diff --git a/routes/methods.js b/routes/methods.js
index d0cb8b218a0f02612ae6725afa516bad4c8898e0..330df56926d2980be2708189b3dcd2f221f80f4f 100644
--- a/routes/methods.js
+++ b/routes/methods.js
@@ -6,34 +6,6 @@ var methods = {
 		console.log('Current Date is: ' + new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10));
     },
     // ===================== user db =====================
-    /*
-    getUserByEmail: function(email, callback) {
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT salutation, title, firstname, lastname, industry, organisation, speciality FROM user WHERE email = "' +email+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
-            if (err) {
-                throw err;
-            }
-            else {
-                if ( rows.length > 0) {
-                    user = rows[0];
-                }
-            }
-            callback(user, err);
-        });
-    },
-	checkUserEmail: function(email, callback) {
-        var user;
-        dbconn.user.query('SELECT id, email FROM user WHERE email = "' +email+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
-            if (err) {
-                throw err;
-            }
-            else {
-                if ( rows.length > 0) {
-                    user = rows[0];
-                }
-            }
-            callback(err, user);
-        });
-    },
     getUserIdByEmail: function(email, callback) {
         var userId
         dbconn.user.query('SELECT id FROM user WHERE email = "' +email+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
@@ -48,19 +20,20 @@ var methods = {
             callback(userId, err);
         });
     },
+/*
     getUserProjectRole: function(userId, callback) {
         dbconn.user.query('SELECT project_id, role_id FROM user_project_role WHERE user_id = "' +userId+'"', function (err, rows, fields) {
             if (err) throw err;
             callback(rows, err);
         });
     },
+    */
     addUserProjectRole: function(data, callback) {
         dbconn.user.query('INSERT INTO user_project_role SET ?', data, function (err, results, fields){
             if (err) throw err;
             callback(err);
         })
     },
-    */
     // ======================= project db =======================
     getAllProjects: function(callback) {
         dbconn.project.query('CALL getAllprojects', function (err, rows, fields){