diff --git a/caosdb-proto b/caosdb-proto
index 8febce70a96b3322d61a74e4567ade8b33f75369..d7c971a329fcb4ead0b487aa1209b270c54ef541 160000
--- a/caosdb-proto
+++ b/caosdb-proto
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8febce70a96b3322d61a74e4567ade8b33f75369
+Subproject commit d7c971a329fcb4ead0b487aa1209b270c54ef541
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionServiceImpl.java
index f3e3bd0af91b2601a6d70d9e8c012f1545c7dd5f..6d0995e8d321f87ab3da05d701dd72c27479da30 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionServiceImpl.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils;
 import org.caosdb.api.entity.v1alpha1.Entity;
 import org.caosdb.api.entity.v1alpha1.Entity.Builder;
 import org.caosdb.api.entity.v1alpha1.EntityTransactionServiceGrpc.EntityTransactionServiceImplBase;
-import org.caosdb.api.entity.v1alpha1.FullEntityRequest;
 import org.caosdb.api.entity.v1alpha1.IdResponse;
 import org.caosdb.api.entity.v1alpha1.MessageCode;
 import org.caosdb.api.entity.v1alpha1.MultiTransactionRequest;
@@ -292,8 +291,7 @@ public class EntityTransactionServiceImpl extends EntityTransactionServiceImplBa
     return builder.build();
   }
 
-  private IdResponse insert(final FullEntityRequest insertRequest) throws Exception {
-    final Entity insertEntity = insertRequest.getEntity();
+  private IdResponse insert(final Entity insertEntity) throws Exception {
 
     final org.caosdb.api.entity.v1alpha1.IdResponse.Builder builder = IdResponse.newBuilder();
     final WritableContainer container =