diff --git a/.github/workflows/action-recognition.yml b/.github/workflows/action-recognition.yml
index fe1c9672d..24ab0d9e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action-recognition.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action-recognition.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 name: Action Recognition
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-    tags: [ "preprocessor-action-recognition-[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+" ]
-    paths: [ "preprocessors/action-recognition/**" ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-    paths: [ "preprocessors/action-recognition/**" ]
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: [ "Schemas (Trigger)" ]
-    types:
-      - completed
   workflow_dispatch:
+  
+  # push:
+  #   branches: [ main ]
+  #   tags: [ "preprocessor-action-recognition-[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+" ]
+  #   paths: [ "preprocessors/action-recognition/**" ]
+  # pull_request:
+  #   branches: [ main ]
+  #   paths: [ "preprocessors/action-recognition/**" ]
+  # workflow_run:
+  #   workflows: [ "Schemas (Trigger)" ]
+  #   types:
+  #     - completed
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
   IMAGE_NAME: shared-reality-lab/image-preprocessor-action-recognition
diff --git a/.github/workflows/svg-action-handler.yml b/.github/workflows/svg-action-handler.yml
index ae2050b5b..df8496c97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/svg-action-handler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/svg-action-handler.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 name: Action Recognition Handler 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-    tags: [ "handler-svg-action-recognition-[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+" ]
-    paths: [ "handlers/svg-action-recognition/**" ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-    paths: [ "handlers/svg-action-recognition/**" ]
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: [ "Schemas (Trigger)" ]
-    types:
-      - completed
   workflow_dispatch:
+  
+  # push:
+  #   branches: [ main ]
+  #   tags: [ "handler-svg-action-recognition-[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+" ]
+  #   paths: [ "handlers/svg-action-recognition/**" ]
+  # pull_request:
+  #   branches: [ main ]
+  #   paths: [ "handlers/svg-action-recognition/**" ]
+  # workflow_run:
+  #   workflows: [ "Schemas (Trigger)" ]
+  #   types:
+  #     - completed
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
   IMAGE_NAME: shared-reality-lab/image-handler-svg-action-recognition
diff --git a/build.yml b/build.yml
index 9f6a359f1..20ed805f2 100644
--- a/build.yml
+++ b/build.yml
@@ -227,12 +227,6 @@ services:
             context: .
             dockerfile: ./handlers/svg-semantic-seg/Dockerfile
         image: "semseg-svg:latest"
-    action-recognition:
-        build:
-            context: .
-            dockerfile: ./preprocessors/action-recognition/Dockerfile
-        image: "action-recognition:latest"
-
     high-charts-handler:
         build:
             context: .
@@ -273,11 +267,6 @@ services:
             context: .
             dockerfile: ./preprocessors/nominatim/Dockerfile
         image: "nominatim-preprocessor:latest"
-    svg-action-recognition:
-        build:
-            context: .
-            dockerfile: ./handlers/svg-action-recognition/Dockerfile
-        image: "svg-action-recognition:latest"
     text-followup-handler:
         build:
             context: .
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7ddb13d41..ee36bbec2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ services:
     labels:
       ca.mcgill.a11y.image.handler: enable
       ca.mcgill.a11y.image.required_dependencies: "semantic-segmentation,object-grouping,object-detection,graphic-caption"
-      ca.mcgill.a11y.image.optional_dependencies: "action-recognition,collage-detector-preprocessor,graphic-tagger"
+      ca.mcgill.a11y.image.optional_dependencies: "collage-detector-preprocessor,graphic-tagger"
     volumes:
       - sc-store:/tmp/sc-store
     environment:
@@ -508,25 +508,6 @@ services:
     environment:
       - PII_LOGGING_ENABLED=${PII_LOGGING_ENABLED}
 
