task)
-        # Log the action before doing the engine steps, as doing so could effect the state of the task
-        # the workflow could wrap around in the ngine steps, and the task could jump from being completed to
-        # another state.  What we are logging here is the completion.
-        ProcessInstanceService.log_task_action(
-            user.id, processor, spiff_task, TaskAction.COMPLETE.value
-        )
         processor.do_engine_steps(save=True)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def log_task_action(
-        user_id: int,
-        processor: ProcessInstanceProcessor,
-        spiff_task: SpiffTask,
-        action: str,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Log_task_action."""
-        task = ProcessInstanceService.spiff_task_to_api_task(spiff_task)
-        form_data = ProcessInstanceService.extract_form_data(
-            spiff_task.data, spiff_task
-        )
-        multi_instance_type_value = ""
-        if task.multi_instance_type:
-            multi_instance_type_value = task.multi_instance_type.value
-
-        task_event = TaskEventModel(
-            # study_id=processor.workflow_model.study_id,
-            user_id=user_id,
-            process_instance_id=processor.process_instance_model.id,
-            # workflow_spec_id=processor.workflow_model.workflow_spec_id,
-            action=action,
-            task_id=str(task.id),
-            task_name=task.name,
-            task_title=task.title,
-            task_type=str(task.type),
-            task_state=task.state,
-            task_lane=task.lane,
-            form_data=form_data,
-            mi_type=multi_instance_type_value,  # Some tasks have a repeat behavior.
-            mi_count=task.multi_instance_count,  # This is the number of times the task could repeat.
-            mi_index=task.multi_instance_index,  # And the index of the currently repeating task.
-            process_name=task.process_name,
-            # date=datetime.utcnow(), <=== For future reference, NEVER do this. Let the database set the time.
-        )
-        db.session.add(task_event)
-        db.session.commit()
-
     @staticmethod
     def extract_form_data(latest_data: dict, task: SpiffTask) -> dict:
         """Extracts data from the latest_data that is directly related to the form that is being submitted."""
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/user_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/user_service.py
index d4749e01..0e8e65c2 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/user_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/user_service.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.models.active_task import ActiveTaskModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.active_task_user import ActiveTaskUserModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.group import GroupModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.principal import PrincipalModel
-from spiffworkflow_backend.models.user import AdminSessionModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.user import UserModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.user_group_assignment import UserGroupAssignmentModel
 
@@ -103,27 +102,6 @@ class UserService:
         """Has_user."""
         return "token" in g and bool(g.token) and "user" in g and bool(g.user)
 
-    # Returns true if the current user is an admin.
-    @staticmethod
-    def user_is_admin() -> bool:
-        """User_is_admin."""
-        return UserService.has_user() and g.user.is_admin()
-
-    # Returns true if the current admin user is impersonating another user.
-    @staticmethod
-    def admin_is_impersonating() -> bool:
-        """Admin_is_impersonating."""
-        if UserService.user_is_admin():
-            admin_session = UserService.get_admin_session()
-            return admin_session is not None
-
-        else:
-            raise ApiError(
-                "unauthorized",
-                "You do not have permissions to do this.",
-                status_code=403,
-            )
-
     # Returns true if the given user uid is different from the current user's uid.
     @staticmethod
     def is_different_user(uid: str) -> bool:
@@ -131,84 +109,16 @@ class UserService:
         return UserService.has_user() and uid is not None and uid is not g.user.uid
 
