diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 20f2498a09e5599933c18606febf8f160594a3c8..92ecc0083644d52098e4834e7e580098835c5256 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - convenience functions `value_matches_versionid`, `get_id_from_versionid` and `get_versionid`
 
 ### Changed ###
+- `compare_entities` is now case insensitive with respect to property and
+  recordtype names
 
 ### Deprecated ###
 
diff --git a/src/linkahead/apiutils.py b/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
index b2a612faea1616c64b7e78575156abccfdb29e61..71ec3d45f635a730ff7163254e058599dbb168af 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
@@ -615,8 +615,6 @@ def merge_entities(entity_a: Entity,
                             else:
                                 same = _same_id_as_resolved_entity(this, that)
                             if same is True:
-                                setattr(entity_a.get_property(key), attribute,
-                                        diff_r2["properties"][key][attribute])
                                 raise_error = False
                         if raise_error is True:
                             raise EntityMergeConflictError(