diff --git a/src/site/layouts/health_care_region_page.drupal.liquid b/src/site/layouts/health_care_region_page.drupal.liquid
index b59a5a947f..b52d748521 100644
--- a/src/site/layouts/health_care_region_page.drupal.liquid
+++ b/src/site/layouts/health_care_region_page.drupal.liquid
@@ -186,11 +186,7 @@
           </section>
           {% elsif eventTeasersAll.entities.0.reverseFieldListingNode.entities.length %}
           {% assign upcomingEvents = eventTeasersAll.entities.0.reverseFieldListingNode.entities %}
-        {% comment %} {% assign filteredEvents = upcomingEvents | filterPastEvents %}
-          {% assign sortedEvents = filteredEvents | sortByDateKey: 'fieldDatetimeRangeTimezone', false %}  {% endcomment %}
-
-          {% assign sortedEvents = upcomingEvents | filterAndSortEvents %}
-          
+          {% assign sortedEvents = upcomingEvents | filterAndSortEvents %}         
           <section>
             <h2
               class="vads-u-margin-top--4 vads-u-margin-bottom--2 medium-screen:vads-u-margin-bottom--2p5">