diff --git a/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html b/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
index e27558aa0..84590ce57 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/edit-sms-template.html
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@
           <div class="grid-col-12">
             <div class="template-content-count" bg-color="red">
               <div data-module="update-status" data-target="template_content"
-                data-updates-url="{{ url_for('.count_content_length', service_id=current_service.id, template_type='sms') }}"
-                aria-live="polite">
+                data-updates-url="{{ url_for('.count_content_length', service_id=current_service.id, template_type='sms') }}">
                 &nbsp;
               </div>
             </div>