diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/eukaryota.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/eukaryota.pm
index 57f2115fe06ffca6aaa859aba81c795d0c974391..5819eb68f969d2182976b268de01f7fee6a0982d 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/eukaryota.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/eukaryota.pm
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ sub set_methods{
 
 sub transcript_display_xref_sources {
     my $self     = shift;
-    my $fullmode = shift;
 
     print STDERR "getting the list of external_dbs for assigning gene names from eukaryota.pm\n";
 
@@ -46,16 +45,32 @@ sub transcript_display_xref_sources {
     
     my %ignore;
 
-    # Both methods
-    
-    if(!$fullmode){
-	$ignore{"EntrezGene"}= 'FROM:RefSeq_[pd][en][pa].*_predicted';
-    }
-    else{
-	$ignore{"EntrezGene"} = 'select ox.object_xref_id from object_xref ox, dependent_xref dx, source s1, xref x1, source s2, xref x2 where ox.object_xref_id = dx.object_xref_id and dx.dependent_xref_id = x1.xref_id and x1.source_id = s1.source_id and s1.name = "EntrezGene" and x2.xref_id = dx.master_xref_id and x2.source_id = s2.source_id and (s2.name like "Refseq_dna_predicted" or s2.name like "RefSeq_peptide_predicted") and ox.ox_status = "DUMP_OUT"';
-	
-    }
     
+    #don't use EntrezGene labels dependent on predicted RefSeqs
+
+    $ignore{'EntrezGene'} =<<IEG;
+SELECT DISTINCT ox.object_xref_id
+  FROM object_xref ox, dependent_xref dx, 
+       xref xmas, xref xdep, 
+       source smas, source sdep
+    WHERE ox.xref_id = dx.dependent_xref_id AND
+          dx.dependent_xref_id = xdep.xref_id AND
+          dx.master_xref_id = xmas.xref_id AND
+          xmas.source_id = smas.source_id AND
+          xdep.source_id = sdep.source_id AND
+          smas.name like "Refseq%predicted" AND
+          sdep.name like "EntrezGene" AND
+          ox.ox_status = "DUMP_OUT" 	 
+IEG
+
+    #don't use labels starting with LOC
+
+    $ignore{'LOC_prefix'} =<<LOCP;
+SELECT object_xref_id
+  FROM object_xref JOIN xref USING(xref_id) JOIN source USING(source_id)
+   WHERE ox_status = 'DUMP_OUT' AND label REGEXP '^LOC[[:digit:]]+'
+LOCP
+
     return [\@list,\%ignore];
 }