diff --git a/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/map/kinetics/SbmlKinetics.java b/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/map/kinetics/SbmlKinetics.java
index 9afbed70259bc3c19c200aad3bc04d877675a14d..9420e5e4d53debfdb48837b241003f2e92df0459 100644
--- a/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/map/kinetics/SbmlKinetics.java
+++ b/model/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/model/map/kinetics/SbmlKinetics.java
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ public class SbmlKinetics implements Serializable {
   private String definition;
 
   public SbmlKinetics(SbmlKinetics original) {
-    logger.debug(original.getDefinition());
     this.definition = original.getDefinition();
     for (SbmlArgument argument : original.getArguments()) {
       addArgument(argument.copy());
@@ -160,4 +159,8 @@ public class SbmlKinetics implements Serializable {
     return new SbmlKinetics(this);
   }
 
+  public void removeElement(Element elementToRemove) {
+    elements.remove(elementToRemove);
+  }
+
 }