diff --git a/src/Surfnet/StepupMiddleware/CommandHandlingBundle/Identity/CommandHandler/IdentityCommandHandler.php b/src/Surfnet/StepupMiddleware/CommandHandlingBundle/Identity/CommandHandler/IdentityCommandHandler.php
index 8b14beb54..2b6186675 100644
--- a/src/Surfnet/StepupMiddleware/CommandHandlingBundle/Identity/CommandHandler/IdentityCommandHandler.php
+++ b/src/Surfnet/StepupMiddleware/CommandHandlingBundle/Identity/CommandHandler/IdentityCommandHandler.php
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ public function handleCreateIdentityCommand(CreateIdentityCommand $command)
         $preferredLocale = new Locale($command->preferredLocale);
         $this->assertIsValidLocale($preferredLocale);
 
-        $institution = new Institution($command->institution);
-
         $identity = Identity::create(
             new IdentityId($command->id),
             new Institution($command->institution),
@@ -431,28 +429,4 @@ private function emailVerificationIsRequired(IdentityApi $identity)
 
         return $configuration->verifyEmailOption->isEnabled();
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Should be used until existing institution configurations have been migrated to using normalized ids
-     *
-     * @param Institution $institution
-     * @return InstitutionConfiguration
-     */
-    private function loadInstitutionConfigurationFor(Institution $institution)
-    {
-        $institution = new ConfigurationInstitution($institution->getInstitution());
-        try {
-            $institutionConfigurationId = InstitutionConfigurationId::normalizedFrom($institution);
-            $institutionConfiguration = $this->institutionConfigurationRepository->load(
-                $institutionConfigurationId->getInstitutionConfigurationId()
-            );
-        } catch (AggregateNotFoundException $exception) {
-            $institutionConfigurationId = InstitutionConfigurationId::from($institution);
-            $institutionConfiguration = $this->institutionConfigurationRepository->load(
-                $institutionConfigurationId->getInstitutionConfigurationId()
-            );
-        }
-
-        return $institutionConfiguration;
-    }
 }