     @staticmethod
-    def current_user(allow_admin_impersonate: bool = False) -> Any:
+    def current_user() -> Any:
         """Current_user."""
         if not UserService.has_user():
             raise ApiError(
                 "logged_out", "You are no longer logged in.", status_code=401
             )
-
-        # Admins can pretend to be different users and act on a user's behalf in
-        # some circumstances.
-        if (
-            UserService.user_is_admin()
-            and allow_admin_impersonate
-            and UserService.admin_is_impersonating()
-        ):
-            return UserService.get_admin_session_user()
-        else:
-            return g.user
-
-    # Admins can pretend to be different users and act on a user's behalf in some circumstances.
-    # This method allows an admin user to start impersonating another user with the given uid.
-    # Stops impersonating if the uid is None or invalid.
-    @staticmethod
-    def start_impersonating(uid: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
-        """Start_impersonating."""
-        if not UserService.has_user():
-            raise ApiError(
-                "logged_out", "You are no longer logged in.", status_code=401
-            )
-
-        if not UserService.user_is_admin():
-            raise ApiError(
-                "unauthorized",
-                "You do not have permissions to do this.",
-                status_code=403,
-            )
-
-        if uid is None:
-            raise ApiError("invalid_uid", "Please provide a valid user uid.")
-
-        if UserService.is_different_user(uid):
-            # Impersonate the user if the given uid is valid.
-            impersonate_user = (
-                db.session.query(UserModel).filter(UserModel.uid == uid).first()
-            )
-
-            if impersonate_user is not None:
-                g.impersonate_user = impersonate_user
-
-                # Store the uid and user session token.
-                db.session.query(AdminSessionModel).filter(
-                    AdminSessionModel.token == g.token
-                ).delete()
-                db.session.add(
-                    AdminSessionModel(token=g.token, admin_impersonate_uid=uid)
-                )
-                db.session.commit()
-            else:
-                raise ApiError("invalid_uid", "The uid provided is not valid.")
+        return g.user
 
     @staticmethod
-    def stop_impersonating() -> None:
-        """Stop_impersonating."""
-        if not UserService.has_user():
-            raise ApiError(
-                "logged_out", "You are no longer logged in.", status_code=401
-            )
-
-        # Clear out the current impersonating user.
-        if "impersonate_user" in g:
-            del g.impersonate_user
-
-        admin_session = UserService.get_admin_session()
-        if admin_session:
-            db.session.delete(admin_session)
-            db.session.commit()
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def in_list(uids: list[str], allow_admin_impersonate: bool = False) -> bool:
+    def in_list(uids: list[str]) -> bool:
         """Returns true if the current user's id is in the given list of ids.
 
         False if there is no user, or the user is not in the list.
@@ -216,46 +126,11 @@ class UserService:
         if (
             UserService.has_user()
         ):  # If someone is logged in, lock tasks that don't belong to them.
-            user = UserService.current_user(allow_admin_impersonate)
+            user = UserService.current_user()
             if user.uid in uids:
                 return True
         return False
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_admin_session() -> Any:
-        """Get_admin_session."""
-        if UserService.user_is_admin():
-            return (
-                db.session.query(AdminSessionModel)
-                .filter(AdminSessionModel.token == g.token)
-                .first()
-            )
-        else:
-            raise ApiError(
-                "unauthorized",
-                "You do not have permissions to do this.",
-                status_code=403,
-            )
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def get_admin_session_user() -> Any:
-        """Get_admin_session_user."""
-        if UserService.user_is_admin():
-            admin_session = UserService.get_admin_session()
-
-            if admin_session is not None:
-                return (
-                    db.session.query(UserModel)
-                    .filter(UserModel.uid == admin_session.admin_impersonate_uid)
-                    .first()
-                )
-        else:
-            raise ApiError(
-                "unauthorized",
-                "You do not have permissions to do this.",
-                status_code=403,
-            )
-
     @staticmethod
     def get_principal_by_user_id(user_id: int) -> PrincipalModel:
         """Get_principal_by_user_id."""
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/data/get_group_members/get_group_members.bpmn b/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/data/get_group_members/get_group_members.bpmn
index 23f6df07..b6e849ba 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/data/get_group_members/get_group_members.bpmn
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/data/get_group_members/get_group_members.bpmn
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
     <bpmn:scriptTask id="get_group_a">
       <bpmn:incoming>Flow_1j4jzft</bpmn:incoming>
       <bpmn:outgoing>Flow_10xyk22</bpmn:outgoing>
-      <bpmn:script>members_a = get_group_members("GroupA")</bpmn:script>
+      <bpmn:script>members_a = get_group_members("groupA")</bpmn:script>
     </bpmn:scriptTask>
     <bpmn:sequenceFlow id="Flow_10xyk22" sourceRef="get_group_a" targetRef="get_group_b" />
     <bpmn:scriptTask id="get_group_b">
       <bpmn:incoming>Flow_10xyk22</bpmn:incoming>
       <bpmn:outgoing>Flow_01xr2ac</bpmn:outgoing>
-      <bpmn:script>members_b = get_group_members("GroupB")</bpmn:script>
+      <bpmn:script>members_b = get_group_members("groupB")</bpmn:script>
     </bpmn:scriptTask>
     <bpmn:sequenceFlow id="Flow_01xr2ac" sourceRef="get_group_b" targetRef="Event_1s123jg" />
   </bpmn:process>
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/helpers/base_test.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/helpers/base_test.py
index b7d2c5d7..a573e8a3 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/helpers/base_test.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/helpers/base_test.py
@@ -275,25 +275,6 @@ class BaseTest:
         user: UserModel, _redirect_url: str = "http://some/frontend/url"
     ) -> Dict[str, str]:
         """Logged_in_headers."""
-        # if user is None:
-        #     uid = 'test_user'
-        #     user_info = {'uid': 'test_user'}
-        # else:
-        #     uid = user.uid
-        #     user_info = {'uid': user.uid}
-
-        # query_string = user_info_to_query_string(user_info, redirect_url)
-        # rv = self.app.get("/v1.0/login%s" % query_string, follow_redirects=False)
-        # self.assertTrue(rv.status_code == 302)
-        # self.assertTrue(str.startswith(rv.location, redirect_url))
-        #
-        # user_model = session.query(UserModel).filter_by(uid=uid).first()
-        # self.assertIsNotNone(user_model.ldap_info.display_name)
-        # self.assertEqual(user_model.uid, uid)
-        # self.assertTrue('user' in g, 'User should be in Flask globals')
-        # user = UserService.current_user(allow_admin_impersonate=True)
-        # self.assertEqual(uid, user.uid, 'Logged in user should match given user uid')
-
         return dict(Authorization="Bearer " + user.encode_auth_token())
 
