diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java
index edab6444e..4519358c6 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ public class CategorizationFragment extends SherlockFragment{
 
             ArrayList<ApiResult> categoryNodes = result.getNodes("/api/query/search/p/@title");
             for(ApiResult categoryNode: categoryNodes) {
-                categories.add(categoryNode.getDocument().getTextContent());
+                String cat = categoryNode.getDocument().getTextContent();
+                String catString = cat.replace("Category:", "");
+                categories.add(catString);
             }
 
             categoriesCache.put(filter, categories);