diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/config/navigation.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/config/navigation.xml
index 265c667a..4063aeea 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/config/navigation.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/config/navigation.xml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
             <label xml:lang="de">Dokument einreichen (Admin)</label>
             <label xml:lang="en">Submit new document (admin)</label>
         </item>
-        <item href="/servlets/solr/select?q=state%3Asubmitted%20AND%20createdby:USERNAME" type="intern" replaceMenu="false" constrainPopUp="false">
+        <item href="/servlets/solr/select?q=state%3Asubmitted%20AND%20createdby:{CurrentUser}" type="intern" replaceMenu="false" constrainPopUp="false">
             <label xml:lang="de">Meine Einreichungen</label>
             <label xml:lang="en">My submitted documents</label>
         </item>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/js/digibib.js b/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/js/digibib.js
index d3202d43..964955e8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/js/digibib.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/js/digibib.js
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     };
   }
 
-  // replace placeholder USERNAME with username
-  var userID = $("#currentUser strong").html();
-  var newHref = 'https://leopard.tu-braunschweig.de/servlets/solr/select?q=state%3Asubmitted%20AND%20createdby:' + userID + '&fq=objectType:mods';
-  $("a[href='https://leopard.tu-braunschweig.de/servlets/solr/select?q=state%3Asubmitted%20AND%20createdby:USERNAME']").attr('href', newHref);
 // spam protection for mails
   $('span.madress').each(function(i) {
       var text = $(this).text();