diff --git a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/parser/AlignmentParser.java b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/parser/AlignmentParser.java
index ce0a5cc4857062d5489a7ec795c613f52b3ddbb3..34628dd2e766bbc9eb352780ce557980df54d899 100644
--- a/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/parser/AlignmentParser.java
+++ b/src/fr/inrialpes/exmo/align/parser/AlignmentParser.java
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.Annotations;
 public class AlignmentParser {
     final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger( AlignmentParser.class );
 
-    /**
-     * a URI to a process
-     */
-    protected String uri = null;
-    
     /**
      * the alignment that is parsed
      * We always create a URIAlignment (we could also use a BasicAlignment).
@@ -195,10 +190,9 @@ public class AlignmentParser {
      * This is only here for compatibility purposes
      */
     public Alignment parse( String uri ) throws AlignmentException {
-	this.uri = uri; // should be obsoloted
 	try {
 	    callParser( new URI( uri ) );
-	} catch (URISyntaxException urisex) {
+	} catch ( URISyntaxException urisex ) {
 	    throw new AlignmentException( "Invalid URI : "+uri, urisex );
 	}
 	return alignment;
@@ -209,7 +203,6 @@ public class AlignmentParser {
      * @param uri the URI
      */
     public Alignment parse( URI uri ) throws AlignmentException {
-	this.uri = uri.toString();
 	callParser( uri );
 	return alignment;
     }