diff --git a/app/controllers/quiz_controller.rb b/app/controllers/quiz_controller.rb
index ded3f47..0a8ce09 100644
--- a/app/controllers/quiz_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/quiz_controller.rb
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ class QuizController < ApplicationController
         :radio,
         :text,
         checkbox: [],
-        live_code: [:later, :html, :css, :js],
-        live_code_text: [:later, :html, :css, :js, :text]
+        live_code: [:later, :html, :css, :js, :text]
       )
     end
 
diff --git a/app/validators/answer_format_validator.rb b/app/validators/answer_format_validator.rb
index 4a46672..4d62810 100644
--- a/app/validators/answer_format_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/answer_format_validator.rb
@@ -36,37 +36,12 @@ class AnswerFormatValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
       record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || live_code_error_message(value))
     end
 
-    def live_code_text record, attribute, value
-      return if value.present? && live_code_text_value_check(value)
-
-      record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || live_code_text_error_message(value))
-    end
-
     #################################
 
-    def live_code_text_error_message value
-      return 'You must write code in one of the above textareas to progress.' if value.nil?
-
-      code_present = value.values_at(:html, :css, :js).join.present?
-      reason_present = value[:text].present?
-      later_present = value.keys.count == 1
-      return 'Please check that you will come back to complete the code example.' if later_present
-      return 'You must write code in one of the above textareas to progress.' unless code_present
-      return 'You must provide an answer in the reason field.' unless reason_present
-    end
-
     def live_code_error_message value
       if value.present? && value.keys.count == 1
         return "Please check that you will come back to complete the code example."
       end
-      "You must write code in one of the above textareas to progress."
-    end
-
-    def live_code_text_value_check value
-      later_present = value[:later].present? && value.keys.count == 1
-      code_present = value.values_at(:html, :css, :js).join.present?
-      reason_present = value[:text].present?
-
-      later_present || (code_present && reason_present)
+      "You must write comments or code in one of the textareas to progress."
     end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/quiz/_live_code.html.erb b/app/views/quiz/_live_code.html.erb
index 897125b..918f0ec 100644
--- a/app/views/quiz/_live_code.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/quiz/_live_code.html.erb
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@
 </div>
 
 <div id="answer<%= question.question_id %>" data-id="live-coder-answer" style="display: none;">
+  <label for="answer_live_code">Enter answer here</label>
+  <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][text]', (answers['text']), {data: {last: answers['text']}} %>
+
   <div class="code-input">
     <label for="answer_live_code_html">HTML</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][html]', (answers['html']), { data: {id: 'code-html', last: answers['html'] }, class: 'code-answer code-html' } %>
+    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][html]', (answers['html']), { data: {id: 'code-html', last: answers['html']}, class: 'code-answer code-html' } %>
   </div>
 
