diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list/item.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/list/item.pug
index 45c3da98c5..d82a84e97c 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/list/item.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/list/item.pug
@@ -62,16 +62,14 @@ td.project-list-table-lastupdated-cell
 
 
 td.project-list-table-actions-cell
-	div(
-		ng-if="!project.isTableActionInflight"
-	)
+	div
 		button.btn.btn-link.action-btn(
 			ng-if="!(project.archived || project.trashed)"
 			aria-label=translate('copy'),
 			tooltip=translate('copy'),
 			tooltip-placement="top",
 			tooltip-append-to-body="true",
-			ng-click="clone($event)"
+			ng-click="openCloneProjectModal(project)"
 		)
 			i.icon.fa.fa-files-o(aria-hidden="true")
 		button.btn.btn-link.action-btn(
@@ -136,8 +134,3 @@ td.project-list-table-actions-cell
 			ng-click="delete($event)"
 		)
 			i.icon.fa.fa-ban(aria-hidden="true")
-	div(
-		ng-if="project.isTableActionInflight"
-		aria-label=translate('processing')
-	)
-		i.fa.fa-spinner.fa-spin(aria-hidden="true")
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list/modals.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/list/modals.pug
index da74b3d363..e1a46998ba 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/list/modals.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/list/modals.pug
@@ -293,23 +293,3 @@ script(type="text/ng-template", id="uploadProjectModalTemplate")
 	)
 	.modal-footer
 		button.btn.btn-default(ng-click="cancel()") #{translate("cancel")}
-
-script(type="text/ng-template", id="showErrorModalTemplate")
-	.modal-header
-		button.close(
-			type="button"
-			data-dismiss="modal"
-			ng-click="cancel()"
-			aria-label="Close"
-		)
-			span(aria-hidden="true") ×
-		h3 #{translate("generic_something_went_wrong")}
-	.modal-body
-		.alert.alert-danger(ng-show="error.message") {{error.message === "invalid element name" ? "#{translate("invalid_element_name")}" : error.message}}
-		.alert.alert-danger(ng-show="error && !error.message") #{translate("generic_something_went_wrong")}
-	.modal-footer
-		button.btn.btn-default(ng-click="cancel()") #{translate("cancel")}
-
-	.modal-footer
-		button.btn.btn-info(ng-click="done()") #{translate("done")}
-
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list.pug
index 4bde10090b..2f47f5b128 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/list/project-list.pug
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 						li
 							a(
 								href,
-								ng-click="openCloneProjectModal()"
+								ng-click="openCloneProjectModal(getFirstSelectedProject())"
 							) #{translate("make_copy")}
 
 				.btn-group(ng-show="filter === 'archived' && selectedProjects.length > 0")
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/main/project-list/project-list.js b/services/web/frontend/js/main/project-list/project-list.js
index 1b545716c6..236eec1d87 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/main/project-list/project-list.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/main/project-list/project-list.js
@@ -530,8 +530,7 @@ App.controller('ProjectPageController', function(
       })
   }
 
-  $scope.openCloneProjectModal = function() {
-    let project = $scope.getFirstSelectedProject()
+  $scope.openCloneProjectModal = function(project) {
     if (!project) {
       return
     }
@@ -877,24 +876,7 @@ App.controller('ProjectListItemController', function(
 
   $scope.clone = function(e) {
     e.stopPropagation()
-    $scope.project.isTableActionInflight = true
-    return $scope
-      .cloneProject($scope.project, `${$scope.project.name} (Copy)`)
-      .then(() => ($scope.project.isTableActionInflight = false))
-      .catch(function(response) {
-        const { data, status } = response
-        const error = status === 400 ? { message: data } : true
-        $modal.open({
-          templateUrl: 'showErrorModalTemplate',
-          controller: 'ShowErrorModalController',
-          resolve: {
-            error() {
-              return error
-            }
-          }
-        })
-        $scope.project.isTableActionInflight = false
-      })
+    $scope.openCloneProjectModal($scope.project)
   }
 
   $scope.download = function(e) {