diff --git a/app/assets/v2/js/pages/dashboard-sponsors.js b/app/assets/v2/js/pages/dashboard-sponsors.js
index a0029ad2bf2..56dffb0011a 100644
--- a/app/assets/v2/js/pages/dashboard-sponsors.js
+++ b/app/assets/v2/js/pages/dashboard-sponsors.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
           window.open(url, 'Loading', 'top=0,left=0,width=400,height=600,status=no,toolbar=no,location=no,menubar=no,titlebar=no');
         },
-        markWinner: function($event, project, prizeIndex) {
+        markWinner: function($event, project) {
           let vm = this;
           const url = '/api/v0.1/hackathon_project/set_winner/';
           const markWinner = fetchData(url, 'POST', {
@@ -21,21 +21,6 @@
             winner: $event ? 1 : 0
           }, {'X-CSRFToken': vm.csrf});
 
-          vm.prizes[prizeIndex].submissions.forEach((submission, submissionIndex) => {
-            if (submission.pk !== project.pk && submission.winner) {
-              console.log(submission.pk);
-              console.log(project.pk);
-              const unmarkPreviousWinner = fetchData(url, 'POST', {
-                project_id: submission.pk,
-                winner: 0
-              }, {'X-CSRFToken': vm.csrf});
-
-              $.when(unmarkPreviousWinner).then(() => {
-                vm.$set(vm.prizes[prizeIndex].submissions[submissionIndex], 'winner', false);
-              });
-            }
-          });
-
           $.when(markWinner).then(response => {
             if (response.message) {
               alert(response.message);
diff --git a/app/assets/v2/js/vue-components.js b/app/assets/v2/js/vue-components.js
index 7f79d17e5c8..58af341810d 100644
--- a/app/assets/v2/js/vue-components.js
+++ b/app/assets/v2/js/vue-components.js
@@ -617,23 +617,6 @@ Vue.component('project-card', {
     }
   },
   methods: {
-    markWinner: function($event, project) {
-      let vm = this;
-
-      const url = '/api/v0.1/hackathon_project/set_winner/';
-      const markWinner = fetchData(url, 'POST', {
-        project_id: project.pk,
-        winner: $event ? 1 : 0
-      }, {'X-CSRFToken': vm.csrf});
-
-      $.when(markWinner).then(response => {
-        if (response.message) {
-          alert(response.message);
-        }
-      }).catch(err => {
-        console.log(err);
-      });
-    },
     projectModal() {
       let project = this.$props.project;
 
@@ -641,8 +624,7 @@ Vue.component('project-card', {
     }
   },
   template: `<div class="card card-user shadow-sm border-0">
-    <div class="card card-project">
-      <b-form-checkbox v-if="is_staff" switch v-model="project.winner" style="padding:0;float:left;" @change="markWinner($event, project)">mark winner</b-form-checkbox>
+    <div class="card card-project">     
       <button v-on:click="projectModal" class="position-absolute btn btn-gc-green btn-sm m-2" style="left: 0.5rem; top: 3rem" id="edit-btn" v-bind:class="{ 'd-none': !edit }">edit</button>
       <img v-if="project.grant_obj" class="position-absolute" style="left: 1rem" src="${static_url}v2/images/grants/grants-tag.svg" alt="grant_tag"/>
       <img v-if="project.badge" class="position-absolute card-badge" width="50" :src="profile.badge" alt="badge" />