diff --git a/conversion_utils/conllu_to_tei.py b/conversion_utils/conllu_to_tei.py
index 5915a79..8a9c46c 100644
--- a/conversion_utils/conllu_to_tei.py
+++ b/conversion_utils/conllu_to_tei.py
@@ -265,8 +265,6 @@ def convert_file(input_file_name, output_file_name):
     tree.write(output_file_name, pretty_print=True, encoding='utf-8')
 
 
-system = 'jos' # default (TODO: make this cleaner)
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import argparse
     from glob import glob
diff --git a/conversion_utils/tei_to_dictionary.py b/conversion_utils/tei_to_dictionary.py
index 89992cb..1b58447 100644
--- a/conversion_utils/tei_to_dictionary.py
+++ b/conversion_utils/tei_to_dictionary.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ def convert(input_file_name, output_file_name):
 
     for parsed_unit in parsed_units:
         entry = lxml.SubElement(output_root, 'entry')
-        entry.set('sid', get_xml_id(parsed_unit))
         head = lxml.SubElement(entry, 'head')
         headword = lxml.SubElement(head, 'headword')
         lemma_text = get_parsed_unit_string(parsed_unit)