diff --git a/application/ADBHausnummer/ADBHausnummer.php b/application/ADBHausnummer/ADBHausnummer.php
index 8f37028ea..e0e9f4ce5 100644
--- a/application/ADBHausnummer/ADBHausnummer.php
+++ b/application/ADBHausnummer/ADBHausnummer.php
@@ -17,17 +17,6 @@ class ADBHausnummer extends mfBaseModel {
     mfValuecache::singleton()->set("adbhausnummer-save-nesting-level-".$this->id, 0);
   }
 
-    protected function beforeUpdate($data) {
-        if(!array_key_exists("edit_by", $data)) {
-            $me = new User();
-            $me->loadMe();
-            $data["edit_by"] = $me->id;
-        }
-
-        return $data;
-    }
-
-
     public function afterSave() {
       // prevent potential infinite loop
       $nesting_level = mfValuecache::singleton()->get("adbhausnummer-save-nesting-level-".$this->id);
diff --git a/application/ADBWohneinheit/ADBWohneinheit.php b/application/ADBWohneinheit/ADBWohneinheit.php
index 6709227ec..363449209 100644
--- a/application/ADBWohneinheit/ADBWohneinheit.php
+++ b/application/ADBWohneinheit/ADBWohneinheit.php
@@ -14,16 +14,6 @@ class ADBWohneinheit extends mfBaseModel {
     $this->table = "Wohneinheit";
   }
 
-    protected function beforeUpdate($data) {
-        if(!array_key_exists("edit_by", $data)) {
-            $me = new User();
-            $me->loadMe();
-            $data["edit_by"] = $me->id;
-        }
-
-        return $data;
-    }
-
   protected function afterSave() {
     if(!$this->id) return true;
     if(!$this->hausnummer_id) return true;