diff --git a/src/breeding-insight/model/Trait.ts b/src/breeding-insight/model/Trait.ts
index 24b7f7115..214f9ce8a 100644
--- a/src/breeding-insight/model/Trait.ts
+++ b/src/breeding-insight/model/Trait.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export class Trait {
   traitDescription?: string;
   method?: Method;
   scale?: Scale;
-  abbreviations?: Array<string>;
   synonyms: string[] = [];
   mainAbbreviation?: string;
   active?: boolean;
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ export class Trait {
               traitDescription?: string,
               method?: Method,
               scale?: Scale,
-              abbreviations?: Array<string>,
               synonyms?: Array<string>,
               active?: boolean,
               tags?: string[],
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ export class Trait {
     } else {
       this.scale = new Scale();
     }
-    this.abbreviations = abbreviations;
     if (synonyms){
       this.synonyms = Array.from(synonyms);
     }
@@ -92,7 +89,7 @@ export class Trait {
 
   static assign(trait: Trait): Trait {
     return new Trait(trait.id, trait.traitName, trait.observationVariableName, trait.programObservationLevel, trait.entity, trait.attribute,
-        trait.traitDescription, trait.method, trait.scale, trait.abbreviations, trait.synonyms, trait.active, trait.tags, trait.fullName, trait.isDup);
+        trait.traitDescription, trait.method, trait.scale, trait.synonyms, trait.active, trait.tags, trait.fullName, trait.isDup);
   }
 
   checkStringListEquals(list: string[] | undefined, otherList: string[] | undefined): boolean {
@@ -114,7 +111,6 @@ export class Trait {
       (this.traitName === trait.traitName) &&
       (this.observationVariableName === trait.observationVariableName) &&
       (this.fullName === trait.fullName) &&
-      (this.checkStringListEquals(this.abbreviations, trait.abbreviations)) &&
       (this.checkStringListEquals(this.synonyms, trait.synonyms)) &&
       (this.mainAbbreviation === trait.mainAbbreviation) &&
         (this.entity === trait.entity) &&
diff --git a/src/breeding-insight/model/TraitSelector.ts b/src/breeding-insight/model/TraitSelector.ts
index 259d7204f..9b651ac1b 100644
--- a/src/breeding-insight/model/TraitSelector.ts
+++ b/src/breeding-insight/model/TraitSelector.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export enum TraitField {
   NAME = 'name',
-  ABBREVIATIONS = 'abbreviations',
   MAIN_ABBREVIATION = 'mainAbbreviation',
   SYNONYMS = 'synonyms',
   LEVEL = 'level',
diff --git a/src/components/trait/TraitDetailPanel.vue b/src/components/trait/TraitDetailPanel.vue
index 03aeac707..72e0365f3 100644
--- a/src/components/trait/TraitDetailPanel.vue
+++ b/src/components/trait/TraitDetailPanel.vue
@@ -281,9 +281,7 @@
 
     abbreviationsSynonymsString(synonymsMaxLength: number) : string | undefined {
       let abbSyn = "";
-      if (this.data && this.data.abbreviations && this.data.abbreviations.length > 0) {
-        abbSyn = this.data.abbreviations[0];
-      }
+
       if (this.data && this.data.synonyms && this.data.synonyms.length > 0) {
         // Up to synonymsMaxLength synonyms will be shown before , ... cutoff
         const synonyms = this.data.synonyms.slice(0, Math.min(this.data.synonyms.length, synonymsMaxLength)).join(", ");
diff --git a/src/components/trials/forms/BaseStudyForm.vue b/src/components/trials/forms/BaseStudyForm.vue
index 15a65e5b2..25af2660a 100644
--- a/src/components/trials/forms/BaseStudyForm.vue
+++ b/src/components/trials/forms/BaseStudyForm.vue
@@ -272,9 +272,8 @@ export default class BaseTraitForm extends Vue {
   }
   setAbbreviations(value: string) {
     const abbreviations = this.parseSemiColonList(value);
-    this.trait.abbreviations = abbreviations;
-    if (abbreviations.length > 0) {this.trait.mainAbbreviation = this.trait.abbreviations[0]}
   }
+
   parseSemiColonList(value: string): string[] {
     return value.split(';');
   }
diff --git a/src/views/trait/TraitsImport.vue b/src/views/trait/TraitsImport.vue
index 0bbd1d75b..815a07ec7 100644
--- a/src/views/trait/TraitsImport.vue
+++ b/src/views/trait/TraitsImport.vue
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <template v-if="state === ImportState.CHOOSE_FILE || state === ImportState.FILE_CHOSEN">
       <h1 class="title" v-if="showTitle">Import Ontology</h1>
       <ImportInfoTemplateMessageBox v-bind:import-type-name="'Ontology'"
-                                    v-bind:template-url="'https://cornell.box.com/shared/static/pdphm5nr8vd6wc60n2cg6bvtndmkg4vr.xls'"
+                                    v-bind:template-url="'https://cornell.box.com/shared/static/n3oapshmoqjju0yzuhlgh01cuevbzlj5.xls'"
                                     class="mb-5">
         <strong>Before You Import...</strong>
         <br/>Prepare ontology information for import using the provided template.
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     <template v-if="state === ImportState.IMPORT_ERROR">
       <h1 class="title">Importing...</h1>
       <ImportInfoTemplateMessageBox v-bind:import-type-name="'Ontology'"
-                                    v-bind:template-url="'https://cornell.box.com/shared/static/pdphm5nr8vd6wc60n2cg6bvtndmkg4vr.xls'"
+                                    v-bind:template-url="'https://cornell.box.com/shared/static/n3oapshmoqjju0yzuhlgh01cuevbzlj5.xls'"
                                     class="mb-5">
         <strong>Before You Import...</strong>
         <br/>Prepare ontology information for import using the provided template.