diff --git a/SAS/OTB/OTB/src/nl/astron/lofar/sas/otb/SharedVars.java b/SAS/OTB/OTB/src/nl/astron/lofar/sas/otb/SharedVars.java
index 034f377206c942e3f639b72f9aebb3b5af8b6aee..9a93deabfbbf6a852624e9e107d5382f1fc8d2f5 100644
--- a/SAS/OTB/OTB/src/nl/astron/lofar/sas/otb/SharedVars.java
+++ b/SAS/OTB/OTB/src/nl/astron/lofar/sas/otb/SharedVars.java
@@ -78,23 +78,14 @@ public class SharedVars {
      *
      * @return the OtdbRmi object
      */
-    public OtdbRmi getOTDBrmi() {
+    public static OtdbRmi getOTDBrmi() {
         return itsOtdbRmi;
     }
-    
     /** gets OTDBrmi
      * OTBrmi holds all JNI/RMI connections
      *
      * @return the OtdbRmi object
      */
-    public static OtdbRmi getStaticOTDBrmi() {
-        return itsOtdbRmi;
-    }
-     /** gets OTDBrmi
-     * OTBrmi holds all JNI/RMI connections
-     *
-     * @return the OtdbRmi object
-     */
     public static jParmFacade getJParmFacade() {
         if(itsjParmFacade == null){
             System.loadLibrary("jparmfacade");