diff --git a/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClass.js b/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClass.js
index ec36e5445..2cafc0ff4 100644
--- a/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClass.js
+++ b/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClass.js
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ var browseByVClass = {
     // Where all the magic happens -- gonna fetch me some individuals
     getIndividuals: function(vclassUri, alpha, page, scroll) {
         var url = this.dataServiceUrl + encodeURIComponent(vclassUri);
-        if ( this.internalClassUri !== "undefined" ) {
-            url += '&vclassId='+ this.internalClassUri +'&page=1';
-        }
         if ( alpha && alpha != "all") {
             url += '&alpha=' + alpha;
         }
diff --git a/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClasses.js b/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClasses.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b13d71828..000000000
--- a/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClasses.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-
-// This file extends and proxies the default behavior defined in vitro/webapp/web/js/menupage/browseByVClass.js
-
-// Saving the original getIndividuals function from browseByVClass
-var getPersonIndividuals = browseByVClass.getIndividuals;
-
-browseByVClass.getIndividuals = function(vclassUri, alpha, page, scroll) {
-	url = encodeURIComponent(vclassUri);
-	var restrictClasses = $('#restrictClasses').val();
-	if(restrictClasses.length > 0) {
-		if(restrictClasses.indexOf(",") != -1) {
-			var restrictClassesArray = restrictClasses.split(",");
-			var restrictUris = restrictClassesArray.join("&vclassId=");
-			url += "&vclassId=" + restrictUris;
-		} 
-		else {
-		//does this need to be uri encoded? - assuming already url encoded
-			url += "&vclassId=" + restrictClasses;
-		} 
-	}
-    url = this.dataServiceUrl + url;
-    //Get restriction classes from url
-   
-    if ( alpha && alpha != "all") {
-        url = url + '&alpha=' + alpha;
-    }
-    if ( page ) {
-        url += '&page=' + page;
-    } else {
-        page = 1;
-    }
-    if ( typeof scroll === "undefined" ) {
-        scroll = true;
-    }
-    
-    // Scroll to #menupage-intro page unless told otherwise
-    if ( scroll != false ) {
-        // only scroll back up if we're past the top of the #browse-by section
-        scrollPosition = browseByVClass.getPageScroll();
-        browseByOffset = $('#browse-by').offset();
-        if ( scrollPosition[1] > browseByOffset.top) {
-            $.scrollTo('#menupage-intro', 500);
-        }
-    }
-    
-    $.getJSON(url, function(results) {
-        var individualList = "";
-        
-        // Catch exceptions when empty individuals result set is returned
-        // This is very likely to happen now since we don't have individual counts for each letter and always allow the result set to be filtered by any letter
-        if ( results.individuals.length == 0 ) {
-            browseByVClass.emptyResultSet(results.vclass, alpha)
-        } else {
-            $.each(results.individuals, function(i, item) {
-                var individual, 
-                    label, 
-                    firstName, 
-                    lastName, 
-                    fullName, 
-                    vclassName, 
-                    preferredTitle, 
-                    uri, 
-                    profileUrl, 
-                    image, 
-                    listItem;
-                    
-                individual = results.individuals[i];
-                label = individual.label;
-                firstName = individual.firstName;
-                lastName = individual.lastName;
-                if ( firstName && lastName ) {
-                    fullName = firstName + ' ' + lastName;
-                } else {
-                    fullName = label;
-                }
-                var vclassName = individual.vclassName;
-                if ( individual.preferredTitle ) {
-                    preferredTitle = individual.preferredTitle;
-                }
-                uri = individual.URI;
-                profileUrl = individual.profileUrl;
-                if ( !individual.thumbUrl ) {
-                    image = browseByVClass.baseUrl + '/images/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg';
-                } else {
-                    image = browseByVClass.baseUrl + individual.thumbUrl;
-                }
-                // Build the content of each list item, piecing together each component
-                listItem = '<li class="vcard individual foaf-person" role="listitem" role="navigation">';
-                listItem += '<img src="'+ image +'" width="90" alt="'+ fullName +'" />';
-                listItem += '<h1 class="fn thumb"><a href="'+ profileUrl +'" title="View the profile page for '+ fullName +'">'+ fullName +'</a></h1>';
-                // Include the calculated preferred title (see above) only if it's not empty
-                if ( preferredTitle ) {
-                    listItem += '<span class="title">'+ preferredTitle +'</span>';
-                } 
-                listItem += '</li>';
-                // browseByVClass.individualsInVClass.append(listItem);
-                individualList += listItem;
-            })
-            
-            // Remove existing content
-            browseByVClass.wipeSlate();
-            
-            // And then add the new content
-            browseByVClass.individualsInVClass.append(individualList);
-            
-            // Check to see if we're dealing with pagination
-            if ( results.pages.length ) {
-                pages = results.pages;
-                browseByVClass.pagination(pages, page);
-            }
-            
-            if(results.vclass) {
-            	$('h3.selected-class').text(results.vclass.name);
-            	// set selected class, alpha and page
-            	browseByVClass.selectedVClass(results.vclass.URI);
-            }
-            browseByVClass.selectedAlpha(alpha);
-        }
-    });
-};
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diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/menupage/menupage--individualsforclasses.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/menupage/menupage--individualsforclasses.ftl
deleted file mode 100644
index c8f961c60..000000000
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/menupage/menupage--individualsforclasses.ftl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<#-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ -->
-<#--Need to add restrict classes information-->
-<input type="hidden" name="restrictClasses" id="restrictClasses" value="${internalClass}"/>
-<#--Using the same page setup as regular class groups so including the entire template-->
-<#include "menupage.ftl">
-<#--add script-->
-<#if !noData>
-	 ${scripts.add('<script type="text/javascript" src="${urls.base}/js/menupage/browseByVClasses.js"></script>')}
-</#if>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/menupage/menupage-scripts.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/menupage/menupage-scripts.ftl
index ab20ca495..d3eb7eec4 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/menupage/menupage-scripts.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/body/partials/menupage/menupage-scripts.ftl
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 <script type="text/javascript">
     var menupageData = {
         baseUrl: '${urls.base}',
-        dataServiceUrl: '${dataServiceUrlIndividualsByVClass}',
         <#if internalClass?has_content>
-            internalClassUri: '${internalClass}',
+            dataServiceUrl: '${dataServiceUrlIndividualsByVClass}${internalClass}&vclassId=',
+        <#else>
+            dataServiceUrl: '${dataServiceUrlIndividualsByVClass}',
         </#if>
         defaultBrowseVClassUri: '${firstNonEmptyVClass}'
     };