diff --git a/commentaries/factories.py b/commentaries/factories.py
index 60f1625f2f365bd240db1d1aa7e5d7beb2a9fa73..09d03427579627d8d36c091a6bf975c727dc8ba2 100644
--- a/commentaries/factories.py
+++ b/commentaries/factories.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class CommentaryFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
     arxiv_identifier = factory.Sequence(lambda n: random_arxiv_identifier_with_version_number())
     author_list = factory.Faker('name')
     pub_abstract = factory.Faker('text')
+    pub_date = factory.Faker('date')
 
     @factory.post_generation
     def create_urls(self, create, extracted, **kwargs):
diff --git a/commentaries/forms.py b/commentaries/forms.py
index 5fd67a38dba9217f7bd873f6a1435ccff4e49a46..49c5e7bf7bc79044b65cd7a25ece983d33635cac 100644
--- a/commentaries/forms.py
+++ b/commentaries/forms.py
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ class RequestPublishedArticleForm(forms.ModelForm):
             'discipline', 'domain', 'subject_area', 'pub_title', 'author_list', 'journal', 'volume',
             'pages', 'pub_date', 'pub_DOI', 'pub_abstract'
         ]
-        widgets = {
-            'metadata': forms.HiddenInput(),
-        }
         placeholders = {
             'pub_DOI': 'ex.: 10.21468/00.000.000000',
             'pub_date': 'Format: YYYY-MM-DD',
@@ -100,12 +97,6 @@ class RequestPublishedArticleForm(forms.ModelForm):
 
         return input_doi
 
-    def save(self, *args):
-        commentary = super().save(*args)
-        commentary.metadata = self.metadata
-        commentary.save()
-        return commentary
-
 
 class RequestCommentaryForm(forms.ModelForm):
     """Create new valid Commetary by user request"""
diff --git a/commentaries/test_views.py b/commentaries/test_views.py
index 2077489c0a13475745c6796199a5621532fd124e..1d99bcc8800387a0156567b745fc31ee2ace2dce 100644
--- a/commentaries/test_views.py
+++ b/commentaries/test_views.py
@@ -62,6 +62,23 @@ class PrefillUsingDOITest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
 
+class RequestPublishedArticleTest(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        add_groups_and_permissions()
+        self.target = reverse('commentaries:request_published_article')
+        self.commentary_instance = UnvettedCommentaryFactory.build()
+        self.valid_form_data = model_form_data(self.commentary_instance, RequestPublishedArticleForm)
+
+    def test_commentary_gets_created(self):
+        request = RequestFactory().post(self.target, self.valid_form_data)
+        request.user = UserFactory()
+
+        self.assertEqual(Commentary.objects.count(), 0)
+        response = RequestPublishedArticle.as_view()(request)
+        self.assertEqual(Commentary.objects.count(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(Commentary.objects.first().pub_DOI, self.valid_form_data['pub_DOI'])
+
+
 class VetCommentaryRequestsTest(TestCase):
     """Test cases for `vet_commentary_requests` view method"""
 
diff --git a/commentaries/views.py b/commentaries/views.py
index 63f9293afe49a230d702794d2854220bafea067f..f1ce56e669f6e2505834bd33e6bdda31cc53c563 100644
--- a/commentaries/views.py
+++ b/commentaries/views.py
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ class RequestPublishedArticle(CreateView):
         context['doi_query_form'] = DOIToQueryForm()
         return context
 
-    def form_valid(self, form):
-        form.type = "published"
-        return super(RequestPublishedArticle, self).form_valid(form)
-
 
 @permission_required('scipost.can_request_commentary_pages', raise_exception=True)
 def prefill_using_DOI(request):