diff --git a/capabilities.json b/capabilities.json
index 415bea5..79d6d14 100644
--- a/capabilities.json
+++ b/capabilities.json
@@ -285,7 +285,14 @@
         }
     },
     "sorting": {
-        "default": {}
+        "implicit": {
+            "clauses": [
+                {
+                    "role": "Weight",
+                    "direction": 1
+                }
+            ]
+        }
     },
     "supportsKeyboardFocus": true,
     "supportsSynchronizingFilterState": true
diff --git a/src/sankeyDiagram.ts b/src/sankeyDiagram.ts
index c6e3e23..917487c 100644
--- a/src/sankeyDiagram.ts
+++ b/src/sankeyDiagram.ts
@@ -1379,12 +1379,6 @@ export class SankeyDiagram implements IVisual {
         columns: SankeyDiagramColumn[],
         scale: SankeyDiagramScaleSettings,
         viewportHeight: number, ignoreSelfLinkWeight: boolean): void {
-        if (sort !== "") {
-            let [sortBy, order] = sort.split("|");
-            sortBy = sortBy === "Value" ? "weight" : "name";
-            let asc: boolean = order === "1";
-            nodes = this.sortColumns(nodes, columns, asc, sortBy);
-        }
         let shiftByAxisY: number = SankeyDiagram.DefaultOffset,
             currentX: number = SankeyDiagram.DefaultPosition,
             index: number = SankeyDiagram.DefaultIndex;
@@ -1407,7 +1401,7 @@ export class SankeyDiagram implements IVisual {
 
             node.x *= scale.x;
 
-            let selfLinkHeight: number = d3.max(node.links.filter(l => l.direction === SankeyLinkDirrections.SelfLink).map(l => l.weigth));
+            let selfLinkHeight: number = d3.max(node.links.filter(l => l.directio SankeyLinkDirrections.SelfLink).map(l => l.weigth));
 
             if (!selfLinkHeight) {
                 selfLinkHeight = 0;