diff --git a/src/features/Ontology/utils/withLinkGenerator.js b/src/features/Ontology/utils/withLinkGenerator.js
index 28de229b2..ca3ec6d67 100644
--- a/src/features/Ontology/utils/withLinkGenerator.js
+++ b/src/features/Ontology/utils/withLinkGenerator.js
@@ -5,27 +5,21 @@
  */
 
 const withLinkGenerator = (id: string, db: string, name: ?string) => {
-  let baseUrl
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
-    baseUrl = `/${process.env.REACT_APP_BASENAME}/`
-  } else {
-    baseUrl = "/"
-  }
   if (id === undefined) {
     return "#"
   }
   // if using converted gene name, link to gene page not uniprot
-  if (name && name.length < 10) {
-    return `${baseUrl}${name}`
+  if (name) {
+    return `/${name}`
   }
   switch (db) {
     case "CHEBI": {
       return `https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:${id}`
     }
     case "DDB":
-      return `${baseUrl}${id}`
+      return `/${id}`
     case "dictyBase":
-      return `${baseUrl}${id}`
+      return `/${id}`
     case "FB":
       return `http://flybase.org/reports/${id}.html`
     case "GO":