diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java
index dd4a321ef..187d13fd6 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/SelectListGeneratorVTwo.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class SelectListGeneratorVTwo {
         FieldVTwo.OptionsType optionsType = field.getOptionsType();
         String vclassUri = null;
         switch (optionsType){
-            case HARDCODED_LITERALS:  // not auto-sorted, and empty values not removed or replaced
+            case HARDCODED_LITERALS:  // originally not auto-sorted but sorted now, and empty values not removed or replaced
                 List<List<String>> hardcodedLiteralOptions = field.getLiteralOptions();
                 if (hardcodedLiteralOptions==null) {
                     log.error("no literalOptions List found for field \""+fieldName+"\" in SelectListGenerator.getOptions() when OptionsType HARDCODED_LITERALS specified");
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java
index a39624d2a..e5ce99b17 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/edit/EditConfigurationTemplateModel.java
@@ -104,10 +104,7 @@ public class EditConfigurationTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
 		        continue;
 		    }
 		    Map<String, String> optionsMap = SelectListGeneratorVTwo.getOptions(editConfig, fieldName, wdf);
-		    //Sort options map if not hardcoded literals
-		    if(field.getOptionsType()!=FieldVTwo.OptionsType.HARDCODED_LITERALS) {
-		    	optionsMap = SelectListGeneratorVTwo.getSortedMap(optionsMap);
-		    }
+		    optionsMap = SelectListGeneratorVTwo.getSortedMap(optionsMap);
 		    pageData.put(fieldName, optionsMap);		       
 		}
 	}