diff --git a/app/helpers/federation_helper.rb b/app/helpers/federation_helper.rb
index bb60080be..e08a7cbfc 100644
--- a/app/helpers/federation_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/federation_helper.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def federation_error?(response)
   end
 
   def federation_error(response)
-    federation_errors = response[:errors].map { |e| ontology_portal_name(e.split(' ').last.gsub('search', '')) }
+    federation_errors = response[:errors].map { |e| e.split(' ').last }
     federation_errors.map { |p| "#{p} #{t('federation.not_responding')} " }.join(' ')
   end