diff --git a/cypress/e2e/locality.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/locality.cy.js
index 76b04d17..0c1cbe5a 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/locality.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/locality.cy.js
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ before('Reset database', () => {
 
 const buildLocalityName = (base = 'Bugat') => `${base} ${Date.now()}-${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e6)}`
 
+
+// TODO: these tests are obsolete now that the Species tab has been removed from Locality details.
+// I'm leaving the code here in case it has to be re-enabled in the future.
+// Some of these tests should also probably be modified and copied over to the Occurrence tab testing.
 describe('Adding species in Locality -> Species tab for an existing locality', () => {
   beforeEach('Login as admin with session caching', () => {
     cy.loginWithSession('testSu')
   })
 
-  it('works with valid, unique species', () => {
+  it.skip('works with valid, unique species', () => {
     cy.visit(`/locality/20920?tab=2`)
     cy.contains('Lantian-Shuijiazui')
     cy.get('[id=edit-button]').click()
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ describe('Adding species in Locality -> Species tab for an existing locality', (
     cy.contains('somespecies')
   })
 
-  it('works through "copy species taxonomy" button', () => {
+  it.skip('works through "copy species taxonomy" button', () => {
     cy.visit(`/locality/20920?tab=2`)
     cy.contains('Lantian-Shuijiazui')
     cy.get('[id=edit-button]').click()
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ describe('Adding species in Locality -> Species tab for an existing locality', (
     cy.contains('newspecies')
   })
 
-  it('does not work with invalid species', () => {
+  it.skip('does not work with invalid species', () => {
     cy.visit(`/locality/20920?tab=2`)
     cy.contains('Lantian-Shuijiazui')
     cy.get('[id=edit-button]').click()
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ describe('Adding species in Locality -> Species tab for an existing locality', (
     cy.contains('Order must not contain any spaces, unless the value is "incertae sedis".')
   })
 
-  it('does not work if the species has already been added', () => {
+  it.skip('does not work if the species has already been added', () => {
     cy.visit(`/locality/20920?tab=2`)
     cy.contains('Lantian-Shuijiazui')
     cy.get('[id=edit-button]').click()
@@ -107,7 +111,7 @@ describe('Adding species in Locality -> Species tab for an existing locality', (
     cy.contains('The taxon already exists in the database.')
   })
 
-  it('does not work with species with invalid taxonomic order', () => {
+  it.skip('does not work with species with invalid taxonomic order', () => {
     cy.visit(`/locality/20920?tab=2`)
     cy.contains('Lantian-Shuijiazui')
     cy.get('[id=edit-button]').click()
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ describe('Adding species in Locality -> Species tab for an existing locality', (
     cy.contains('Genus Amblycoptus belongs to family Soricidae, not Bovidae.')
   })
 
-  it('minus action only marks the clicked species row as removed', () => {
+  it.skip('minus action only marks the clicked species row as removed', () => {
     cy.visit(`/locality/20920?tab=2`)
     cy.contains('Lantian-Shuijiazui')
     cy.get('[id=edit-button]').click()
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ describe('Adding species in Locality -> Species tab for an existing locality', (
       })
   })
 
-  it('does not work through "copy species taxonomy" button if nothing is changed', () => {
+  it.skip('does not work through "copy species taxonomy" button if nothing is changed', () => {
     cy.visit(`/locality/20920?tab=2`)
     cy.contains('Lantian-Shuijiazui')
     cy.get('[id=edit-button]').click()
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Locality/LocalityDetails.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Locality/LocalityDetails.tsx
index d0aca5c4..f5502d32 100755
--- a/frontend/src/components/Locality/LocalityDetails.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Locality/LocalityDetails.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { LocalityTab } from './Tabs/LocalityTab'
 import { MuseumTab } from './Tabs/MuseumTab'
 import { OccurrencesTab } from './Tabs/OccurrencesTab'
 import { ProjectTab } from './Tabs/ProjectTab'
-import { SpeciesTab } from './Tabs/SpeciesTab'
 import { TaphonomyTab } from './Tabs/TaphonomyTab'
 import { EditDataType, LocalityDetailsType, ValidationErrors } from '@/shared/types'
 import { validateLocality, validateLocalityFields } from '@/shared/validators/locality'
@@ -115,10 +114,6 @@ export const LocalityDetails = ({
       title: 'Locality',
       content: <LocalityTab />,
     },
-    {
-      title: 'Species',
-      content: <SpeciesTab />,
-    },
     {
       title: occurrenceLabels.plural,
       content: <OccurrencesTab />,