diff --git a/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc b/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc
index 4bf5ef80..4589a067 100644
--- a/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/modules/inetOrgPerson.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $Id$
 
   This code is part of LDAP Account Manager (http://www.ldap-account-manager.org/)
   Copyright (C) 2003 - 2006  Tilo Lutz
-                2005 - 2016  Roland Gruber
+                2005 - 2017  Roland Gruber
 
   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ $Id$
 */
 class inetOrgPerson extends baseModule implements passwordService {
 
-	/** caches the list of possible managers */
-	private $cachedManagers = null;
 	/** clear text password */
 	private $clearTextPassword = null;
 	/** cache for departments */
@@ -3495,28 +3493,6 @@ class inetOrgPerson extends baseModule implements passwordService {
 		return array();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns a list of possible managers.
-	 *
-	 * @return array list of format array(abstract DN => DN)
-	 */
-	private function getManagers() {
-		if ($this->cachedManagers != null) {
-			return $this->cachedManagers;
-		}
-		$dnUsers = searchLDAPByAttribute(null, null, 'inetOrgPerson', array('dn'), array('user'));
-		for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($dnUsers); $i++) {
-			$dnUsers[$i] = $dnUsers[$i]['dn'];
-		}
-		usort($dnUsers, 'compareDN');
-		array_unshift($dnUsers, '-');
-		$this->cachedManagers = array();
-		for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($dnUsers); $i++) {
-			$this->cachedManagers[getAbstractDN($dnUsers[$i])] = $dnUsers[$i];
-		}
-		return $this->cachedManagers;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Loads cached data from LDAP such as departmets etc.
 	 */