diff --git a/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.js b/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.js
index 8cdc0d186..2742cb0f7 100644
--- a/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.js
+++ b/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.js
@@ -315,14 +315,7 @@ class ProductConfigFormController {
     const data = this.omitIrrelevantData(this.itemConfig)
     const comment = data.DONATION_SERVICES_COMMENTS
     const isTestingTransaction = comment ? comment.toLowerCase().includes('test') : false
-    const transformedAmount = this.transformAmountIfNecessary(data.AMOUNT)
-    if (transformedAmount === 'error') {
-      this.submittingGift = false
-      this.errorSavingGeneric = true
-      this.onStateChange({ state: 'errorSubmitting' })
-      return
-    }
-    data.AMOUNT = transformedAmount
+    data.AMOUNT = this.transformAmountIfNecessary(data.AMOUNT)
     this.brandedAnalyticsFactory.saveTestingTransaction(isTestingTransaction)
     this.analyticsFactory.saveTestingTransaction(this.productData, isTestingTransaction)
 
@@ -373,10 +366,9 @@ class ProductConfigFormController {
     let transformedAmount = amount
     if (!angular.isNumber(amount)) {
       transformedAmount = amount.replace('$', '')
-      transformedAmount = transformedAmount.replace(',', '')
       transformedAmount = parseFloat(transformedAmount)
       if (isNaN(transformedAmount)) {
-        return 'error'
+        return amount
       }
     }
     return transformedAmount
diff --git a/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.spec.js b/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.spec.js
index 2819578a0..ac9647f37 100644
--- a/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.spec.js
+++ b/src/app/productConfig/productConfigForm/productConfigForm.component.spec.js
@@ -728,17 +728,6 @@ describe('product config form component', function () {
         expect($ctrl.errorAlreadyInCart).toEqual(false)
         expect($ctrl.errorSavingGeneric).toEqual(false)
       })
-
-      it('should fail if the amount is invalid', () => {
-        $ctrl.itemConfig.AMOUNT = 'test'
-        $ctrl.itemConfigForm.$dirty = true
-        $ctrl.saveGiftToCart()
-
-        expect($ctrl.submittingGift).toEqual(false)
-        expect($ctrl.onStateChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ state: 'errorSubmitting' })
-        expect($ctrl.errorAlreadyInCart).toEqual(false)
-        expect($ctrl.errorSavingGeneric).toEqual(true)
-      })
     }
   })
 
@@ -803,14 +792,9 @@ describe('product config form component', function () {
       expect($ctrl.transformAmountIfNecessary(amount)).toEqual(50)
     })
 
-    it('should remove the comma', () => {
-      const amount = '1,000'
-      expect($ctrl.transformAmountIfNecessary(amount)).toEqual(1000)
-    })
-
-    it('should return an error', () => {
+    it('should pass through the original amount', () => {
       const amount = 'test'
-      expect($ctrl.transformAmountIfNecessary(amount)).toEqual('error')
+      expect($ctrl.transformAmountIfNecessary(amount)).toEqual('test')
     })
   })
 })