diff --git a/features/fedramp_extensions.feature b/features/fedramp_extensions.feature
index de16a4d56..6110dbb87 100644
--- a/features/fedramp_extensions.feature
+++ b/features/fedramp_extensions.feature
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ Examples:
   | information-type-has-confidentiality-impact |
   | information-type-has-integrity-impact |
   | information-type-system |
-  | inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri |
-  | inter-boundary-component-has-direction |
   | interconnection-direction |
   | interconnection-security |
   | inventory-item-allows-authenticated-scan |
@@ -334,10 +332,6 @@ Examples:
   | information-type-id-PASS.yaml |
   | information-type-system-FAIL.yaml |
   | information-type-system-PASS.yaml |
-  | inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-FAIL.yaml |
-  | inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-PASS.yaml |
-  | inter-boundary-component-has-direction-FAIL.yaml |
-  | inter-boundary-component-has-direction-PASS.yaml |
   | interconnection-direction-FAIL.yaml |
   | interconnection-direction-PASS.yaml |
   | interconnection-security-FAIL.yaml |
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-INVALID.xml b/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-INVALID.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index adbd9b3ef..000000000
--- a/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-INVALID.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<system-security-plan xmlns="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0"
-                      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-                      xsi:schemaLocation="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0 https://github.com/usnistgov/OSCAL/releases/download/v1.1.2/oscal_ssp_schema.xsd"
-                      uuid="12345678-1234-4321-8765-123456789012">
-  
-  <system-implementation>
-
-    <component uuid="77777777-0000-4000-9000-000000000008" type="service">
-      <title>Communication Service System</title>
-      <description>
-        <p>A network communication service system.</p>
-      </description>
-      <prop name="inherited-uuid" value="11111111-0000-4000-9001-000000000001"/>
-      <prop name="implementation-point" value="external"/>
-      <prop name="direction" value="incoming" ns="https://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal"/>
-      <prop name="nature-of-agreement" ns="https://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal" value="isa"/>
-      <status state="operational"/>
-    </component>
-
-  </system-implementation>
-
-</system-security-plan>
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diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-inter-boundary-component-has-direction-INVALID.xml b/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-inter-boundary-component-has-direction-INVALID.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bb436e61..000000000
--- a/src/validations/constraints/content/ssp-inter-boundary-component-has-direction-INVALID.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<system-security-plan xmlns="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0"
-                      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-                      xsi:schemaLocation="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0 https://github.com/usnistgov/OSCAL/releases/download/v1.1.2/oscal_ssp_schema.xsd"
-                      uuid="12345678-1234-4321-8765-123456789012">
-  
-  <system-implementation>
-
-    <component uuid="77777777-0000-4000-9000-000000000008" type="service">
-      <title>Communication Service System</title>
-      <description>
-        <p>A network communication service system.</p>
-      </description>
-      <prop name="inherited-uuid" value="11111111-0000-4000-9001-000000000001"/>
-      <prop name="implementation-point" value="external"/>
-      <prop name="direction" value="incoming" ns="https://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal"/>
-      <prop name="direction" value="outgoing" ns="https://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal"/>
-      <prop name="direction" value="outgoing" ns="https://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal"/>
-      <prop name="nature-of-agreement" ns="https://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal" value="isa"/>
-      <status state="operational"/>
-    </component>
-
-  </system-implementation>
-
-</system-security-plan>
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diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml b/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml
index 2cca026e8..ae4b94bf3 100644
--- a/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml
+++ b/src/validations/constraints/fedramp-external-constraints.xml
@@ -552,16 +552,6 @@
                 <prop namespace="https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0" name="help-url" value="https://automate.fedramp.gov/documentation/ssp/4-ssp-template-to-oscal-mapping/#leveraged-fedramp-authorized-services"/>
                 <message>In a FedRAMP SSP, each information type property in a component MUST categorize the class of data flow as incoming to the system, outgoing from the system, or both.</message>
             </expect>
-            <expect id="inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri" target="$inter-boundary-component" test="if (prop[@name='direction' and @value='incoming']) then exists(prop[@class='local' and @name=('ipv4-address','ipv6-address')]) or exists(link[@rel='uri']) else true()" level="ERROR">
