diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/ValidateFeature.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/ValidateFeature.java
index f62ed79dbe2d4c883e1b398973a900ea6d4394e1..29c84b8b5fe51fc80da080f7a79d520255e83580 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/ValidateFeature.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/ValidateFeature.java
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ public class ValidateFeature
     if(!cds_predicate.testPredicate (f)) 
       return false;
 
-    if(feature instanceof GFFStreamFeature && GFFStreamFeature.isSelenocysteine(feature))
+    if(feature instanceof GFFStreamFeature && GFFUtils.isSelenocysteine(feature))
       return false;
 
     final AminoAcidSequence aa = f.getTranslation ();