diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/modelaccess/impl/RequestModelAccessImpl.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/modelaccess/impl/RequestModelAccessImpl.java
index 3f47566fe..63d70691c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/modelaccess/impl/RequestModelAccessImpl.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/modelaccess/impl/RequestModelAccessImpl.java
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public class RequestModelAccessImpl implements RequestModelAccess {
 
 	@Override
 	public OntModel getOntModel(String name, LanguageOption... options) {
-		return addLanguageAwareness(getOntModel(new OntModelKey(name, options)));
+		return getOntModel(new OntModelKey(name, options));
 	}
 
 	private OntModel getOntModel(OntModelKey key) {