diff --git a/src/epggrab.h b/src/epggrab.h
index f4d8b019..ead00f65 100644
--- a/src/epggrab.h
+++ b/src/epggrab.h
@@ -61,12 +61,18 @@ typedef struct epggrab_stats
  * Grabber Channels
  * *************************************************************************/
 
+/*
+ * Lists
+ */
+RB_HEAD(epggrab_channel_tree, epggrab_channel);
+typedef struct epggrab_channel_tree epggrab_channel_tree_t;
+
 /*
  * Grab channel
  */
 typedef struct epggrab_channel
 {
-  RB_ENTRY(epggrab_channel)  link;    ///< Global link
+  RB_ENTRY(epggrab_channel) link;     ///< Global link
   epggrab_module_t          *mod;     ///< Linked module
 
   char                      *id;      ///< Grabber's ID
@@ -74,19 +80,10 @@ typedef struct epggrab_channel
   char                      *name;    ///< Channel name
   char                      *icon;    ///< Channel icon
   int                       number;   ///< Channel number
-
-  char                      **sname;  ///< Service name's
-  uint16_t                  *sid;     ///< Service ID's
-
+  
   struct channel            *channel; ///< Mapped channel
 } epggrab_channel_t;
 
-/*
- * Channel list structure
- */
-RB_HEAD(epggrab_channel_tree, epggrab_channel);
-typedef struct epggrab_channel_tree epggrab_channel_tree_t;
-
 /*
  * Access functions
  */
@@ -95,11 +92,9 @@ htsmsg_t*         epggrab_channel_list      ( void );
 /*
  * Mutators
  */
-int epggrab_channel_set_name   ( epggrab_channel_t *ch, const char *name );
-int epggrab_channel_set_icon   ( epggrab_channel_t *ch, const char *icon );
-int epggrab_channel_set_number ( epggrab_channel_t *ch, int number );
-int epggrab_channel_set_sname  ( epggrab_channel_t *ch, const char **sname );
-int epggrab_channel_set_sid    ( epggrab_channel_t *ch, const uint16_t *sid );
+int epggrab_channel_set_name     ( epggrab_channel_t *ch, const char *name );
+int epggrab_channel_set_icon     ( epggrab_channel_t *ch, const char *icon );
+int epggrab_channel_set_number   ( epggrab_channel_t *ch, int number );
 
 /*
  * Updated/link
diff --git a/src/epggrab/channel.c b/src/epggrab/channel.c
index abd57633..16bccbad 100644
--- a/src/epggrab/channel.c
+++ b/src/epggrab/channel.c
@@ -36,39 +36,13 @@
 // returns 1 if link made
 int epggrab_channel_link ( epggrab_channel_t *ec, channel_t *ch )
 {
-  service_t *sv;
-  int match = 0, i;
+  int match = 0;
 
   if (!ec || !ch) return 0;
   if (ec->channel) return 0;
 
   if (ec->name && !strcmp(ec->name, ch->ch_name))
     match = 1;
-  else {
-    LIST_FOREACH(sv, &ch->ch_services, s_ch_link) {
-      if (ec->sid) {
-        i = 0;
-        while (ec->sid[i]) {
-          if (sv->s_dvb_service_id == ec->sid[i]) {
-            match = 1;
-            break;
-          }
-          i++;
-        }
-      }
-      if (!match && ec->sname) {
-        i = 0;
-        while (ec->sname[i]) {
-          if (!strcmp(ec->sname[i], sv->s_svcname)) {
-            match = 1;
-            break;
-          }
-          i++;
-        }
-      }
-      if (match) break;
-    }
-  }
 
   if (match) {
     tvhlog(LOG_INFO, ec->mod->id, "linking %s to %s",
@@ -129,63 +103,6 @@ int epggrab_channel_set_number ( epggrab_channel_t *ec, int number )
   return save;
 }
 
-/* Set service IDs */
-int epggrab_channel_set_sid 
-  ( epggrab_channel_t *ec, const uint16_t *sid )
-{
-  int save = 0, i;
-  if ( !ec || !sid ) return 0;
-  if (!ec->sid) save = 1;
-  else {
-    i = 0;
-    while ( ec->sid[i] && sid[i] ) {
-      if ( ec->sid[i] != sid[i] ) break;
-      i++;
-    }
-    if (ec->sid[i] || sid[i]) save = 1;
-  }
-  if (save) {
-    i = 0;
-    while (ec->sid[i++]);
-    if (ec->sid) free(ec->sid);
-    ec->sid = calloc(i, sizeof(uint16_t));
-    memcpy(ec->sid, sid, i * sizeof(uint16_t));
-  }
-  return save;
-}
-
-/* Set names */
-int epggrab_channel_set_sname ( epggrab_channel_t *ec, const char **sname )
-{
-  int save = 0, i = 0;
-  if ( !ec || !sname ) return 0;
-  if (!ec->sname) save = 1;
-  else {
-    while ( ec->sname[i] && sname[i] ) {
-      if (strcmp(ec->sname[i], sname[i])) break;
-      i++;
-    }
-    if (ec->sname[i] || sname[i]) save = 1;
-  }
-  if (save) {
-    if (ec->sname) {
-      i = 0;
-      while (ec->sname[i])
-        free(ec->sname[i++]);
-      free(ec->sname);
-    }
-    i = 0;
-    while (sname[i++]);
-    ec->sname = calloc(i+1, sizeof(char*));
-    i = 0;
-    while (sname[i]) {
-      ec->sname[i] = strdup(sname[i]);
-      i++;
-    } 
-  }
-  return save;
-}
-
 /* Channel settings updated */
 void epggrab_channel_updated ( epggrab_channel_t *ec )
 {
diff --git a/src/epggrab/module.c b/src/epggrab/module.c
index bf075455..7217426f 100644
--- a/src/epggrab/module.c
+++ b/src/epggrab/module.c
@@ -142,9 +142,7 @@ void epggrab_module_parse
 
