diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/sample/columns/SampleModel.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/sample/columns/SampleModel.java
index b1e1d7d53537481a076eb2b45e55fcceca5cf045..5a134478cb0a41ebd8d92c34b8e1d93078327855 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/sample/columns/SampleModel.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/ui/sample/columns/SampleModel.java
@@ -70,16 +70,6 @@ public final class SampleModel extends AbstractEntityModel<Sample>
         return columns;
     }
 
-    public static ColumnDefsAndConfigs<Sample> createBasicColumnsSchema(
-            IMessageProvider messageProvider)
-    {
-        assert messageProvider != null : "message provider needed to create table headers";
-
-        ColumnDefsAndConfigs<Sample> columns = new ColumnDefsAndConfigs<Sample>();
-        columns.addColumns(createCommonColumnsSchema(messageProvider));
-        return columns;
-    }
-
     // here we create the columns definition having just one table row. We need them only to render
     // column values (headers have been already created), so no message provider is needed.
     private static List<IColumnDefinitionUI<Sample>> createColumnsSchema(Sample sample)