diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3858a9c521128a4182186911c90e60b71ac45b3..55fea8e236d391161e52191c31ac5ee58d0dad17 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   the contained elements by ID and/or name.
 
 ### Changed ###
+* `compare_entities` is now case insensitive with respect to property and
+  recordtype names
 * `_ParentList` is now called `ParentList`
 * `_Properties` is now called `PropertyList`
 * `ParentList.remove` is now case insensitive when a name is used.
diff --git a/src/linkahead/apiutils.py b/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
index 7ffd8ebb7baf2f2f9dd8bc0adb14fd9ff771cb42..5e25e3f5faff065ab9e5887d17fb0962398ce9d7 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/apiutils.py
@@ -579,8 +579,6 @@ 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(