diff --git a/html/typo3conf/ext/ter_fe2/Classes/Controller/Eid/ExtensionController.php b/html/typo3conf/ext/ter_fe2/Classes/Controller/Eid/ExtensionController.php
index 1dc9ce3e2f13589a2e6f203e76c645cac05471a3..a04bc240a27751de0e8f410485a8be6766ada6a8 100644
--- a/html/typo3conf/ext/ter_fe2/Classes/Controller/Eid/ExtensionController.php
+++ b/html/typo3conf/ext/ter_fe2/Classes/Controller/Eid/ExtensionController.php
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ class ExtensionController
 
     public function __construct()
     {
-        tslib_eidtools::connectDB();
         $this->databaseConnection = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB'];
 
         $this->jsonArray = array(