-  action-recognition:
-    profiles: [test, default]
-    image: ghcr.io/shared-reality-lab/image-preprocessor-action-recognition:${REGISTRY_TAG}
-    restart: "no"
-    labels:
-        ca.mcgill.a11y.image.preprocessor: 4
-        ca.mcgill.a11y.image.port: 5000
-        ca.mcgill.a11y.image.cacheTimeout: 3600
-        ca.mcgill.a11y.image.required_dependencies: ""
-        ca.mcgill.a11y.image.optional_dependencies: "object-detection"
-    deploy:
-      resources:
-        reservations:
-          devices:
-          - driver: nvidia
-            capabilities: ["gpu", "utility", "compute"]
-    environment:
-      - PII_LOGGING_ENABLED=${PII_LOGGING_ENABLED}
-
   ocr-handler:
     profiles: [test, default]
     image: ghcr.io/shared-reality-lab/image-handler-ocr:${REGISTRY_TAG}
@@ -580,16 +561,6 @@ services:
         ca.mcgill.a11y.image.optional_dependencies: ""
     environment:
       - PII_LOGGING_ENABLED=${PII_LOGGING_ENABLED}
-
-  svg-action-recognition-handler:
-    profiles: [test, default]
-    image: ghcr.io/shared-reality-lab/image-handler-svg-action-recognition:${REGISTRY_TAG}
-    labels:
-        ca.mcgill.a11y.image.handler: enable
-        ca.mcgill.a11y.image.required_dependencies: "object-detection,action-recognition"
-        ca.mcgill.a11y.image.optional_dependencies: ""
-    environment:
-      - PII_LOGGING_ENABLED=${PII_LOGGING_ENABLED}
  
   monarch-link-app:
     profiles: [production, test, default]
diff --git a/handlers/svg-action-recognition/Dockerfile b/handlers/deprecated/svg-action-recognition/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from handlers/svg-action-recognition/Dockerfile
rename to handlers/deprecated/svg-action-recognition/Dockerfile
diff --git a/handlers/svg-action-recognition/README.md b/handlers/deprecated/svg-action-recognition/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from handlers/svg-action-recognition/README.md
rename to handlers/deprecated/svg-action-recognition/README.md
diff --git a/handlers/svg-action-recognition/ar_svg.py b/handlers/deprecated/svg-action-recognition/ar_svg.py
similarity index 100%
rename from handlers/svg-action-recognition/ar_svg.py
rename to handlers/deprecated/svg-action-recognition/ar_svg.py
diff --git a/handlers/svg-action-recognition/requirements.txt b/handlers/deprecated/svg-action-recognition/requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from handlers/svg-action-recognition/requirements.txt
rename to handlers/deprecated/svg-action-recognition/requirements.txt
diff --git a/preprocessors/action-recognition/Dockerfile b/preprocessors/deprecated/action-recognition/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from preprocessors/action-recognition/Dockerfile
rename to preprocessors/deprecated/action-recognition/Dockerfile
diff --git a/preprocessors/action-recognition/README.md b/preprocessors/deprecated/action-recognition/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from preprocessors/action-recognition/README.md
rename to preprocessors/deprecated/action-recognition/README.md
diff --git a/preprocessors/action-recognition/action-recognition.py b/preprocessors/deprecated/action-recognition/action-recognition.py
similarity index 100%
rename from preprocessors/action-recognition/action-recognition.py
rename to preprocessors/deprecated/action-recognition/action-recognition.py
diff --git a/preprocessors/action-recognition/requirements.txt b/preprocessors/deprecated/action-recognition/requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from preprocessors/action-recognition/requirements.txt
rename to preprocessors/deprecated/action-recognition/requirements.txt
diff --git a/preprocessors/action-recognition/utils.py b/preprocessors/deprecated/action-recognition/utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from preprocessors/action-recognition/utils.py
rename to preprocessors/deprecated/action-recognition/utils.py
diff --git a/test-docker-compose.yml b/test-docker-compose.yml
index ce4ffb13c..b28a16a7c 100644
--- a/test-docker-compose.yml
+++ b/test-docker-compose.yml
@@ -62,15 +62,6 @@ services:
             device_ids: ['0']
             capabilities: ["gpu", "utility", "compute"]
 
-  action-recognition:
-    deploy:
-      resources:
-        reservations:
-          devices:
-          - driver: nvidia
-            device_ids: ['0']
-            capabilities: ["gpu", "utility", "compute"]
-
   object-detection:
     deploy:
       resources: