diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PrimitiveRdfEdit.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PrimitiveRdfEdit.java
index 75e4d63a7..0ff5ebdd9 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PrimitiveRdfEdit.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PrimitiveRdfEdit.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.shared.Lock;
 
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.LoginStatusBean;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.Actions;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.auth.requestedAction.usepages.UseBasicAjaxControllers;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
@@ -166,10 +165,4 @@ public class PrimitiveRdfEdit extends VitroAjaxController {
     
     Log log = LogFactory.getLog(PrimitiveRdfEdit.class.getName());
 
-
-    static public boolean checkLoginStatus(HttpServletRequest request){
-    	return LoginStatusBean.getBean(request).isLoggedIn();
-    }
-
-
 }