diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py
index e903190b00c83d32af28e878422d27dc0e8e7583..a036bf90aae68950e3d97afb12a2190fcb053ba9 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py
@@ -264,10 +264,6 @@ class IdentifiableAdapter(metaclass=ABCMeta):
         """
         pass
 
-    @abstractmethod
-    def resolve_reference(self, record: db.Record):
-        pass
-
     @abstractmethod
     def get_file(self, identifiable: db.File):
         warnings.warn(
@@ -411,28 +407,6 @@ class IdentifiableAdapter(metaclass=ABCMeta):
         """
         pass
 
-    def retrieve_identified_record_for_record(
-        self, record: db.Record, referencing_entities=None
-    ):
-        """
-        This function combines all functionality of the IdentifierAdapter by
-        returning the identifiable after having checked for an appropriate
-        registered identifiable.
-
-        In case there was no appropriate registered identifiable or no identifiable could
-        be found return value is None.
-        """
-        if record.path is not None:
-            return cached_get_entity_by(path=record.path)
-        if record.id is not None:
-            return cached_get_entity_by(eid=record.id)
-
-        identifiable = self.get_identifiable(
-            record, referencing_entities=referencing_entities
-        )
-
-        return self.retrieve_identified_record_for_identifiable(identifiable)
-
     @staticmethod
     def referencing_entity_has_appropriate_type(parents, register_identifiable):
         """returns true if one of the parents is listed by the 'is_referenced_by' property
@@ -587,26 +561,6 @@ class LocalStorageIdentifiableAdapter(IdentifiableAdapter):
             return None
         return candidates[0]
 
-    def resolve_reference(self, value: db.Record):
-        if self.get_registered_identifiable(value) is None:
-            raise NotImplementedError(
-                "Non-identifiable references cannot"
-                " be used as properties in identifiables."
-            )
-            # TODO: just resolve the entity
-
-        value_identifiable = self.retrieve_identified_record_for_record(value)
-        if value_identifiable is None:
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                "The identifiable which is used as property"
-                " here has to be inserted first."
-            )
-
-        if value_identifiable.id is None:
-            raise RuntimeError("The entity has not been assigned an ID.")
-
-        return value_identifiable.id
-
 
 class CaosDBIdentifiableAdapter(IdentifiableAdapter):
     """
@@ -671,15 +625,6 @@ class CaosDBIdentifiableAdapter(IdentifiableAdapter):
             if definition.parents[0].name.lower() == rt_name.lower():
                 return definition
 
-    def resolve_reference(self, record: db.Record):
-        """
-        Current implementation just sets the id for this record
-        as a value. It needs to be verified that references all contain an ID.
-        """
-        if record.id is None:
-            return record
-        return record.id
-
     def retrieve_identified_record_for_identifiable(self, identifiable: Identifiable):
         query_string = self.create_query_for_identifiable(identifiable)
         try:
diff --git a/unittests/test_crawler.py b/unittests/test_crawler.py
index d1f713d05c908b77378092f2da5cc28836006f49..e7a03e3322da0d937bf3c1330f21b90768b478d8 100644
--- a/unittests/test_crawler.py
+++ b/unittests/test_crawler.py
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ def crawler_mocked_identifiable_retrieve():
 
     # Simulate remote server content by using the names to identify records
     # There is only a single known Record with name A
-    crawler.identifiableAdapter.retrieve_identified_record_for_record = Mock(side_effect=partial(
-        basic_retrieve_by_name_mock_up, known={"A": db.Record(id=1111, name="A")}))
     crawler.identifiableAdapter.retrieve_identified_record_for_identifiable = Mock(
         side_effect=partial(
             basic_retrieve_by_name_mock_up, known={"A": db.Record(id=1111, name="A")}))
@@ -217,9 +215,6 @@ def crawler_mocked_for_backref_test():
 
     # Simulate remote server content by using the names to identify records
     # There is only a single known Record with name A
-    crawler.identifiableAdapter.retrieve_identified_record_for_record = Mock(side_effect=partial(
-        basic_retrieve_by_name_mock_up, known={"A":
-                                               db.Record(id=1111, name="A").add_parent("BR")}))
     crawler.identifiableAdapter.retrieve_identified_record_for_identifiable = Mock(
         side_effect=partial(
             basic_retrieve_by_name_mock_up, known={"A":
@@ -342,10 +337,6 @@ def test_split_into_inserts_and_updates_simple(crawler_mocked_identifiable_retri
 
     st = SyncGraph(entlist, crawler.identifiableAdapter)
     # check setup
-    assert crawler.identifiableAdapter.retrieve_identified_record_for_record(
-        identlist[0]).id == 1111
-    assert crawler.identifiableAdapter.retrieve_identified_record_for_record(
-        identlist[1]) is None
 
     insert, update = crawler._split_into_inserts_and_updates(st)
     assert len(insert) == 1
@@ -515,10 +506,6 @@ def test_split_into_inserts_and_updates_backref(crawler_mocked_for_backref_test)
     assert st.get_equivalent(st.nodes[1]) is None
     assert st.get_equivalent(st.nodes[0]) is None
     # one can be found remotely, one not
-    assert crawler.identifiableAdapter.retrieve_identified_record_for_record(
-        identlist[0]).id == 1111
-    assert crawler.identifiableAdapter.retrieve_identified_record_for_record(
-        identlist[1]) is None
 
     # check the split...
     insert, update = crawler._split_into_inserts_and_updates(st)