diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/controller/session/ObservationBean.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/controller/session/ObservationBean.java
index ddcc2fe2598ce689d8262c8ea9dbdf530db107c4..bcc841a88853693f81b632f303af58b4e514c31a 100755
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/controller/session/ObservationBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/controller/session/ObservationBean.java
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ public class ObservationBean {
     		File fileToDelete = new File(this.getFilePath(observation) + "/" + ill.getObservationIllustrationPK().getFileName());
     		fileToDelete.delete();
     	}
-
         return observation;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/service/ObservationService.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/service/ObservationService.java
index aea53b420ce64bc7e2c34b4c1b6d1bdcbff45242..10ef847350f9ab59f6ecf79dbe8222543d531b38 100755
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/service/ObservationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/service/ObservationService.java
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ public class ObservationService {
 							
 							if(illusMap.get("deleted") != null && ((Boolean) illusMap.get("deleted")) == true)
 							{
-								mergeObs = observationBean.deleteObservationIllustration(mergeObs, new String[] {pk.getFileName()});
+								observationBean.deleteObservationIllustration(mergeObs, new String[] {pk.getFileName()});
 							}
 							else if(illusMap.get("uploaded") != null && ((Boolean) illusMap.get("uploaded")) == false && illusMap.get("imageTextData") != null)
 							{