diff --git a/src/core/render-biblio.js b/src/core/render-biblio.js
index 9f5fdd4025..06412a7212 100644
--- a/src/core/render-biblio.js
+++ b/src/core/render-biblio.js
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ const REF_STATUSES = new Map([
   ["ED", "W3C Editor's Draft"],
   ["LCWD", "W3C Last Call Working Draft"],
   ["NOTE", "W3C Working Group Note"],
-  ["PER", "W3C Proposed Edited Recommendation"],
   ["PR", "W3C Proposed Recommendation"],
   ["REC", "W3C Recommendation"],
   ["WD", "W3C Working Draft"],
diff --git a/src/w3c/headers.js b/src/w3c/headers.js
index 852f6cb789..a2d67d94ce 100644
--- a/src/w3c/headers.js
+++ b/src/w3c/headers.js
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ export const status2text = {
   CR: "Candidate Recommendation",
   CRD: "Candidate Recommendation",
   PR: "Proposed Recommendation",
-  PER: "Proposed Edited Recommendation",
   REC: "Recommendation",
   DISC: "Discontinued Draft",
   RSCND: "Rescinded Recommendation",
@@ -182,7 +181,6 @@ export const recTrackStatus = [
   "CRD",
   "DISC",
   "FPWD",
-  "PER",
   "PR",
   "REC",
   "RSCND",
@@ -333,7 +331,6 @@ export async function run(conf) {
   conf.isMO = conf.specStatus === "MO";
   conf.isNote = W3CNotes.includes(conf.specStatus);
   conf.isNoTrack = noTrackStatus.includes(conf.specStatus);
-  conf.isPER = conf.specStatus === "PER";
   conf.isPR = conf.specStatus === "PR";
   conf.isRecTrack = recTrackStatus.includes(conf.specStatus);
   conf.isRec = conf.isRecTrack && conf.specStatus === "REC";
@@ -574,12 +571,6 @@ export async function run(conf) {
   }
   conf.prEnd = validateDateAndRecover(conf, "prEnd");
 
-  if (conf.isPER && !conf.perEnd) {
-    const msg = docLink`${"[specStatus]"} is "PER", but no ${"[perEnd]"} is specified.`;
-    showError(msg, name);
-  }
-  conf.perEnd = validateDateAndRecover(conf, "perEnd");
-
   if (conf.hasOwnProperty("updateableRec")) {
     const msg = "Configuration option `updateableRec` is deprecated.";
     const hint = docLink`Add an ${"[`updateable-rec`|#updateable-rec-class]"} CSS class to the Status of This Document section instead.`;
diff --git a/src/w3c/seo.js b/src/w3c/seo.js
index 36a2934692..253a8d2a22 100644
--- a/src/w3c/seo.js
+++ b/src/w3c/seo.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ const status2rdf = {
   CRD: "w3p:CRD",
   PR: "w3p:PR",
   REC: "w3p:REC",
-  PER: "w3p:PER",
   RSCND: "w3p:RSCND",
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/spec/w3c/headers-spec.js b/tests/spec/w3c/headers-spec.js
index 789c17d310..78aef612cd 100644
--- a/tests/spec/w3c/headers-spec.js
+++ b/tests/spec/w3c/headers-spec.js
@@ -1109,7 +1109,6 @@ describe("W3C — Headers", () => {
         previousPublishDate: "197-123131-15",
         crEnd: "bad date",
         prEnd: "next wednesday",
-        perEnd: "today",
       };
       Object.assign(ops.config, newProps);
       const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
@@ -1776,34 +1775,6 @@ describe("W3C — Headers", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe("perEnd", () => {
-    it("correctly flags a PER", async () => {
-      const ops = makeStandardOps();
-      const newProps = {
-        previousMaturity: "REC",
-        previousPublishDate: "2014-01-01",
-        prevRecURI: "https://www.example.com/rec.html",
-        implementationReportURI: "https://www.example.com/report.html",
-        perEnd: "2014-12-01",
-        specStatus: "PER",
-        wgPublicList: "WGLIST",
-        subjectPrefix: "[The Prefix]",
-        group: "webapps",
-      };
-      Object.assign(ops.config, newProps);
-      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
-      const sotd = doc.getElementById("sotd");
-      const f = contains(sotd, "p", "Proposed Edited Recommendation");
-      expect(f).toHaveSize(2);
-      const questionnaires = doc
-        .getElementById("sotd")
-        .querySelector(
-          "a[href='https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/myQuestionnaires']"
-        );
-      expect(questionnaires).toBeNull();
-    });
-  });
-
   describe("sotdAfterWGinfo", () => {
     it("relocates custom sotd", async () => {
       const ops = makeStandardOps();
diff --git a/tests/spec/w3c/seo-spec.js b/tests/spec/w3c/seo-spec.js
index 8ee17118b9..2bb352554c 100644
--- a/tests/spec/w3c/seo-spec.js
+++ b/tests/spec/w3c/seo-spec.js
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ describe("W3C - SEO", () => {
     publishDate: "2013-06-25",
     previousPublishDate: "2012-06-07",
     previousMaturity: "REC",
-    specStatus: "PER",
-    perEnd: "2014-06-25",
+    specStatus: "CR",
+    crEnd: "2014-06-25",
     wgPatentURI: "http://www.w3.org/fake-patent-uri",
     doJsonLd: true,
     localBiblio: {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ describe("W3C - SEO", () => {
     expect(jsonld["@context"]).toContain("http://schema.org");
     expect(jsonld.id).toBe("https://www.w3.org/TR/some-spec/");
     expect(jsonld.type).toContain("TechArticle");
-    expect(jsonld.type).toContain("w3p:PER");
+    expect(jsonld.type).toContain("w3p:CR");
     expect(jsonld.datePublished).toBe("2013-06-25");
     expect(jsonld.description).toContain("test abstract");
     expect(jsonld.inLanguage).toBe("en");
diff --git a/tests/spec/w3c/style-spec.js b/tests/spec/w3c/style-spec.js
index 15face20b4..eeb798597a 100644
--- a/tests/spec/w3c/style-spec.js
+++ b/tests/spec/w3c/style-spec.js
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ const statuses = [
     expectedURL: "https://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/2021/W3C-NOTE",
     group: "webapps",
   },
-  {
-    specStatus: "PER",
-    expectedURL: "https://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/2021/W3C-PER",
-    group: "webapps",
-  },
   {
     specStatus: "PR",
     expectedURL: "https://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/2021/W3C-PR",