diff --git a/enterprise_subsidy/apps/api/v1/views/transaction.py b/enterprise_subsidy/apps/api/v1/views/transaction.py
index b14b67c1..ecfb217c 100644
--- a/enterprise_subsidy/apps/api/v1/views/transaction.py
+++ b/enterprise_subsidy/apps/api/v1/views/transaction.py
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ def base_queryset(self):
         for learner_only_context in learner_only_contexts:
             # For each context (enterprise_customer_uuid) that the requester only has learner access to, filter
             # transactions related to that context to only include their own transactions.
-            # pylint: disable=unsupported-binary-operation
+            # AED 2023-10-31: locally, pylint complains of the binary operation.
+            # In github actions, pylint complains of a useless-suppression.
+            # Suppressing both and letting the code gods sort it out.
+            # pylint: disable=unsupported-binary-operation,useless-suppression
             if request_jwt.get('user_id'):
                 queryset = queryset.filter(
                     (
diff --git a/enterprise_subsidy/apps/subsidy/migrations/0019_alter_historicalsubsidy_options.py b/enterprise_subsidy/apps/subsidy/migrations/0019_alter_historicalsubsidy_options.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb48272b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise_subsidy/apps/subsidy/migrations/0019_alter_historicalsubsidy_options.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.19 on 2023-10-31 13:02
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('subsidy', '0018_alter_historicalsubsidy_options'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='historicalsubsidy',
+            options={'get_latest_by': 'history_date', 'ordering': ('-history_date', '-history_id'), 'verbose_name': 'historical subsidy'},
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/enterprise_subsidy/apps/subsidy/migrations/0020_remove_subsidy_unique_reference_id_non_internal.py b/enterprise_subsidy/apps/subsidy/migrations/0020_remove_subsidy_unique_reference_id_non_internal.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe4d43c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise_subsidy/apps/subsidy/migrations/0020_remove_subsidy_unique_reference_id_non_internal.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.19 on 2023-10-31 13:04
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('subsidy', '0019_alter_historicalsubsidy_options'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveConstraint(
+            model_name='subsidy',
+            name='unique_reference_id_non_internal',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/enterprise_subsidy/apps/subsidy/models.py b/enterprise_subsidy/apps/subsidy/models.py
index 211c5c44..d922f268 100644
--- a/enterprise_subsidy/apps/subsidy/models.py
+++ b/enterprise_subsidy/apps/subsidy/models.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 from django.db import models
-from django.db.models import Q
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from edx_rbac.models import UserRole, UserRoleAssignment
 from edx_rbac.utils import ALL_ACCESS_CONTEXT
@@ -104,13 +103,6 @@ class Meta:
         """
         Metaclass for Subsidy.
         """
-        constraints = [
-            models.UniqueConstraint(
-                condition=Q(internal_only=False),  # Allow more flexibility for internal/test subsidies.
-                fields=["reference_id", "reference_type"],
-                name="unique_reference_id_non_internal",
-            )
-        ]
         ordering = ['-created']
 
     # Please reserve the "subsidy_type" field name for the future when we use it to distinguish between