diff --git a/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/footer.jsp b/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/footer.jsp
index ecdd2e2b..db05b3d5 100644
--- a/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/footer.jsp
+++ b/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/footer.jsp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <% 
     // If the request was for a jsp rather than a servlet, we didn't get these yet.
     // This is here as a safety net. We should have gotten the values in identity.jsp,
-    // since it's the first one we hit.
+    // since it's the first jsp we hit.
     String footer = (String) request.getAttribute("ftl_footer");
     if (footer == null) {
         FreeMarkerHttpServlet.getFreeMarkerComponentsForJsp(request, response);
diff --git a/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/identity.jsp b/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/identity.jsp
index 224932f8..16bfc846 100644
--- a/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/identity.jsp
+++ b/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/identity.jsp
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@
 
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.FreeMarkerHttpServlet" %>
 <% 
-
-    // If the request was for a jsp rather than a servlet, we didn't get these yet.
-    String identity = (String) request.getAttribute("ftl_identity");
-    if (identity == null) {
-        FreeMarkerHttpServlet.getFreeMarkerComponentsForJsp(request, response);
-    } 
+FreeMarkerHttpServlet.getFreeMarkerComponentsForJsp(request, response);
 %>
 
 ${ftl_identity}
diff --git a/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/menu.jsp b/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/menu.jsp
index 6a934dbe..cda0b100 100644
--- a/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/menu.jsp
+++ b/productMods/themes/vivo-basic/jsp/menu.jsp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <% 
     // If the request was for a jsp rather than a servlet, we didn't get these yet.
     // This is here as a safety net. We should have gotten the values in identity.jsp,
-    // since it's the first one we hit.
+    // since it's the first jsp we hit.
     String menu = (String) request.getAttribute("ftl_menu");
     if (menu == null) {
         FreeMarkerHttpServlet.getFreeMarkerComponentsForJsp(request, response);