diff --git a/src/components/explorer/IndividualOverview.js b/src/components/explorer/IndividualOverview.js
index ab8d330b1..a58f44213 100644
--- a/src/components/explorer/IndividualOverview.js
+++ b/src/components/explorer/IndividualOverview.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ const IndividualOverview = ({individual}) => {
             <Descriptions.Item label="Date of Birth">{individual.date_of_birth || EM_DASH}</Descriptions.Item>
             <Descriptions.Item label="Sex">{individual.sex || "UNKNOWN_SEX"}</Descriptions.Item>
             <Descriptions.Item label="Age">{getAge(individual)}</Descriptions.Item>
-            <Descriptions.Item label="Ethnicity">{individual.ethnicity || "UNKNOWN_ETHNICITY"}</Descriptions.Item>
             <Descriptions.Item label="Karyotypic Sex">{
                 individual.karyotypic_sex || "UNKNOWN_KARYOTYPE"}
             </Descriptions.Item>
diff --git a/src/propTypes.js b/src/propTypes.js
index b55eebd5f..95f409917 100644
--- a/src/propTypes.js
+++ b/src/propTypes.js
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ export const individualPropTypesShape = PropTypes.shape({
     age: PropTypes.object,  // TODO: Shape
     sex: PropTypes.oneOf(SEX_VALUES),
     karyotypic_sex: PropTypes.oneOf(KARYOTYPIC_SEX_VALUES),
-    ethnicity: PropTypes.string,
     taxonomy: ontologyShape,
 
     phenopackets: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.object),  // TODO