diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java
index 9c65656dd..411600548 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/VitroHttpServlet.java
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@ public class VitroHttpServlet extends HttpServlet
             request.getAttribute("webappDaoFactory") == null ){
             log.warn("request scope was not prepared by VitroRequestPrep");
         }
-        
-        // TEMPORARY for transition from JSP to FreeMarker. Once transition
-        // is complete and no more pages are generated in JSP, this can be removed.
-        // Do this if FreeMarker is configured (i.e., not Datastar) and if we are not in
-        // a FreeMarkerHttpServlet, which will generate identity, menu, and footer from the page template.
-        if ( FreeMarkerHttpServlet.isConfigured() && !(this instanceof FreeMarkerHttpServlet) ) {
-            FreeMarkerHttpServlet.getFreeMarkerComponentsForJsp(request, response);
-        }
     }
    
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreeMarkerHttpServlet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreeMarkerHttpServlet.java
index 6ff00d814..6a08b8759 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreeMarkerHttpServlet.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreeMarkerHttpServlet.java
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ public class FreeMarkerHttpServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
     // a FreeMarkerHttpServlet, which will generate identity, menu, and footer from the page template.
     // It's a static method because it needs to be called from JSPs that don't go through a servlet.
     public static void getFreeMarkerComponentsForJsp(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
+        System.out.println("IN getFreeMarkerComponentsForJsp");
         FreeMarkerComponentGenerator fcg = new FreeMarkerComponentGenerator(request, response);
         request.setAttribute("ftl_identity", fcg.getIdentity());
         request.setAttribute("ftl_menu", fcg.getMenu());