diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java
index ba060ab342b68f5cc9f5676c57106eb34d5e95e9..846ce04dd0a8db1d87e2daf98588fdc59f031dea 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/io/GFFStreamFeature.java
@@ -819,9 +819,7 @@ public class GFFStreamFeature extends SimpleDocumentFeature
        source_str = source;
 
       String key = getKey().getKeyString();
-      if(key.equals("CDS"))
-        key = "exon";
-      
+
       String translation = getTranslation();
       if(translation != null)
         attribute_string = attribute_string + ";" + translation;