diff --git a/grass7/gui/wxpython/wx.metadata/mdlib/cswlib.py b/grass7/gui/wxpython/wx.metadata/mdlib/cswlib.py
index 55c77e8ff7..7cc0c04348 100644
--- a/grass7/gui/wxpython/wx.metadata/mdlib/cswlib.py
+++ b/grass7/gui/wxpython/wx.metadata/mdlib/cswlib.py
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ def strip_str(s):
         cmd = []
         item_data = "item_data=" + self.get_item_data(idx, 'link')
         # Strip { }
-        data = self.get_item_data(idx, 'link')[1:-2]
+        data = self.get_item_data(idx, 'link')[1:-1]
         item_data = dict(
             (strip_str(k), strip_str(v))
             for k, v in (item.split(':', 1)