diff --git a/src/dashboard/dashboard.js b/src/dashboard/dashboard.js
index b5f1aba..19bfd36 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/dashboard.js
+++ b/src/dashboard/dashboard.js
@@ -249,12 +249,6 @@ class Dashboard extends Component {
 
   };
 
-
-  widgetStatusChange(updated_widget, key) {
-    // Widget changed internally, make changes effective then save them
-    this.widgetChange(updated_widget, key, this.saveChanges);
-  }
-
   widgetChange(widget, index, callback = null) {
     let temp = this.state.widgetChangeData;
     temp.push(widget);
@@ -383,19 +377,6 @@ class Dashboard extends Component {
     this.setState({ editing: false, widgetChangeData: [] });
   };
 
-  saveChanges() {
-    // Transform to a list
-    const dashboard = Object.assign({}, this.state.dashboard.toJS(), {
-      widgets: this.transformToWidgetsList(this.state.widgets)
-    });
-
-    AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-      type: 'dashboards/start-edit',
-      data: dashboard,
-      token: this.state.sessionToken
-    });
-  }
-
   cancelEditing() {
     //raw widget has no id -> cannot be deleted in its original form
     this.state.widgets.forEach(widget => {
@@ -534,7 +515,6 @@ class Dashboard extends Component {
                   onChange={this.widgetChange.bind(this)}
 
                   onWidgetChange={this.widgetChange.bind(this)}
-                  onWidgetStatusChange={this.widgetStatusChange.bind(this)}
                   editing={this.state.editing}
                   grid={grid}
                   paused={this.state.paused}
@@ -561,7 +541,6 @@ class Dashboard extends Component {
                     onChange={this.widgetChange.bind(this)}
 
                     onWidgetChange={this.widgetChange.bind(this)}
-                    onWidgetStatusChange={this.widgetStatusChange.bind(this)}
                     editing={this.state.editing}
                     paused={this.state.paused}
                   />
diff --git a/src/widget/widget-context-menu.js b/src/widget/widget-context-menu.js
index fd8f5c5..b869966 100644
--- a/src/widget/widget-context-menu.js
+++ b/src/widget/widget-context-menu.js
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ class WidgetContextMenu extends React.Component {
     <Widget
               data={this.props.widget}
               onWidgetChange={this.props.onWidgetChange}
-              onWidgetStatusChange={this.props.onWidgetStatusChange}
               editing={this.props.editing}
               index={this.props.index}
               paused={this.props.paused}
diff --git a/src/widget/widget.js b/src/widget/widget.js
index e2eb782..4a9322c 100644
--- a/src/widget/widget.js
+++ b/src/widget/widget.js
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ class Widget extends React.Component {
       return <WidgetSlider
         widget={widget}
         editing={this.props.editing}
-        onWidgetChange={(w) => this.props.onWidgetStatusChange(w, this.props.index) }
         onInputChanged={(value, controlID, controlValue) => this.inputDataChanged(widget, value, controlID, controlValue)}
         signals={this.state.signals}
       />
diff --git a/src/widget/widgets/slider.js b/src/widget/widgets/slider.js
index 36d1fe9..23360d4 100644
--- a/src/widget/widgets/slider.js
+++ b/src/widget/widgets/slider.js
@@ -76,27 +76,6 @@ class WidgetSlider extends Component {
     }
   }
 
-  componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Readonly<P>, prevState: Readonly<S>, snapshot: SS): void {
-    // Check if the orientation changed, update the size if it did
-    // this part didn't work -> dimensions and constraints are now handled by the edit orientation component
-    if (this.props.widget.customProperties.orientation !== prevProps.widget.customProperties.orientation) {
-      let baseWidget = this.props.widget;
-
-      // Exchange dimensions and constraints
-      let newWidget = Object.assign({}, baseWidget, {
-        width: baseWidget.height,
-        height: baseWidget.width,
-        minWidth: baseWidget.minHeight,
-        minHeight: baseWidget.minWidth,
-        maxWidth: baseWidget.customProperties.maxHeight,
-        maxHeight: baseWidget.customProperties.maxWidth
-      });
-
-      this.props.onWidgetChange(newWidget);
-    }
-
-  }
-
   valueIsChanging(newValue) {
     this.props.widget.customProperties.value = newValue;
     if (this.props.widget.customProperties.continous_update)