diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataCitation.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataCitation.java
index a200e562768..3e6bba7e434 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataCitation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataCitation.java
@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ public DataCitation(DatasetVersion dsv) {
             distributors = dsv.getRootDataverseNameforCitation();
         } else {
             distributors = dsv.getDistributorName();
-            if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(distributors)) {
-                distributors += " [distributor]";
-            }
+            //remove += [distributor] SEK 8-18-2016
         }
 
         // version