diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/SparqlQueryServlet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/SparqlQueryServlet.java
index df220be85..f037f390e 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/SparqlQueryServlet.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/SparqlQueryServlet.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.sparql.resultset.ResultSetFormat;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.vocabulary.XSD;
 
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.LoginStatusBean;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.controller.BaseEditController;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Ontology;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Portal;
@@ -102,11 +103,7 @@ public class SparqlQueryServlet extends BaseEditController {
     protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
     throws ServletException, IOException
     {    	    	   	
-        super.doGet(request, response);
-        // rjy7 Allows any editor (including self-editors) access to this servlet.
-        // This servlet is now requested via Ajax from some custom forms, so anyone
-        // using the custom form needs access rights.
-        if( !checkLoginStatus(request, response) ) {
+        if( !checkLoginStatus(request, response, LoginStatusBean.DBA) ) {
         	return;
         }
         
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ajax/SparqlQueryAjaxController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ajax/SparqlQueryAjaxController.java
index 2b9c01bde..2bc87de12 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ajax/SparqlQueryAjaxController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ajax/SparqlQueryAjaxController.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
-import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.DataSource;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.Dataset;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.DatasetFactory;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.Query;