diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/shortview/view-browse-people.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/shortview/view-browse-people.ftl
index e9bd8ce9..3ad98996 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/shortview/view-browse-people.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/shortview/view-browse-people.ftl
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@
 <#if (extra[0].pt)?? >
     <span class="title">${extra[0].pt}</span>
 <#else>
-    <#assign typesString>
-	    [<#list individual.mostSpecificTypes as type><#if type != vclass>,"${type}"</#if></#list>]
-    </#assign>
-    <#assign cleanTypes = typesString?replace("[,", "[")?eval >
-
+    <#assign cleanTypes = 'edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.TemplateUtils$DropFromSequence'?new()(individual.mostSpecificTypes, vclass) />
     <#if cleanTypes?size == 1>
         <span class="title">${cleanTypes[0]}</span>
     <#elseif (cleanTypes?size > 1) >