diff --git a/application/modules/requests/models/ApprovalActionEmailModel.php b/application/modules/requests/models/ApprovalActionEmailModel.php
index 25ede3471b270e6faa2a75d17bf3cd79ad4d07c5..fc0ec59120c649db176d3e4a9d1d01e619c23921 100644
--- a/application/modules/requests/models/ApprovalActionEmailModel.php
+++ b/application/modules/requests/models/ApprovalActionEmailModel.php
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ class Requests_ApprovalActionEmailModel extends Requests_ApprovalActionModel
     public function consider($requests)
     {
         foreach ($requests as $request) {
+            /* 
+             * Email disabled for application decommisioning
+             *
             $mail = new Zend_Mail('UTF-8');
             $recipients = $this->_substitute($this->getRecipient(), $request);
             if ($recipients) {
@@ -169,6 +172,7 @@ class Requests_ApprovalActionEmailModel extends Requests_ApprovalActionModel
             $mail->setSubject($this->_substitute($this->getSubject(), $request));
             $mail->setBodyText($this->_substitute($this->getBody(), $request));
             $mail->send();
+             */
         }
         
         Requests_ApprovalChainModel::advance($requests);
diff --git a/library/Creq/RequestNotification.php b/library/Creq/RequestNotification.php
index 88304c4e105723d1844b7e0e37f162a92487e498..7b74f31fb8c4a0dca9e6b977a90306f92b8f86a9 100644
--- a/library/Creq/RequestNotification.php
+++ b/library/Creq/RequestNotification.php
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ class Creq_RequestNotification
             if (!$user->getEmail()) {
                 continue;
             }
-            
+
+            /* 
+             * Email disabled for application decommisioning
+             *
             $mail = new Zend_Mail();
             $mail->addTo($user->getEmail(), $user->getFirstName() . ' ' . $user->getLastName());
             $mail->setFrom('automated@courseapproval.unl.edu', 'Course Approval');
@@ -147,6 +150,7 @@ class Creq_RequestNotification
             $mail->setBodyText($messageText);
             $mail->setBodyHtml($messageHtml);
             $mail->send();
+             */
         }
     }
     
@@ -172,4 +176,4 @@ class Creq_RequestNotification
         $collection[] = $cronJob;
         Cron_JobsModel::save($collection);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}