diff --git a/api/handlers/refererhandler.py b/api/handlers/refererhandler.py
index 8174b53fac0b67c8d98449c158059eb52593cdcd..7ef10db5020ec6a7527a530aced67ed9e891ffdc 100644
--- a/api/handlers/refererhandler.py
+++ b/api/handlers/refererhandler.py
@@ -29,16 +29,9 @@ class RefererHandler(base.RequestHandler):
     __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
 
     storage = abstractproperty()
-    storage_schema_file = abstractproperty()
     payload_schema_file = abstractproperty()
     permchecker = containerauth.default_referer
 
-    @property
-    def mongo_validator(self):
-        mongo_schema_uri = validators.schema_uri('mongo', self.storage_schema_file)
-        mongo_validator = validators.decorator_from_schema_path(mongo_schema_uri)
-        return mongo_validator
-
     @property
     def input_validator(self):
         input_schema_uri = validators.schema_uri('input', self.payload_schema_file)
@@ -57,7 +50,6 @@ class RefererHandler(base.RequestHandler):
 
 class AnalysesHandler(RefererHandler):
     storage = containerstorage.AnalysisStorage()
-    storage_schema_file = 'analysis.json'
     payload_schema_file = 'analysis.json'