diff --git a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaServiceProvider.cpp b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaServiceProvider.cpp
index aeed04b59dde0179ca471c345f6944a2ded06ffb..f31cd337dc3218c324522bdff343ea3a72511b15 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaServiceProvider.cpp
+++ b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaServiceProvider.cpp
@@ -50,57 +50,6 @@ XrdSsiProvider *XrdSsiProviderServer = new XrdSsiCtaServiceProvider;
 
 
 
-namespace XrdSsiPb {
-
-/*!
- * Override the Service::Prepare method
- *
- * Ensures that resource.client->name is valid. This is obtained from the KRB5 or SSS key, so
- * connections via unix sockets are not possible in this scheme.
- */
-template<>
-bool Service<cta::xrd::Request, cta::xrd::Response, cta::xrd::Alert>::Prepare(XrdSsiErrInfo &eInfo, const XrdSsiResource &resource)
-{
-   if(resource.client == nullptr || resource.client->name == nullptr)
-   {
-      eInfo.Set("Service::Prepare(): XRootD client name is not set. "
-         "Possible misconfiguration of the KRB5 or SSS keyfile.", EACCES);
-      return false;
-   }
-
-#ifdef XRDSSI_DEBUG
-   std::cerr << "[DEBUG] Service::Prepare():" << std::endl;
-   std::cerr << "[DEBUG]    Resource name: " << resource.rName << std::endl
-             << "[DEBUG]    Resource user: " << resource.rUser << std::endl
-             << "[DEBUG]    Resource info: " << resource.rInfo << std::endl
-             << "[DEBUG]    Hosts to avoid: " << resource.hAvoid << std::endl
-             << "[DEBUG]    Affinity: ";
-
-   switch(resource.affinity)
-   {
-      case XrdSsiResource::None:     std::cerr << "None" << std::endl; break;
-      case XrdSsiResource::Default:  std::cerr << "Default" << std::endl; break;
-      case XrdSsiResource::Weak:     std::cerr << "Weak" << std::endl; break;
-      case XrdSsiResource::Strong:   std::cerr << "Strong" << std::endl; break;
-      case XrdSsiResource::Strict:   std::cerr << "Strict" << std::endl; break;
-   }
-
-   std::cerr << "[DEBUG]    Resource options: "
-             << (resource.rOpts & XrdSsiResource::Reusable ? "Resuable " : "")
-             << (resource.rOpts & XrdSsiResource::Discard  ? "Discard"   : "")
-             << std::endl;
-
-   std::cerr << "[DEBUG]    Resource client protocol: " << resource.client->prot << std::endl;
-   std::cerr << "[DEBUG]    Resource client name: " << resource.client->name << std::endl;
-#endif
-
-   return true;
-}
-
-} // namespace XrdSsiPb
-
-
-
 /*!
  * Initialise the Service Provider
  */