diff --git a/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/dto/common/fetchoptions/SortOptions.java b/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/dto/common/fetchoptions/SortOptions.java
index 821cd24168ba65bfe607f496315039896c1d1d24..9859cfa1d08140fdfeb14d6dcfa3eec6a16571f8 100644
--- a/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/dto/common/fetchoptions/SortOptions.java
+++ b/openbis_api/source/java/ch/ethz/sis/openbis/generic/asapi/v3/dto/common/fetchoptions/SortOptions.java
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.base.annotation.JsonObject;
-import ch.systemsx.cisd.common.shared.basic.string.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author pkupczyk
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ public abstract class SortOptions<OBJECT> implements Serializable
         {
             strings.add(sort.toString());
         }
-        return StringUtils.joinList(strings, ", ");
+        return StringUtils.join(strings, ", ");
     }
+
 }