diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/flat-browse-definition.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/flat-browse-definition.model.ts
index 308f0c7a5b..f275db199c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/flat-browse-definition.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/flat-browse-definition.model.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { inheritSerialization, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
 import { typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { excludeFromEquals } from '../utilities/equals.decorators';
 import { FLAT_BROWSE_DEFINITION } from './flat-browse-definition.resource-type';
 import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
 import { NonHierarchicalBrowseDefinition } from './non-hierarchical-browse-definition';
+import { HALLink } from './hal-link.model';
 
 /**
  * BrowseDefinition model for browses of type 'flatBrowse'
@@ -26,4 +27,10 @@ export class FlatBrowseDefinition extends NonHierarchicalBrowseDefinition {
   getRenderType(): string {
     return this.dataType;
   }
+
+  @deserialize
+  _links: {
+    self: HALLink;
+    items: HALLink;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/hierarchical-browse-definition.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/hierarchical-browse-definition.model.ts
index ca3ed7bff0..d561fff643 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/hierarchical-browse-definition.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/hierarchical-browse-definition.model.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ export class HierarchicalBrowseDefinition extends BrowseDefinition {
   @deserialize
   _links: {
     self: HALLink;
-    entries: HALLink;
-    items: HALLink;
     vocabulary: HALLink;
   };
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/non-hierarchical-browse-definition.ts b/src/app/core/shared/non-hierarchical-browse-definition.ts
index a4f6df43d9..12f2a06333 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/non-hierarchical-browse-definition.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/non-hierarchical-browse-definition.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,4 @@ export abstract class NonHierarchicalBrowseDefinition extends BrowseDefinition {
 
   @autoserialize
   dataType: BrowseByDataType;
-
-  @deserialize
-  _links: {
-    self: HALLink;
-    entries: HALLink;
-    items: HALLink;
-  };
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/value-list-browse-definition.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/value-list-browse-definition.model.ts
index 33cce82cac..9bcd8f2e43 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/value-list-browse-definition.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/value-list-browse-definition.model.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { inheritSerialization, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
 import { typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { excludeFromEquals } from '../utilities/equals.decorators';
 import { VALUE_LIST_BROWSE_DEFINITION } from './value-list-browse-definition.resource-type';
 import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
 import { NonHierarchicalBrowseDefinition } from './non-hierarchical-browse-definition';
+import { HALLink } from './hal-link.model';
 
 /**
  * BrowseDefinition model for browses of type 'valueList'
@@ -26,4 +27,10 @@ export class ValueListBrowseDefinition extends NonHierarchicalBrowseDefinition {
   getRenderType(): string {
     return this.dataType;
   }
+
+  @deserialize
+  _links: {
+    self: HALLink;
+    entries: HALLink;
+  };
 }