diff --git a/dbrepo-identifier-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/GatewayConfig.java b/dbrepo-identifier-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/GatewayConfig.java
index 6de6ec7b06d9bf71b6184fff948aae9f63d81b34..655dbe59c4cb10bb32852331e601d59ae446ec4b 100644
--- a/dbrepo-identifier-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/GatewayConfig.java
+++ b/dbrepo-identifier-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/config/GatewayConfig.java
@@ -19,18 +19,6 @@ public class GatewayConfig {
     @Value("${spring.rabbitmq.password}")
     private String brokerPassword;
 
-    @Value("${fda.datacite.url}")
-    private String dataCiteUrl;
-
-    @Value("${fda.datacite.prefix}")
-    private String dataCitePrefix;
-
-    @Value("${fda.datacite.username}")
-    private String dataCiteUsername;
-
-    @Value("${fda.datacite.password}")
-    private String dataCitePassword;
-
     @Bean("restTemplate")
     public RestTemplate restTemplate() {
         final RestTemplate restTemplate =  new RestTemplate();
@@ -47,13 +35,4 @@ public class GatewayConfig {
         return restTemplate;
     }
 
-    @Bean("dataCiteRestTemplate")
-    public RestTemplate dataciteRestTemplate() {
-        final RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
-        restTemplate.setUriTemplateHandler(new DefaultUriBuilderFactory(dataCiteUrl));
-        restTemplate.getInterceptors()
-                .add(new BasicAuthenticationInterceptor(dataCiteUsername, dataCitePassword));
-        return restTemplate;
-    }
-
 }