diff --git a/src/util/translatenucs.cpp b/src/util/translatenucs.cpp
index 1fa83e7ab..7c869c51e 100644
--- a/src/util/translatenucs.cpp
+++ b/src/util/translatenucs.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ int translatenucs(int argc, const char **argv, const Command& command) {
         thread_idx = omp_get_thread_num();
 #endif
 
-        const char * entry[255];
         char* aa = new char[par.maxSeqLen + 3 + 1];
 #pragma omp for schedule(dynamic, 5)
         for (size_t i = 0; i < entries; ++i) {
@@ -65,22 +64,7 @@ int translatenucs(int argc, const char **argv, const Command& command) {
             char* data = reader.getData(i, thread_idx);
             if (addOrfStop == true) {
                 char* headData = header->getDataByDBKey(key, thread_idx);
-                size_t columns = Util::getWordsOfLine(headData, entry, 255);
-                size_t col;
-                bool found = false;
-                for (col = 0; col < columns; col++) {
-                    if (entry[col][0] == '[' && entry[col][1] == 'O' && entry[col][2] == 'r' && entry[col][3] == 'f' && entry[col][4] == ':') {
-                        found=true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-                if (found == false) {
-                    Debug(Debug::ERROR) << "Could not find Orf information in header.\n";
-                    EXIT(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                }
-
-                Orf::SequenceLocation loc = Orf::parseOrfHeader(entry[col]);
-
+                Orf::SequenceLocation loc = Orf::parseOrfHeader(headData);
                 addStopAtStart=!(loc.hasIncompleteStart);
                 addStopAtEnd=!(loc.hasIncompleteEnd);
             }