diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label/search-label.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label/search-label.component.ts
index 74526ad2ad..ab4c57d9f5 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label/search-label.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-label/search-label.component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { SearchService } from '../../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
 import { currentPath } from '../../../utils/route.utils';
 import { PaginationService } from '../../../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
 import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../../../../core/shared/search/search-configuration.service';
+import { stripOperatorFromFilterValue } from '../../search.utils';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-search-label',
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ export class SearchLabelComponent implements OnInit {
   normalizeFilterValue(value: string) {
     // const pattern = /,[^,]*$/g;
     const pattern = /,authority*$/g;
-    return value.replace(pattern, '');
+    value = value.replace(pattern, '');
+    return stripOperatorFromFilterValue(value);
   }
 
   private getFilterName(): string {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-labels.component.ts b/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-labels.component.ts
index 8f77d73b21..2cc1919f50 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-labels.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/search/search-labels/search-labels.component.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Params, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { SearchConfigurationService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search-configuration.service';
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { stripOperatorFromFilterValue } from '../search.utils';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-search-labels',
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ export class SearchLabelsComponent {
         const labels = {};
         Object.keys(params)
           .forEach((key) => {
-            labels[key] = [...params[key].map((value) => stripOperatorFromFilterValue(value))];
+            labels[key] = [...params[key].map((value) => value)];
           });
         return labels;
       })