diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaModelUtils.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaModelUtils.java
index fa476780de..e28e616b8f 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaModelUtils.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaModelUtils.java
@@ -581,11 +581,11 @@ private static void addStatementPatterns(List<Statement> stmts,
             if (whereClause) {
                 if (t.getSubject().isBlank()) {
                     patternBuff.append("    FILTER(isBlank(").append(
-                    		SparqlGraph.sparqlNodeDelete(t.getSubject(), null)).append(")) \n");
+                    		sparqlNodeDelete(t.getSubject(), null)).append(")) \n");
                 }
                 if (t.getObject().isBlank()) {
                     patternBuff.append("    FILTER(isBlank(").append(
-                    		SparqlGraph.sparqlNodeDelete(t.getObject(), null)).append(")) \n");
+                    		sparqlNodeDelete(t.getObject(), null)).append(")) \n");
                 }
             }
         }