diff --git a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/app/models/writing_conference.rb b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/app/models/writing_conference.rb
index 090f54d1f..9e22d6c1f 100644
--- a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/app/models/writing_conference.rb
+++ b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/app/models/writing_conference.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ class WritingConference
   validates :paper_title, :at_least_one => true
   before_validation :add_http
   after_save :save_writing_conference_files
-  before_save :update_co_author
   validates :url, :format => /^(http|https):\/\/(([a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5})|((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?))(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?/i, :unless => Proc.new{self.url.blank?}
 
   attr_reader :author_tokens
@@ -64,19 +63,6 @@ class WritingConference
     self.conference_co_author_ids = authors_ids
   end
 
-  def update_co_author
-    if new_record?
-      current_user = self.create_user_id
-    else
-      current_user = self.update_user_id
-    end
-
-    self.conference_co_author_ids.each do |id|
-      co_author = ConferenceCoAuthor.find(id)
-      co_author.update_attribute(:name_id, current_user)
-    end
-  end
-
   def self.search( category_id = nil )
     if category_id.to_s.size > 0
       find(:all, :conditions => {writing_conference_category_id: category_id}).desc( :is_top, :title )
diff --git a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/app/models/writing_journal.rb b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/app/models/writing_journal.rb
index 0b66a0ac3..12c7fba2f 100644
--- a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/app/models/writing_journal.rb
+++ b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/app/models/writing_journal.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ class WritingJournal
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :writing_journal_files, :allow_destroy => true
   after_save :save_writing_journal_files
   before_validation :add_http
-  #before_save :save_co_author
-  before_save :update_co_author
   validates :paper_title, :at_least_one => true
   validates :url, :format => /^(http|https):\/\/(([a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5})|((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?))(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?/i, :unless => Proc.new{self.url.blank?}
 
@@ -65,35 +63,6 @@ class WritingJournal
     self.journal_co_author_ids = authors_ids
   end
 
-  def update_co_author
-    if new_record?
-      current_user = self.create_user_id
-    else
-      current_user = self.update_user_id
-    end
-
-    self.journal_co_author_ids.each do |id|
-      co_author = JournalCoAuthor.find(id)
-      co_author.update_attribute(:name_id, current_user)
-    end
-  end
-  # old method
-  #def save_co_author
-  #  authors_list = authors.split(",").map{|n| n.strip.gsub(/\s+/," ")}.reject{|n| n.empty? }
-  #  if new_record?
-  #    current_user = create_user_id
-  #  else
-  #    current_user = update_user_id
-  #  end
-
-  #  authors_db = JournalCoAuthor.where(:name_id => current_user).map(&:co_author)
-  #  authors_list.delete(User.find(current_user).name)
-  #  authors_list = authors_list.delete_if{|author| authors_db.include?author}
-  #  authors_list.each do |author|
-  #    JournalCoAuthor.new(:co_author => author, :name_id => current_user).save
-  #  end
-  #end
-
   def self.search( category_id = nil )
     if category_id.to_s.size > 0
       find(:all, :conditions => {writing_journal_category_id: category_id}).desc( :is_top, :title )
diff --git a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/db/seeds.rb b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/db/seeds.rb
index ceb5035a7..c9de3f1cd 100644
--- a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/db/seeds.rb
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ end
   FactoryGirl.create(:journal_co_author_relation)
 end
 
-4.times do
-  50.times do
-    FactoryGirl.create(:writing_journal)
-  end
+50.times do
+  FactoryGirl.create(:writing_journal)
 end
 
 50.times do