diff --git a/server/modules/google-analytics.js b/server/modules/google-analytics.js
index 4e0c95b24..8b909b42f 100644
--- a/server/modules/google-analytics.js
+++ b/server/modules/google-analytics.js
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * Returns true if the tag conforms to the format of 1-2 Letters followed by a dash and 8 numbers.
- * This should take care of the following property tag formats:
- * UA-########, G-########, AW-########, DC-########
- * @param {String} tagInput Google UA/G/AW/DC Property ID
- * @returns {boolean}
- */
-function isValidTag(tagInput) {
-    const re = /^\w{1,2}-\d{8}$/g;
-    return tagInput.match(re) != null;
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns a string that represents the javascript that is required to insert the Google Analytics scripts
  * into a webpage.
@@ -23,5 +11,4 @@ function getGoogleAnalyticsScript(tagId) {
 
 module.exports = {
     getGoogleAnalyticsScript,
-    isValidTag,
 };
diff --git a/server/socket-handlers/status-page-socket-handler.js b/server/socket-handlers/status-page-socket-handler.js
index 359ed15bd..c973d7edc 100644
--- a/server/socket-handlers/status-page-socket-handler.js
+++ b/server/socket-handlers/status-page-socket-handler.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ module.exports.statusPageSocketHandler = (socket) => {
             statusPage.custom_css = config.customCSS;
             statusPage.show_powered_by = config.showPoweredBy;
             statusPage.modified_date = R.isoDateTime();
-            statusPage.google_analytics_tag_id = googleAnalytics.isValidTag(config.googleAnalyticsId) ? config.googleAnalyticsId : "";
+            statusPage.google_analytics_tag_id = config.googleAnalyticsId;
 
             await R.store(statusPage);