diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/Property.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/Property.java
index 7440ebc6b..d6a492343 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/Property.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/beans/Property.java
@@ -51,27 +51,19 @@ public class Property extends BaseResourceBean {
      * Sorts Property objects, by property rank, then alphanumeric.
      * @author bdc34
      */
-    public static class DisplayComparatorIgnoringPropertyGroup implements Comparator {
-        
+    public static class DisplayComparatorIgnoringPropertyGroup implements Comparator {        
         public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
             //log.warn("starting property display comparator; ignoring group ");
             Property p1 = o1 == null ? null : (Property) o1;
             Property p2 = o2 == null ? null : (Property) o2;
-            if (p1==null || p2==null) {
-                log.error("Null property passed to DisplayComparatorIgnoringPropertyGroup");
+            if (p1==null || p2==null) {                
                 return 0;
             }
             //log.warn("comparing property "+p1.getLocalName()+" (rank "+determineDisplayRank(p1)+") to property "+p2.getLocalName()+" (rank "+determineDisplayRank(p2)+") ...");
             int diff = determineDisplayRank(p1) - determineDisplayRank(p2);
             if (diff==0) {
-                String p1Str = p1.getLabel() == null ? p1.getURI() : p1.getLabel();
-                if (p1.getLabel()==null) {
-                    log.warn("null edit label for property "+p1.getURI());
-                }
-                String p2Str = p2.getLabel() == null ? p2.getURI() : p2.getLabel();
-                if (p2.getLabel() == null) {
-                    log.warn("null edit label for property "+p2.getURI());
-                }
+                String p1Str = p1.getLabel() == null ? p1.getURI() : p1.getLabel();                
+                String p2Str = p2.getLabel() == null ? p2.getURI() : p2.getLabel();                
                 return p1Str.compareTo(p2Str);
             }
             return diff;