     def get_test_data_file_contents(
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/integration/test_process_api.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/integration/test_process_api.py
index 2d79b652..9a923b97 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/integration/test_process_api.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/tests/spiffworkflow_backend/integration/test_process_api.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_instance_report import (
 )
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_model import NotificationType
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.process_model import ProcessModelInfoSchema
-from spiffworkflow_backend.models.task_event import TaskEventModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.models.user import UserModel
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.authorization_service import AuthorizationService
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.file_system_service import FileSystemService
@@ -1088,16 +1087,7 @@ class TestProcessApi(BaseTest):
             f"/v1.0/process-models/{process_group_id}/{process_model_id}/process-instances/{process_instance_id}/run",
             headers=self.logged_in_headers(with_super_admin_user),
         )
-
         assert response.json is not None
-        task_events = (
-            db.session.query(TaskEventModel)
-            .filter(TaskEventModel.process_instance_id == process_instance_id)
-            .all()
-        )
-        assert len(task_events) == 1
-        task_event = task_events[0]
-        assert task_event.user_id == with_super_admin_user.id
 
         delete_response = client.delete(
             f"/v1.0/process-models/{process_group_id}/{process_model_id}/process-instances/{process_instance_id}",
@@ -1105,40 +1095,6 @@ class TestProcessApi(BaseTest):
         )
         assert delete_response.status_code == 200
 
-    def test_process_instance_run_user_task_creates_task_event(
-        self,
-        app: Flask,
-        client: FlaskClient,
-        with_db_and_bpmn_file_cleanup: None,
-        with_super_admin_user: UserModel,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Test_process_instance_run_user_task."""
-        process_group_id = "my_process_group"
-        process_model_id = "user_task"
-
-        headers = self.logged_in_headers(with_super_admin_user)
-        response = self.create_process_instance(
-            client, process_group_id, process_model_id, headers
-        )
-        assert response.json is not None
-        process_instance_id = response.json["id"]
-
-        response = client.post(
-            f"/v1.0/process-models/{process_group_id}/{process_model_id}/process-instances/{process_instance_id}/run",
-            headers=self.logged_in_headers(with_super_admin_user),
-        )
-
-        assert response.json is not None
-        task_events = (
-            db.session.query(TaskEventModel)
-            .filter(TaskEventModel.process_instance_id == process_instance_id)
-            .all()
-        )
-        assert len(task_events) == 1
-        task_event = task_events[0]
-        assert task_event.user_id == with_super_admin_user.id
-        # TODO: When user tasks work, we need to add some more assertions for action, task_state, etc.
-
     def test_task_show(
         self,
         app: Flask,