diff --git a/app/admin/role.rb b/app/admin/role.rb
index dc386de..378fe2d 100644
--- a/app/admin/role.rb
+++ b/app/admin/role.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # [+Copyright:+] Digital Curation Centre and University of California Curation Center
 
 ActiveAdmin.register Role do
-	permit_params :name, :role_in_plans
+	permit_params :name
 
 	menu :priority => 5, :label => proc{I18n.t('admin.role')}, :parent => "User management"
 
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     show do
 		attributes_table do
 			row :name
-            row :role_in_plans
 			row :created_at
 			row :updated_at
 		end
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@
 	form do |f|
         f.inputs "Details" do
             f.input :name
-            f.input :role_in_plans
         end    
 	  
         f.actions    
diff --git a/app/models/role.rb b/app/models/role.rb
index dbe0a80..47b3959 100644
--- a/app/models/role.rb
+++ b/app/models/role.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 class Role < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_and_belongs_to_many :users, :join_table => :users_roles
   
-  belongs_to :resource, :polymorphic => true
-  
-  attr_accessible :name, :role_in_plans, :resource_id, :resource_type, :as => [:default, :admin]
+  attr_accessible :name, :as => [:default, :admin]
   
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20161115123658_remove_unused_fields_from_roles.rb b/db/migrate/20161115123658_remove_unused_fields_from_roles.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f768cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20161115123658_remove_unused_fields_from_roles.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class RemoveUnusedFieldsFromRoles < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    remove_column :roles, :role_in_plans, :boolean
+    remove_column :roles, :resource_id, :integer
+    remove_column :roles, :resource_type, :string
+  end
+end