diff --git a/daemons/ganeti-rapi b/daemons/ganeti-rapi
index c0dd10436017c441d0be26fb181a05d8aacbceef..00654e1df23c8be31da080a1e214777de9d58a3c 100755
--- a/daemons/ganeti-rapi
+++ b/daemons/ganeti-rapi
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ class RemoteApiHttpServer(http.auth.HttpServerRequestAuthentication,
 
     try:
       result = ctx.handler_fn()
-      sn = ctx.handler.getSerialNumber()
-      if sn:
-        req.response_headers[http.HTTP_ETAG] = str(sn)
     except luxi.TimeoutError:
       raise http.HttpGatewayTimeout()
     except luxi.ProtocolError, err:
diff --git a/lib/rapi/baserlib.py b/lib/rapi/baserlib.py
index 020d7bcba06057c73c849c46bb09b3a055f08178..1f23f43bb7aaa928220aa48445e7a4ec5f0fb60a 100644
--- a/lib/rapi/baserlib.py
+++ b/lib/rapi/baserlib.py
@@ -233,13 +233,6 @@ class R_Generic(object):
     self.items = items
     self.queryargs = queryargs
     self.req = req
-    self.sn = None
-
-  def getSerialNumber(self):
-    """Get Serial Number.
-
-    """
-    return self.sn
 
   def _checkIntVariable(self, name, default=0):
     """Return the parsed value of an int argument.