diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
index 8c641c488..e9ecb77f8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyDaoJena.java
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ public class DataPropertyDaoJena extends PropertyDaoJena implements
     protected static final String DATA_PROPERTY_QUERY_STRING = 
         prefixes + "\n" +
         "SELECT DISTINCT ?property WHERE { \n" +
-        "   GRAPH ?g1 { ?subject ?property ?object } \n" + 
-        "   GRAPH ?g2 { ?property rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty } \n" +
+        "   ?subject ?property ?object . \n" + 
+        "   ?property rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty . \n" +
         propertyFilters +
         "}";
     
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyStatementDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
index fa534998a..b71d9f21d 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/DataPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ public class DataPropertyStatementDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements DataPro
     
     protected static final String DATA_PROPERTY_VALUE_QUERY_STRING = 
         "SELECT ?value WHERE { \n" +
-        "   GRAPH ?g {\n" + 
-        "       ?subject ?property ?value . \n" +        
-        "   }\n" +
+        "    ?subject ?property ?value . \n" +        
         "}";
     
     static protected Query dataPropertyValueQuery;
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java
index 7e2a9240f..199bb7a21 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyDaoJena.java
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ public class ObjectPropertyDaoJena extends PropertyDaoJena implements ObjectProp
     protected static final String OBJECT_PROPERTY_QUERY_STRING = 
         prefixes + "\n" +
         "SELECT DISTINCT ?property WHERE { \n" +
-        "   GRAPH ?g1 { ?subject ?property ?object } \n" + 
-        "   GRAPH ?g2 { ?property rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty } \n" +
+        "   ?subject ?property ?object . \n" + 
+        "   ?property rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty . \n" +
         propertyFilters +
         "}";