diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/IdentityServiceImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/IdentityServiceImpl.java
index d2427a146cc..3cd2bc93290 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/IdentityServiceImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/IdentityServiceImpl.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import javax.ejb.Local;
 import javax.naming.ConfigurationException;
 
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.IdentityMapper;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.IdentityService;
 import com.cloud.utils.component.Inject;
 import com.cloud.utils.component.Manager;
@@ -33,10 +32,6 @@ public class IdentityServiceImpl implements Manager, IdentityService {
 	
 	@Inject	private IdentityDao _identityDao;
 	
-	public Long getIdentityId(IdentityMapper mapper, String identityString) {
-		return _identityDao.getIdentityId(mapper, identityString);
-	}
-	
     public Long getIdentityId(String tableName, String identityString) {
 		return _identityDao.getIdentityId(tableName, identityString);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/dao/IdentityDao.java b/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/dao/IdentityDao.java
index 9429d1e47d0..e9149a0fe63 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/dao/IdentityDao.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/dao/IdentityDao.java
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
 
 package com.cloud.uuididentity.dao;
 
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.IdentityMapper;
 import com.cloud.server.ResourceTag.TaggedResourceType;
 import com.cloud.utils.Pair;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDao;
 
 public interface IdentityDao extends GenericDao<IdentityVO, Long> {
-	Long getIdentityId(IdentityMapper mapper, String identityString);
     Long getIdentityId(String tableName, String identityString);
 	String getIdentityUuid(String tableName, String identityString);
 	void initializeDefaultUuid(String tableName);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/dao/IdentityDaoImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/dao/IdentityDaoImpl.java
index b50cc52ddf3..49d2fa77d08 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/dao/IdentityDaoImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/uuididentity/dao/IdentityDaoImpl.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import javax.ejb.Local;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.IdentityMapper;
 import com.cloud.exception.InvalidParameterValueException;
 import com.cloud.server.ResourceTag.TaggedResourceType;
 import com.cloud.utils.Pair;
@@ -42,12 +41,6 @@ public class IdentityDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<IdentityVO, Long> implements
     public IdentityDaoImpl() {
     }
     
-    @DB
-	public Long getIdentityId(IdentityMapper mapper, String identityString) {
-    	assert(mapper.entityTableName() != null);
-    	return getIdentityId(mapper.entityTableName(), identityString);
-	}
-    
     @DB
     public Long getIdentityId(String tableName, String identityString) {
 		assert(tableName != null);