diff --git a/webapp/rdf/display/everytime/searchIndexerConfigurationVitro.n3 b/webapp/rdf/display/everytime/searchIndexerConfigurationVitro.n3
index 74b34e211..528157150 100644
--- a/webapp/rdf/display/everytime/searchIndexerConfigurationVitro.n3
+++ b/webapp/rdf/display/everytime/searchIndexerConfigurationVitro.n3
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
     :excludes
         "http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/role#public" .
 
-:searchExcluder_vitroExcluder
-    a   <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.searchindex.exclusions.ExcludeNonFlagVitro> ,
-        <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.searchindex.exclusions.SearchIndexExcluder> .
-
 :searchExcluder_syncingTypeExcluder
     a   <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.searchindex.exclusions.SyncingExcludeBasedOnType> ,
         <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.searchindex.exclusions.SearchIndexExcluder> .
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/searchindex/exclusions/ExcludeNonFlagVitro.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/searchindex/exclusions/ExcludeNonFlagVitro.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ce4d3872..000000000
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/searchindex/exclusions/ExcludeNonFlagVitro.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
-package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.searchindex.exclusions;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Individual;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.VitroVocabulary;
-
-/**
- * Exclude individuals with most specific types from the Vitro namespace from
- * the search index. (Other than old vitro Flag types).
- */
-public class ExcludeNonFlagVitro implements SearchIndexExcluder {
-	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ExcludeNonFlagVitro.class);
-
-	@Override
-	public String checkForExclusion(Individual ind) {
-		if (ind == null) {
-			return DONT_EXCLUDE;
-		}
-
-		List<String> mostSpecificTypeUris = ind.getMostSpecificTypeURIs();
-		if (mostSpecificTypeUris == null) {
-			return DONT_EXCLUDE;
-		}
-
-		String message = skipIfVitro(ind, mostSpecificTypeUris);
-		if (!StringUtils.equals(DONT_EXCLUDE, message)) {
-			log.debug("msg=" + message + ", individual=" + ind.getURI() + " ("
-					+ ind.getLabel() + "), types=" + mostSpecificTypeUris);
-		}
-		return message;
-	}
-
-	String skipIfVitro(Individual ind, List<String> mostSpecificTypeUris) {
-		for (String typeUri : mostSpecificTypeUris) {
-			if (typeUri == null) {
-				continue;
-			}
-			if (typeUri.startsWith(VitroVocabulary.vitroURI + "Flag")) {
-				continue;
-			}
-			if (typeUri.startsWith(VitroVocabulary.vitroURI)) {
-				return "Skipped " + ind.getURI() + " because in "
-						+ VitroVocabulary.vitroURI + " namespace";
-			}
-		}
-		return DONT_EXCLUDE;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		return "ExcludeNonFlagVitro";
-	}
-
-}