 void epggrab_module_ch_save ( void *_m, epggrab_channel_t *ch )
 {
-  int i;
   htsmsg_t *m = htsmsg_create_map();
-  htsmsg_t *a;
   epggrab_module_t *mod = _m;
 
   if (ch->name)
@@ -153,24 +151,6 @@ void epggrab_module_ch_save ( void *_m, epggrab_channel_t *ch )
     htsmsg_add_str(m, "icon", ch->icon);
   if (ch->channel)
     htsmsg_add_u32(m, "channel", ch->channel->ch_id);
-  if (ch->sid) {
-    a = htsmsg_create_list();
-    i = 0;
-    while (ch->sid[i]) {
-      htsmsg_add_u32(a, NULL, ch->sid[i]);
-      i++;
-    }
-    htsmsg_add_msg(m, "sid", a);
-  }
-  if (ch->sname) {
-    a = htsmsg_create_list();
-    i = 0;
-    while (ch->sname[i]) {
-      htsmsg_add_str(a, NULL, ch->sname[i]);
-      i++;
-    }
-    htsmsg_add_msg(m, "sname", a);
-  }
   if (ch->number)
     htsmsg_add_u32(m, "number", ch->number);
 
@@ -210,11 +190,9 @@ void epggrab_module_ch_mod ( void *mod, channel_t *ch )
 static void _epggrab_module_channel_load 
   ( epggrab_module_t *mod, htsmsg_t *m, const char *id )
 {
-  int save = 0, i;
+  int save = 0;
   const char *str;
   uint32_t u32;
-  htsmsg_t *a;
-  htsmsg_field_t *f;
 
   epggrab_channel_t *ch = epggrab_channel_find(mod->channels, id, 1, &save, mod);
 
@@ -222,28 +200,6 @@ static void _epggrab_module_channel_load
     ch->name = strdup(str);
   if ((str = htsmsg_get_str(m, "icon")))
     ch->icon = strdup(str);
-  if ((a = htsmsg_get_list(m, "sid"))) {
-    i = 0;
-    HTSMSG_FOREACH(f, a) i++;
-    if (i) {
-      ch->sid     = calloc(i+1, sizeof(uint16_t));
-      i = 0;
-      HTSMSG_FOREACH(f, a) {
-        ch->sid[i++] = (uint16_t)f->hmf_s64;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  if ((a = htsmsg_get_list(m, "sname"))) {
-    i = 0;
-    HTSMSG_FOREACH(f, a) i++;
-    if (i) {
-      ch->sname = calloc(i+1, sizeof(char*));
-      i = 0;
-      HTSMSG_FOREACH(f, a) {
-        ch->sname[i++] = strdup(f->hmf_str);
-      }
-    }
-  }
   if(!htsmsg_get_u32(m, "number", &u32))
     ch->number = u32;
 
diff --git a/src/epggrab/module/pyepg.c b/src/epggrab/module/pyepg.c
index 8793f7d2..0d35f04b 100644
--- a/src/epggrab/module/pyepg.c
+++ b/src/epggrab/module/pyepg.c
@@ -65,13 +65,9 @@ static int _pyepg_parse_channel ( htsmsg_t *data, epggrab_stats_t *stats )
 {
   int save = 0;
   epggrab_channel_t *ch;
-  htsmsg_t *attr, *tags, *e;
-  htsmsg_field_t *f;
+  htsmsg_t *attr, *tags;
   const char *str;
   uint32_t u32;
-  const char *sname[11];
-  uint16_t sid[11];
-  int sid_idx = 0, sname_idx = 0;
   
   if ( data == NULL ) return 0;
 
@@ -90,34 +86,6 @@ static int _pyepg_parse_channel ( htsmsg_t *data, epggrab_stats_t *stats )
   if ((!htsmsg_xml_get_cdata_u32(tags, "number", &u32)))
     save |= epggrab_channel_set_number(ch, u32);
   
-  HTSMSG_FOREACH(f, tags) {
-    if (!strcmp(f->hmf_name, "sid")) {
-      if (sid_idx < 10) {
-        e = htsmsg_get_map_by_field(f);
-        if (!htsmsg_get_u32(e, "cdata", &u32)) {
-          sid[sid_idx] = (uint16_t)u32;
-          sid_idx++;
-        }
-      }
-    } else if (!strcmp(f->hmf_name, "sname")) {
-      if (sname_idx < 10) {
-        e = htsmsg_get_map_by_field(f);
-        if ((str = htsmsg_get_str(e, "cdata"))) {
-          sname[sname_idx] = str;
-          sname_idx++;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  if (sid_idx) {
-    sid[sid_idx] = 0;
-    save |= epggrab_channel_set_sid(ch, sid);
-  }
-  if (sname_idx) {
-    sname[sname_idx] = NULL;
-    save |= epggrab_channel_set_sname(ch, sname);
-  }
-
   /* Update */
   if (save) {
     epggrab_channel_updated(ch);