diff --git a/daemon/src/audio/recordable.h b/daemon/src/audio/recordable.h
index dfac994b26388f6c1a0317980730fc37da80781b..07aeb229191d03de7d3bf73cbaab77f773a0c01f 100644
--- a/daemon/src/audio/recordable.h
+++ b/daemon/src/audio/recordable.h
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ class Recordable {
          */
         void setRecordingSmplRate(int smplRate);
 
-        /**
-         * Virtual method to be implemented in order to the main
-         * buffer to retrieve the recorded id.
-         */
-        virtual std::string getRecFileId() const = 0;
-
     protected:
         AudioRecord recAudio_;
         AudioRecorder recorder_;
diff --git a/daemon/src/call.h b/daemon/src/call.h
index 784acd9e7d2935ea8234c1cf96175ef0b57bed53..da702a7e312490d001820a0cf80011255912a1a7 100644
--- a/daemon/src/call.h
+++ b/daemon/src/call.h
@@ -202,10 +202,6 @@ class Call : public Recordable {
          */
         unsigned int getLocalAudioPort();
 
-        std::string getRecFileId() const {
-            return getDisplayName();
-        }
-
         void time_stop();
         std::map<std::string, std::string> createHistoryEntry() const;
         virtual bool setRecording();
diff --git a/daemon/src/conference.cpp b/daemon/src/conference.cpp
index d40da64e58d3e9642801456af5c7409aff7b3137..a44d8d91e9961f9324bbf4b4a1d8dab88dc9de46 100644
--- a/daemon/src/conference.cpp
+++ b/daemon/src/conference.cpp
@@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ bool Conference::setRecording()
     return recordStatus;
 }
 
-std::string Conference::getRecFileId() const {
-    return getConfID();
-}
-
 std::string Conference::getConfID() const {
     return id_;
 }
diff --git a/daemon/src/conference.h b/daemon/src/conference.h
index 4ce74de722d1363ceae5e4d3ae1a9935d57788ba..56ba840ddea8e43397608461ab3f05b20fd31055 100644
--- a/daemon/src/conference.h
+++ b/daemon/src/conference.h
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ class Conference : public Recordable {
          */
         ParticipantSet getParticipantList() const;
 
-        /**
-         * Get recording file ID
-         */
-        std::string getRecFileId() const;
-
         /**
          * Start/stop recording toggle
          */