diff --git a/app/models/spree/order_decorator.rb b/app/models/spree/order_decorator.rb
index 9892293114..0166fc10c1 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/order_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/order_decorator.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ Spree::Order.class_eval do
       end
       order.payment_required?
     }
-    go_to_state :confirm, :if => lambda { |order| order.confirmation_required? }
+    # NOTE: :confirm step was removed because we were not actually using it
+    # go_to_state :confirm, :if => lambda { |order| order.confirmation_required? }
     go_to_state :complete
     remove_transition :from => :delivery, :to => :confirm
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/spree/order_spec.rb b/spec/models/spree/order_spec.rb
index 8ed03ff0f7..d722e234d2 100644
--- a/spec/models/spree/order_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/spree/order_spec.rb
@@ -750,4 +750,15 @@ describe Spree::Order do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "determining checkout steps for an order" do
+    let!(:enterprise) { create(:enterprise) }
+    let!(:order) { create(:order, distributor: enterprise) }
+    let!(:payment_method) { create(:stripe_payment_method, distributor_ids: [enterprise.id], preferred_enterprise_id: enterprise.id) }
+    let!(:payment) { create(:payment, order: order, payment_method: payment_method) }
+
+    it "does not include the :confirm step" do
+      expect(order.checkout_steps).to_not include "confirm"
+    end
+  end
 end