diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
index 34ab46cb..7c27fb54 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ class ProcessInstanceProcessor:
 
         # we want this to be the fully qualified path to the process model including all group subcomponents
         current_app.config["THREAD_LOCAL_DATA"].process_model_identifier = (
-            f"{process_instance_model.process_group_identifier}/"
             f"{process_instance_model.process_model_identifier}"
         )