diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/WebappDaoFactory.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/WebappDaoFactory.java
index cecfe0505..a31fdf2f3 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/WebappDaoFactory.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/WebappDaoFactory.java
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ public interface WebappDaoFactory {
      * Free any resources associated with this WebappDaoFactory  
      */
     public void close();
-	
-	/**
-	 * Retrieves a map containing arbitrary key-value pairs describing this 
-	 * WebappDaoFactory
-	 */
-	public Map<String,String> getProperties();
 
 	/**
 	 * Checks a URI String for two things: well-formedness and uniqueness in the
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/WebappDaoFactoryFiltering.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/WebappDaoFactoryFiltering.java
index dd448db5f..58e9b833d 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/WebappDaoFactoryFiltering.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/filtering/WebappDaoFactoryFiltering.java
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ public class WebappDaoFactoryFiltering implements WebappDaoFactory {
 
     /* ******************* filtering *********************** */
 
-	public Map<String,String> getProperties() {
-		return innerWebappDaoFactory.getProperties();
-	}
-
     public String checkURI(String uriStr) {
     	return innerWebappDaoFactory.checkURI(uriStr);
     }
diff --git a/webapp/test/stubs/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/WebappDaoFactoryStub.java b/webapp/test/stubs/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/WebappDaoFactoryStub.java
index 7e1a7f987..d8e67cfe3 100644
--- a/webapp/test/stubs/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/WebappDaoFactoryStub.java
+++ b/webapp/test/stubs/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/WebappDaoFactoryStub.java
@@ -144,12 +144,6 @@ return this.objectPropertyStatementDao;	}
 	// Un-implemented methods
 	// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	@Override
-	public Map<String, String> getProperties() {
-		throw new RuntimeException(
-				"WebappDaoFactory.getProperties() not implemented.");
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public String checkURI(String uriStr) {
 		throw new RuntimeException(