diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/model/TypeDetails.java b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/model/TypeDetails.java
index 472730d4e..3a3643a7d 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/model/TypeDetails.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/model/TypeDetails.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class TypeDetails {
         if (tail != null && typesContains(sd.getUrl()+"#"+sd.getType()+tail))
           return true;
         if (sd.hasBaseDefinition()) {
-          if (sd.getBaseDefinition().equals("http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element") && !sd.getType().equals("string") && sd.getType().equals("uri"))
+          if (sd.getType().equals("uri"))
             sd = context.fetchResource(StructureDefinition.class, "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/string");
           else
             sd = context.fetchResource(StructureDefinition.class, sd.getBaseDefinition());