diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index ac82065247c29ee6a389bcec0df25d1b385f12e0..d6056693bc93d63961bc048abfca8d27ecb5df44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -722,22 +722,6 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 		return results.getJSONArray("rows").optJSONObject(0).optInt("value");
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public final int countActiveUsers(final long since) {
-		try {
-			final View view = new View("statistic/count_active_users");
-			view.setStartKey(String.valueOf(since));
-			final ViewResults results = getDatabase().view(view);
-			if (isEmptyResults(results)) {
-				return 0;
-			}
-			return results.getJSONArray("rows").optJSONObject(0).getInt("value");
-		} catch (final Exception e) {
-			LOGGER.error("Error while retrieving active users count", e);
-		}
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	private boolean isEmptyResults(final ViewResults results) {
 		return results == null || results.getResults().isEmpty() || results.getJSONArray("rows").size() == 0;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
index 84b9e16f87fd78c5a4f94fba182b479b1b40422c..7ae33cbc12fd54bac634a812cbe1b6771de1cd75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/IDatabaseDao.java
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ public interface IDatabaseDao {
 
 	List<Answer> getFreetextAnswers(String questionId);
 
-	int countActiveUsers(long since);
-
 	List<Answer> getMyAnswers(User me, String sessionKey);
 
 	int getTotalAnswerCount(String sessionKey);
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java b/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
index ec428ad3bb12d86b5ba9b551eefa968053b7449d..b799f6884ea6cd1e5c93b04162607f4e054be7cf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/StubDatabaseDao.java
@@ -230,11 +230,6 @@ public class StubDatabaseDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public int countActiveUsers(long since) {
-		return stubUsers.size();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public List<Answer> getMyAnswers(User user, String sessionKey) {
 		return new ArrayList<Answer>();