diff --git a/persist/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/dao/map/LayoutDao.java b/persist/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/dao/map/LayoutDao.java
index dcced37ff20799cb39e4dd4e363d3f8310136dc5..188f6e329eae824ece97577235e11c3ce98acb78 100644
--- a/persist/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/dao/map/LayoutDao.java
+++ b/persist/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/dao/map/LayoutDao.java
@@ -26,16 +26,6 @@ public class LayoutDao extends BaseDao<Layout> {
     return layouts;
   }
 
-  public long getCountByUser(User user) {
-    CriteriaBuilder builder = getSession().getCriteriaBuilder();
-    CriteriaQuery<Long> criteria = builder.createQuery(Long.class);
-    Root<Layout> root = criteria.from(Layout.class);
-
-    criteria.where(builder.equal(root.get("creator"), user));
-    criteria.select(builder.count(root));
-    return getSession().createQuery(criteria).getSingleResult();
-  }
-
   public Layout getLayoutByName(Project project, String name) {
     List<Layout> layouts = getElementsByParameter("project_id", project.getId());
     for (Layout layout : layouts) {
diff --git a/persist/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/dao/map/LayoutDaoTest.java b/persist/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/dao/map/LayoutDaoTest.java
index 8948958f37e87b7d8616c38f294b361f27ed355d..8428dae4f18c88cb1960a23d8514eb8b0dd8b7bc 100644
--- a/persist/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/dao/map/LayoutDaoTest.java
+++ b/persist/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/persist/dao/map/LayoutDaoTest.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ public class LayoutDaoTest extends PersistTestFunctions {
 
     projectDao.add(project);
 
-    assertEquals(0, layoutDao.getCountByUser(user));
     assertEquals(0, layoutDao.getLayoutsByProject(project).size());
     assertNull(layoutDao.getLayoutByName(project, tempName));
 
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ public class LayoutDaoTest extends PersistTestFunctions {
 
     assertEquals(1, layoutDao.getLayoutsByProject(project).size());
     assertNotNull(layoutDao.getLayoutByName(project, tempName));
-    assertEquals(1, layoutDao.getCountByUser(user));
 
     assertNull(layout.getInputData());