diff --git a/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js b/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
index 94020be2b..280e9492f 100644
--- a/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
+++ b/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
@@ -824,7 +824,6 @@ function handleClientReady(client, message)
       }
       
       //Save the revision and the author id in sessioninfos
-      sessioninfos[client.id].rev = pad.getHeadRevisionNumber();
       sessioninfos[client.id].author = author;
       
       //prepare the notification for the other users on the pad, that this user joined