   <div class="code-input">
diff --git a/app/views/quiz/_live_code_text.html.erb b/app/views/quiz/_live_code_text.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index de49fd9..0000000
--- a/app/views/quiz/_live_code_text.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-<%
-  option_id = "#{question.question_id}_finish-later"
-  checkbox_html = {class: 'checkbox',
-                      id: "answer_#{option_id}",
-                    name: "answer[#{question.input_type}][later]",
-                 checked: Array(question.answer).include?('finish-later')
-                  }
-  answers = answer.try(:answer) || answer
-%>
-
-<%= render partial: "quiz/answer_errors", locals: {question: question, answer: answer} %>
-
-<div id="nojs<%= question.question_id %>" data-id="live-coder-finish-later">
-  <noscript>
-    <p class="warning">
-      This is a question where you will be asked to write code, and it utilizes a JavaScript-enabled
-      environment. It looks like JavaScript is not loaded.
-      <% unless params[:action] == 'summary' %>
-        Please check the box below to acknowledge that you agree to come back at a later time to finish
-        answering this question before you can submit the test.
-      <% else %>
-        You will need to enable JavaScript and answer this question before you can submit the test.
-      <% end %>
-    </p>
-    <% unless params[:action] == 'summary' %>
-      <%= form.check_box(:answer, checkbox_html, true, '') %>
-      <%= form.label(option_id, 'I will come back later to finish this code question') %>
-    <% end %>
-  </noscript>
-</div>
-
-<div id="answer<%= question.question_id %>" data-id="live-coder-answer" style="display: none;">
-  <label for="answer_live_code_text">Reasoning</label>
-  <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code_text][text]', (answers['text']), {data: {last: answers['text']}} %>
-
-  <div class="code-input">
-    <label for="answer_live_code_html">HTML</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code_text][html]', (answers['html']), { data: {id: 'code-html', last: answers['html']}, class: 'code-answer code-html' } %>
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="code-input">
-    <label for="answer_live_code_css">CSS</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code_text][css]', (answers['css']), { data: {id: 'code-css', last: answers['css']}, class: 'code-answer code-css' } %>
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="code-input">
-    <label for="answer_live_code_js">JS</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code_text][js]', (answers['js']), { data: {id: 'code-js', last: answers['js']}, class: 'code-answer code-js' } %>
-  </div>
-
-  <div class="results" data-id="results"></div>
-</div>
-
-<script>
-  <% # removes the no-js message SUPER FAST %>
-  document.getElementById("nojs<%= question.question_id %>").style.display = "none";
-  document.getElementById("answer<%= question.question_id %>").style.display = "";
-</script>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/questions.yml b/test/fixtures/questions.yml
index 4534b73..acab5d9 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/questions.yml
+++ b/test/fixtures/questions.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fed3:
   quiz: fed
   question: How would you create a widget that would fit in a 250px wide area as well as a 400px wide area?
   category: CSS
-  input_type: live_code_text
+  input_type: live_code
   input_options:
   sort: 2
   active: true
diff --git a/test/validators/answer_format_validator_test.rb b/test/validators/answer_format_validator_test.rb
index 3d50cc7..a8ceccf 100644
--- a/test/validators/answer_format_validator_test.rb
+++ b/test/validators/answer_format_validator_test.rb
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class AnswerFormatValidatorTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   # input_type LIVE CODER
   test "live_code should PASS with populated hash" do
     obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code')
-    obj.answer = { html: 'this is html', css: '', js: '' }
+    obj.answer = { html: 'this is html', css: '', js: '', text: 'some reasons' }
 
     assert obj.valid?
     assert obj.errors.messages.empty?
@@ -149,58 +149,17 @@ class AnswerFormatValidatorTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
   test "live_code should FAIL without values" do
     obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code')
-    obj.answer = { later: "", html: "", css: "", js: "" }
-
-    refute obj.valid?
-    assert_match(/write.*code/, obj.errors.messages[:answer][0])
-  end
-
-  # input_type LIVE CODER TEXT
-  test "live_code_text should PASS with populated hash" do
-    obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code_text')
-    obj.answer = { html: 'this is html', css: '', js: '', text: 'some reasons' }
-
-    assert obj.valid?
-    assert obj.errors.messages.empty?
-  end
-
-  test "live_code_text should PASS with finish later" do
-    obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code_text')
-    obj.answer = { later: "true" }
-
-    assert obj.valid?
-    assert obj.errors.messages.empty?
-  end
-
-  test "live_code_text should FAIL with nil" do
-    obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code_text')
-    obj.answer = nil
-
-    refute obj.valid?
-    assert_match(/write.*code/, obj.errors.messages[:answer][0])
-  end
-
-  test "live_code_text should FAIL without checking finish later" do
-    obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code_text')
-    obj.answer = { later: "" }
-
-    refute obj.valid?
-    assert_match(/come back/, obj.errors.messages[:answer][0])
-  end
-
-  test "live_code_text should FAIL without values" do
-    obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code_text')
     obj.answer = { later: "", html: "", css: "", js: "", text: "" }
 
     refute obj.valid?
     assert_match(/write.*code/, obj.errors.messages[:answer][0])
   end
 
-  test "live_code_text should FAIL without text" do
-    obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code_text')
-    obj.answer = { later: "", html: "some html", css: "", js: "", text: "" }
+  test "live_code should PASS with text only" do
+    obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code')
+    obj.answer = { later: "", html: "", css: "", js: "", text: "reasons" }
 
-    refute obj.valid?
-    assert_match(/provide.*reason/, obj.errors.messages[:answer][0])
+    assert obj.valid?
+    assert obj.errors.messages.empty?
   end
 end