diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/qiime2.py b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/qiime2.py
index ed0946c525a0..10222a40b9cb 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/qiime2.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/qiime2.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import io
-import zipfile
+import ast
 import uuid as _uuid
+import zipfile
 
 import yaml
 
@@ -8,6 +9,19 @@
 from galaxy.datatypes.metadata import MetadataElement
 
 
+def strip_properties(expression):
+    try:
+        expression_tree = ast.parse(expression)
+        reconstructer = PredicateRemover()
+        reconstructer.visit(expression_tree)
+        return reconstructer.expression
+    # If we have any problems stripping properties just use the full expression
+    # this punts the error off to q2galaxy so if we error we do so there and
+    # not here
+    except Exception:
+        return expression
+
+
 class QIIME2Result(CompressedZipArchive):
     MetadataElement(name="semantic_type", readonly=True)
     MetadataElement(name="semantic_type_simple", readonly=True, visible=False)
@@ -21,7 +35,8 @@ def set_meta(self, dataset, overwrite=True, **kwd):
             if value:
                 setattr(dataset.metadata, key, value)
 
-        dataset.metadata.semantic_type_simple = 'TODO'
+        dataset.metadata.semantic_type_simple = \
+            strip_properties(dataset.metadata.semantic_type)
 
     def set_peek(self, dataset, is_multi_byte=False):
         if dataset.metadata.semantic_type == 'Visualization':
@@ -76,6 +91,67 @@ def sniff(self, filename):
         return metadata and metadata['semantic_type'] == 'Visualization'
 
 
+# Python 3.9 has a built in unparse. We can probably use this in the future
+# when we are using 3.9
+# https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/ast.html#ast.unparse
+class PredicateRemover(ast.NodeVisitor):
+    binops = {
+        ast.Add: ' + ',
+        ast.Sub: ' - ',
+        ast.Mult: ' * ',
+        ast.Div: ' / ',
+        ast.FloorDiv: ' // ',
+        ast.Pow: ' ** ',
+        ast.LShift: ' << ',
+        ast.RShift: ' >> ',
+        ast.BitOr: ' | ',
+        ast.BitXor: ' ^ ',
+        ast.BitAnd: ' & ',
+        ast.MatMult: ' @ '
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.expression = ''
+        self.tuple_count = 0
+        self.in_index = False
+
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def visit_Name(self, node):
+        print(node.id)
+        if self.tuple_count == 0:
+            self.expression += node.id
+        else:
+            self.expression += node.id + ', '
+            self.tuple_count -= 1
+
+        self.generic_visit(node)
+
+    def visit_Index(self, node):
+        pre_strip = len(self.expression)
+        self.expression = self.expression.rstrip(', ')
+        post_strip = len(self.expression)
+
+        self.expression += '['
+        self.generic_visit(node)
+        self.expression += ']'
+
+        # If we stripped the space for the next tuple element to accomodate a
+        # nested index we now need to add that space back
+        if post_strip < pre_strip:
+            self.expression += ', '
+
+    def visit_Tuple(self, node):
+        self.tuple_count = len(node.elts) - 1
+        self.generic_visit(node)
+
+    def visit_BinOp(self, node):
+        self.visit(node.left)
+        if not isinstance(node.op, ast.Mod):
+            self.expression += self.binops[node.op.__class__]
+            self.visit(node.right)
+
+
 def _get_metadata_from_archive(archive):
     uuid = _get_uuid(archive)
     archive_version, framework_version = _get_versions(archive, uuid)
diff --git a/test/unit/data/datatypes/test_qiime2.py b/test/unit/data/datatypes/test_qiime2.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..902c78725f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/data/datatypes/test_qiime2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import unittest
+
+from galaxy.datatypes.qiime2 import strip_properties
+
+
+# Note: Not all the expressions here are completely valid types they are just
+# representative examples
+class TestStripProperties(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_simple(self):
+        simple_expression = 'Taxonomy % Properties("SILVIA")'
+        stripped_expression = 'Taxonomy'
+
+        reconstructed_expression = strip_properties(simple_expression)
+        self.assertEqual(reconstructed_expression, stripped_expression)
+
+    def test_single(self):
+        single_expression = 'FeatureData[Taxonomy % Properties("SILVIA")]'
+        stripped_expression = 'FeatureData[Taxonomy]'
+
+        reconstructed_expression = strip_properties(single_expression)
+        self.assertEqual(reconstructed_expression, stripped_expression)
+
+    def test_double(self):
+        double_expression = ('FeatureData[Taxonomy % Properties("SILVIA"), '
+                             'DistanceMatrix % Axes("ASV", "ASV")]')
+        stripped_expression = 'FeatureData[Taxonomy, DistanceMatrix]'
+
+        reconstructed_expression = strip_properties(double_expression)
+        self.assertEqual(reconstructed_expression, stripped_expression)
+
+    def test_nested(self):
+        nested_expression = ('Tuple[FeatureData[Taxonomy % '
+                             'Properties("SILVIA")] % Axes("ASV", "ASV")]')
+        stripped_expression = 'Tuple[FeatureData[Taxonomy]]'
+
+        reconstructed_expression = strip_properties(nested_expression)
+        self.assertEqual(reconstructed_expression, stripped_expression)
+
+    def test_complex(self):
+        complex_expression = \
+            ('Tuple[FeatureData[Taxonomy % Properties("SILVA")] % Axis("ASV")'
+             ', DistanceMatrix % Axes("ASV", "ASV")] % Unique')
+        stripped_expression = 'Tuple[FeatureData[Taxonomy], DistanceMatrix]'
+
+        reconstructed_expression = strip_properties(complex_expression)
+        self.assertEqual(reconstructed_expression, stripped_expression)
+
+    def test_keep_different_binop(self):
+        expression_with_different_binop = \
+            ('FeatureData[Taxonomy % Properties("SILVIA"), '
+             'Taxonomy & Properties]')
+        stripped_expression = \
+            'FeatureData[Taxonomy, Taxonomy & Properties]'
+
+        reconstructed_expression = \
+            strip_properties(expression_with_different_binop)
+        self.assertEqual(reconstructed_expression, stripped_expression)
+
+    def test_multiple_strings(self):
+        simple_expression = 'Taxonomy % Properties("SILVIA")'
+        stripped_simple_expression = 'Taxonomy'
+
+        reconstructed_simple_expression = strip_properties(simple_expression)
+
+        single_expression = 'FeatureData[Taxonomy % Properties("SILVIA")]'
+        stripped_single_expression = 'FeatureData[Taxonomy]'
+
+        reconstructed_single_expression = strip_properties(single_expression)
+
+        self.assertEqual(reconstructed_simple_expression,
+                         stripped_simple_expression)
+        self.assertEqual(reconstructed_single_expression,
+                         stripped_single_expression)
+