diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/specific-field/item-page-field.component.ts b/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/specific-field/item-page-field.component.ts
index 39faae5ca4..58521569f1 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/specific-field/item-page-field.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/specific-field/item-page-field.component.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { BrowseDefinitionDataService } from '../../../../core/browse/browse-definition-data.service';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../../../../core/shared/browse-definition.model';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { getRemoteDataPayload } from '../../../../core/shared/operators';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { MetadataValuesComponent } from '../../../field-components/metadata-values/metadata-values.component';
 import { ImageField } from './image-field';
 
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ export class ItemPageFieldComponent {
      */
     get browseDefinition(): Observable<BrowseDefinition> {
       return this.browseDefinitionDataService.findByFields(this.fields).pipe(
-        getRemoteDataPayload(),
-        map((def) => def),
+        getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+        map((def) => def.payload),
       );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts b/src/app/item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts
index 39d393a6e0..d8e5cb0e53 100644
--- a/src/app/item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { MetadataValue } from '../../../core/shared/metadata.models';
 import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
 import { MetadatumRepresentation } from '../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadatum/metadatum-representation.model';
-import { getRemoteDataPayload } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { ThemedLoadingComponent } from '../../../shared/loading/themed-loading.component';
 import { MetadataFieldWrapperComponent } from '../../../shared/metadata-field-wrapper/metadata-field-wrapper.component';
 import { MetadataRepresentationLoaderComponent } from '../../../shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation-loader.component';
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ export class MetadataRepresentationListComponent extends AbstractIncrementalList
               searchKeyArray = searchKeyArray.concat(BrowseService.toSearchKeyArray(field));
             });
             return this.browseDefinitionDataService.findByFields(this.metadataFields).pipe(
-              getRemoteDataPayload(),
-              map((def) => Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation(this.itemType, def), metadatum)),
+              getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+              map((def) => Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation(this.itemType, def.payload), metadatum)),
             );
           }
         }),