diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/umd/dawn/common/annotations/AspectBase.java b/src/main/java/edu/umd/dawn/common/annotations/AspectBase.java
index f6099da05742533dcbfa4e3439b996ddd068808e..dcda5ffa1716b01dfec5e41ae55653bd25ed9148 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/umd/dawn/common/annotations/AspectBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/umd/dawn/common/annotations/AspectBase.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package edu.umd.dawn.common.annotations;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
 import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
-import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Pointcut;
 import org.aspectj.lang.reflect.MethodSignature;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
@@ -14,9 +13,6 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 @Component
 public class AspectBase<T extends Annotation> {
 
-    @Pointcut(value = "execution(* *.*(..))")
-    protected void allMethods() {}
-
     protected String getFullDescriptor(ProceedingJoinPoint jointPoint) {
         String className = ((MethodSignature) jointPoint.getSignature()).getDeclaringTypeName();
         String methodName =