Google Search Console – 404 Errors Related To Comment Feed

We recently had a client site under management start receiving 50+ 404 errors in the Google Search Console that related to comment feed links found in the header of a custom post type.  The comments for the custom post type had been disabled but the feed link was still being populated in the header.  Here’s a screenshot of what the Google search console looked like as a result:

In order to resolve the issue, a function to remove the comment feed from post was implemented in the functions.php file as follows:

// disable comment feeds for individual posts
function wpCoverdisableCommentFeedLink($for_comments) {
	return;
}
add_filter('post_comments_feed_link','wpCoverdisableCommentFeedLink');

 
Following that change, we marked the issues as fixed in search console which wrapped up the issue.