diff --git a/src/routes/projects/update.js b/src/routes/projects/update.js
index 83226638..9c2abc3a 100644
--- a/src/routes/projects/update.js
+++ b/src/routes/projects/update.js
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ const validateUpdates = (existingProject, updatedProps, req) => {
     !util.hasPermissionByReq(PERMISSION.MANAGE_PROJECT_DIRECT_PROJECT_ID, req)) {
     errors.push('You do not have permission to update \'directProjectId\' property');
   }
-  if (_.has(updatedProps, 'billingAccountId') &&
-    !util.hasPermissionByReq(PERMISSION.MANAGE_PROJECT_BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID, req)) {
-    errors.push('You do not have permission to update \'billingAccountId\' property');
-  }
+  // if (_.has(updatedProps, 'billingAccountId') &&
+  //   !util.hasPermissionByReq(PERMISSION.MANAGE_PROJECT_BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID, req)) {
+  //   errors.push('You do not have permission to update \'billingAccountId\' property');
+  // }
   if ((existingProject.status !== PROJECT_STATUS.DRAFT) && (updatedProps.status === PROJECT_STATUS.DRAFT)) {
     errors.push('cannot update a project status to draft');
   }
diff --git a/src/routes/projects/update.spec.js b/src/routes/projects/update.spec.js
index 0ddd922b..01b559d9 100644
--- a/src/routes/projects/update.spec.js
+++ b/src/routes/projects/update.spec.js
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ describe('Project', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    it('should return 400 when updating billingAccountId without "write:projects-billing-accounts" scope in M2M token',
+    xit('should return 400 when updating billingAccountId without "write:projects-billing-accounts" scope in M2M token',
       (done) => {
         request(server)
           .patch(`/v5/projects/${project1.id}`)