diff --git a/modules/identity.js b/modules/identity.js
index c367843..43920ce 100644
--- a/modules/identity.js
+++ b/modules/identity.js
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ SnowlIdentity.create = function(sourceID, externalID, name, homeURL, iconURL) {
     "INSERT INTO identities (sourceID, externalID, personID) " +
     "VALUES                 (:sourceID, :externalID, :personID)"
   );
-//  let identityStatement = SnowlDatastore.createStatement(
-//    "INSERT INTO identities (sourceID, externalID, personID, placesID) " +
-//    "VALUES (:sourceID, :externalID, :personID, :placesID)"
-//  );
 
   try {
     personStatement.params.name = name;
@@ -124,26 +120,9 @@ SnowlIdentity.create = function(sourceID, externalID, name, homeURL, iconURL) {
       "SET    placeID = " + placeID +
       " WHERE      id = " + personID);
 
-    // XXX lookup favicon in collections table rather than hardcoding
-    let iconURI =
-      iconURL ? URI.get(iconURL) :
-      homeURL ? SnowlSource.faviconSvc.getFaviconForPage(homeURL) :
-      URI.get("chrome://snowl/skin/person-16.png");
-
-    // Create places record, placesID stored into people table record.
-//SnowlPlaces._log.info("Author name:iconURI.spec - " + name + " : " + iconURI.spec);
-    let placesID = SnowlPlaces.persistPlace("identities",
-                                             personID,
-                                             name,
-                                             null, // homeURL,
-                                             null, // externalID,
-                                             iconURI,
-                                             sourceID);
-
     identityStatement.params.sourceID = sourceID;
     identityStatement.params.externalID = externalID;
     identityStatement.params.personID = personID;
-//    identityStatement.params.placesID = placesID;
     identityStatement.step();
     let identityID = SnowlDatastore.dbConnection.lastInsertRowID;