diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 34a49d68..2d02e3b5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ GEM
       iso-639
       nokogiri (>= 1.6.6)
       nom-xml (~> 1.0)
-    mods_display (1.1.0)
+    mods_display (1.2.0)
       i18n
       stanford-mods (>= 3.0.0.alpha1, < 4)
       view_component
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ GEM
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.10)
       rspec-support (~> 3.10)
     rspec-support (3.11.0)
-    rubocop (1.31.1)
+    rubocop (1.31.2)
       json (~> 2.3)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
       parser (>= 3.1.0.0)
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ GEM
     rubocop-performance (1.14.2)
       rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
       rubocop-ast (>= 0.4.0)
-    rubocop-rails (2.15.1)
+    rubocop-rails (2.15.2)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       rack (>= 1.1)
       rubocop (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index f32c133f..cdcaa657 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -42,10 +42,4 @@ def embeddable_url(druid)
   def with_copyright_symbol(str)
     str.gsub(/\(c\) Copyright/i, '© Copyright')
   end
-
-  def format_mods_content(values)
-    text = link_urls_and_email(values.join("\n\n").gsub('&#10;', "\n"))
-
-    simple_format text, {}, sanitize: false
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/purl/_mods_abstract_contents.html.erb b/app/views/purl/_mods_abstract_contents.html.erb
index 3e917792..34c9768c 100644
--- a/app/views/purl/_mods_abstract_contents.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/purl/_mods_abstract_contents.html.erb
@@ -1,18 +1,8 @@
 <% document ||= @document %>
-<% document.mods.abstract.each do |abstracts| %>
-  <% if abstracts.respond_to?(:values) %>
-    <%= mods_display_label(abstracts.label) %>
-    <dd class="section-abstract">
-      <%= format_mods_content(abstracts.values) %>
-    </dd>
-  <% end %>
+<% document.mods.abstract.each do |abstract| %>
+  <%= mods_record_field(abstract) %>
 <% end %>
 
 <% document.mods.contents.each do |contents| %>
-  <% if contents.respond_to?(:values) %>
-    <%= mods_display_label(contents.label) %>
-    <dd class="section-contents">
-      <%= format_mods_content(contents.values) %>
-    </dd>
-  <% end %>
+  <%= mods_record_field(contents) %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index dc2ec4ab..00000000
--- a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-require 'rails_helper'
-
-describe ApplicationHelper do
-  describe '#format_mods_content' do
-    it 'makes the string html safe' do
-      expect(helper.format_mods_content(['blah'])).to be_html_safe
-    end
-
-    it 'separates duplicate values into paragraphs' do
-      expect(helper.format_mods_content(%w[a b])).to eq "<p>a</p>\n\n<p>b</p>"
-    end
-
-    it 'separates encoded new lines into paragraphs' do
-      expect(helper.format_mods_content(['a&#10;&#10;b'])).to eq "<p>a</p>\n\n<p>b</p>"
-    end
-
-    it 'escapes data' do
-      value = '1. sér. (1787 à 1799) t. 1-<t. 82>; --2. sér. (1880-1860) t. 1-127, 1862-1913.'
-      expected = '1. sér. (1787 à 1799) t. 1-&lt;t. 82&gt;; --2. sér. (1880-1860) t. 1-127, 1862-1913.'
-      expect(helper.format_mods_content([value])).to eq "<p>#{expected}</p>"
-    end
-  end
-end