diff --git a/service/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/services/impl/ProjectService.java b/service/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/services/impl/ProjectService.java
index d73022892d9183f7742b3ca389118c38be6caff3..b72c7379b2c6e359f28933ee094d9ce116ecfa2d 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/services/impl/ProjectService.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/services/impl/ProjectService.java
@@ -183,12 +183,6 @@ public class ProjectService implements IProjectService {
   @Autowired
   private CommentDao commentDao;
 
-  /**
-   * Service that provides password encoding.
-   */
-  @Autowired
-  private PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder;
-
   /**
    * Module that allows to annotate maps.
    */
@@ -889,23 +883,6 @@ public class ProjectService implements IProjectService {
     this.commentService = commentService;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @return the passwordEncoder
-   * @see #passwordEncoder
-   */
-  public PasswordEncoder getPasswordEncoder() {
-    return passwordEncoder;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @param passwordEncoder
-   *          the passwordEncoder to set
-   * @see #passwordEncoder
-   */
-  public void setPasswordEncoder(PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder) {
-    this.passwordEncoder = passwordEncoder;
-  }
-
   /**
    * @return the commentDao
    * @see #commentDao