diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
index e6487fcb8..838826f35 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/IndividualController.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.n3editing.EditConfiguration;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.n3editing.EditSubmission;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.filestorage.model.FileInfo;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.reasoner.SimpleReasoner;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.NamespaceMapper;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.NamespaceMapperFactory;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.ContentType;
@@ -241,9 +242,9 @@ public class IndividualController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
                 }
             }
             // If still no custom template defined, and inferencing is asynchronous (under RDB), check
-            // superclasses of the vclass. 
-            // The method to check for asynchronous inferencing will be added later; see NIHVIVO-1834.
-            if (customTemplate == null) { //&& inferencing is asynchronous) { 
+            // the superclasses of the vclass for a custom template specification. 
+            if (customTemplate == null && SimpleReasoner.isABoxReasoningAsynchronous(getServletContext())) { 
+                log.debug("Checking superclasses for custom template specification because ABox reasoning is asynchronous");
                 for (VClass directVClass : directClasses) {
                     VClassDao vcDao = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory().getVClassDao();
                     List<String> superClassUris = vcDao.getAllSuperClassURIs(directVClass.getURI());
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/IndividualTemplateModel.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/IndividualTemplateModel.java
index 795d46f0b..ea559de25 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/IndividualTemplateModel.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/IndividualTemplateModel.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder.Route;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VClassDao;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.filters.VitroRequestPrep;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.reasoner.SimpleReasoner;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.templatemodels.BaseTemplateModel;
 
 public class IndividualTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
@@ -61,9 +62,10 @@ public class IndividualTemplateModel extends BaseTemplateModel {
     
     private boolean isVClass(String vClassUri) {
         boolean isVClass = individual.isVClass(vClassUri);  
-        // If reasoning is asynchronous, this inference may not have been made yet. Check the superclasses
-        // of the individual's vclass.
-        if (!isVClass) { // & reasoning is asynchronous: method to be added later; see NIHVIVO-1834
+        // If reasoning is asynchronous (under RDB), this inference may not have been made yet. 
+        // Check the superclasses of the individual's vclass.
+        if (!isVClass && SimpleReasoner.isABoxReasoningAsynchronous(getServletContext())) { 
+            log.debug("Checking superclasses to see if individual is a " + vClassUri + " because reasoning is asynchronous");
             List<VClass> directVClasses = individual.getVClasses(true);
             for (VClass directVClass : directVClasses) {
                 VClassDao vcDao = vreq.getWebappDaoFactory().getVClassDao();