-               <formal-name>Inter-Boundary Incoming Communication Direction Has an IP Address or a URI</formal-name>
-               <prop namespace="https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0" name="help-url" value="https://automate.fedramp.gov/documentation/ssp/4-ssp-template-to-oscal-mapping/#external-systems-and-services-not-having-fedramp-authorization"/>
-               <message>Component {@uuid} ({path(.)}) MUST have at least one local ipv4 address, ipv6 address, or a URI to an API.</message>
-            </expect>
-            <expect id="inter-boundary-component-has-direction" target="$inter-boundary-component" test="count(prop[@name='direction']) >= 1 and count(prop[@name='direction' and @value='incoming']) &lt;= 1 and count(prop[@name='direction' and @value='outgoing']) &lt;= 1" level="ERROR">
-                <formal-name>Inter-Boundary Component Has Direction</formal-name>
-                <prop namespace="https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0" name="help-url" value="https://automate.fedramp.gov/documentation/ssp/4-ssp-template-to-oscal-mapping/#external-systems-and-services-not-having-fedramp-authorization"/>
-                <message>In an inter-boundary communication component, a FedRAMP SSP MUST have at least one direction property, with no more than one incoming and no more than one outgoing direction.</message>
-            </expect>
             <expect id="leveraged-authorization-has-authorization-type" target="leveraged-authorization" test="count(prop[@name='authorization-type'][@ns='https://fedramp.gov/ns/oscal']) = 1" level="ERROR">
                 <formal-name>Leveraged Authorization Has Authorization Type</formal-name>
                 <prop namespace="https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0" name="help-url" value="https://automate.fedramp.gov/documentation/ssp/4-ssp-template-to-oscal-mapping/#leveraged-fedramp-authorized-services"/>
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-FAIL.yaml b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-FAIL.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f74dc0df8..000000000
--- a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-FAIL.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Driver for the invalid inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri constraint unit test.
-test-case:
-  name: The invalid inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri constraint unit test.
-  description: Test that the FedRAMP SSP inter-boundary incoming communication component does not have a local ipv4 address, ipv6 address, or a URI to an API.
-  content: ../content/ssp-inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-INVALID.xml
-  expectations:
-  - constraint-id: inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri
-    result: fail
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-PASS.yaml b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-PASS.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c4fead39..000000000
--- a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri-PASS.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Driver for the valid inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri constraint unit test.
-test-case:
-  name: The valid inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri constraint unit test.
-  description: Test that the FedRAMP SSP inter-boundary incoming communication component has at least one local ipv4 address, ipv6 address, or a URI to an API.
-  content: ../../../content/rev5/examples/ssp/xml/fedramp-ssp-example.oscal.xml
-  expectations:
-  - constraint-id: inter-boundary-component-direction-incoming-has-ipv-uri
-    result: pass
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diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-has-direction-FAIL.yaml b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-has-direction-FAIL.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e17a40820..000000000
--- a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-has-direction-FAIL.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Driver for the invalid inter-boundary-component-has-direction constraint unit test.
-test-case:
-  name: The invalid inter-boundary-component-has-direction constraint unit test.
-  description: Test that the FedRAMP SSP inter-boundary communication component has more than one incoming or outgoing direction.
-  content: ../content/ssp-inter-boundary-component-has-direction-INVALID.xml
-  expectations:
-  - constraint-id: inter-boundary-component-has-direction
-    result: fail
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diff --git a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-has-direction-PASS.yaml b/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-has-direction-PASS.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b88ce7b02..000000000
--- a/src/validations/constraints/unit-tests/inter-boundary-component-has-direction-PASS.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Driver for the valid inter-boundary-component-has-direction constraint unit test.
-test-case:
-  name: The valid inter-boundary-component-has-direction constraint unit test.
-  description: Test that the FedRAMP SSP inter-boundary communication component has at least one direction property, with no more than one incoming and no more than one outgoing direction.
-  content: ../../../content/rev5/examples/ssp/xml/fedramp-ssp-example.oscal.xml
-  expectations:
-  - constraint-id: inter-boundary-component-has-direction
-    result: pass
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