diff --git a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/LegacyIds.java b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/LegacyIds.java
index 0454129397b90772a505ad5b791a823eabd3ea97..e7e869a0f5edb26c5cf05d7a87cdc06419a3675e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/LegacyIds.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/LegacyIds.java
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ public class LegacyIds extends EntityIdRegistryStrategy {
     if (!isInit) {
       init();
     }
-    ++currentMaxId;
     return Integer.toString(++currentMaxId);
   }