diff --git a/include/caosdb/entity.h b/include/caosdb/entity.h
index 5688409860a10be7a85c6f5e3686633fd9f84337..11b425f3f33fecfabc2a63fdaf001a1dd5fb92e1 100644
--- a/include/caosdb/entity.h
+++ b/include/caosdb/entity.h
@@ -459,8 +459,6 @@ protected:
   static auto CreateProtoEntity() -> ProtoEntity *;
   auto SetId(const std::string &id) -> void;
   auto SetVersionId(const std::string &id) -> void;
-
-private:
   ProtoEntity *wrapped;
   Properties properties;
   Parents parents;
diff --git a/include/caosdb/transaction_status.h b/include/caosdb/transaction_status.h
index f95b2bc0fc29a9953f5417e5f17988b1bab039ab..6f2f5cefd7b36f8c986726b4955f53381339f0a2 100644
--- a/include/caosdb/transaction_status.h
+++ b/include/caosdb/transaction_status.h
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ using caosdb::exceptions::TransactionTypeError;
  */
 class TransactionStatus {
 public:
-  // REFACTORING NEEDED: When you touch this code again consider writing a
-  // macro, because this is a lot of redundant code here...
   /**
    * Factory for an INITIAL status.
    *