diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java
index e189c49520fbc8173654e13eb8d12874cac04688..6f469f1a144873071adae17773ad5cada403a1ee 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java
@@ -926,7 +926,8 @@ public class GFFStreamFeature extends SimpleDocumentFeature
       if(lname)
         continue;
       
-      if(this_qualifier.getName().equals("private") && System.getProperty("noprivate") != null)
+      if( (this_qualifier.getName().equals("private") && System.getProperty("noprivate") != null) ||
+          (this_qualifier.getName().equals("history") && System.getProperty("nohistory") != null) )
         continue;
 
       // GSV :: see new getQualifierString signature