diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java
index 949bd39b..78b6884b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/dao/FeedDAO.java
@@ -72,15 +72,10 @@ public class FeedDAO extends GenericDAO<Feed> {
 	}
 
 	public Feed findByUrl(String url) {
-		List<Feed> feeds = findByField(Feed_.urlHash, DigestUtils.sha1Hex(url));
-		Feed feed = Iterables.getFirst(feeds, null);
-		if (feed != null && StringUtils.equals(url, feed.getUrl())) {
-			return feed;
-		}
 
 		String normalized = FeedUtils.normalizeURL(url);
-		feeds = findByField(Feed_.normalizedUrlHash, DigestUtils.sha1Hex(normalized));
-		feed = Iterables.getFirst(feeds, null);
+		List<Feed> feeds = findByField(Feed_.normalizedUrlHash, DigestUtils.sha1Hex(normalized));
+		Feed feed = Iterables.getFirst(feeds, null);
 		if (feed != null && StringUtils.equals(normalized, feed.getNormalizedUrl())) {
 			return feed;
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/Feed.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/Feed.java
index 9e6f5af4..e5771b71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/Feed.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/model/Feed.java
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ public class Feed extends AbstractModel {
 	@Column(length = 2048, nullable = false)
 	private String url;
 
-	@Column(length = 40, nullable = false)
-	private String urlHash;
-
 	@Column(length = 2048, nullable = false)
 	private String normalizedUrl;
 
@@ -199,14 +196,6 @@ public class Feed extends AbstractModel {
 		this.disabledUntil = disabledUntil;
 	}
 
-	public String getUrlHash() {
-		return urlHash;
-	}
-
-	public void setUrlHash(String urlHash) {
-		this.urlHash = urlHash;
-	}
-
 	public String getLastModifiedHeader() {
 		return lastModifiedHeader;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/FeedService.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/FeedService.java
index 9ae903e4..334d179a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/FeedService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/services/FeedService.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ public class FeedService {
 			String normalized = FeedUtils.normalizeURL(url);
 			feed = new Feed();
 			feed.setUrl(url);
-			feed.setUrlHash(DigestUtils.sha1Hex(url));
 			feed.setNormalizedUrl(normalized);
 			feed.setNormalizedUrlHash(DigestUtils.sha1Hex(normalized));
 			feed.setDisabledUntil(new Date(0));
diff --git a/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.2.xml b/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.2.xml
index def2bbee..eb009324 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.2.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/changelogs/db.changelog-1.2.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,13 @@
 
 	<changeSet author="athou" id="drop-last-update-success">
 		<dropIndex tableName="FEEDS" indexName="disabled_lastupdated_index" />
+		<dropIndex tableName="FEEDS" indexName="lastupdated_index" />
 		<dropColumn tableName="FEEDS" columnName="lastUpdateSuccess" />
 	</changeSet>
 
+	<changeSet author="athou" id="drop-url-hash">
+		<dropIndex tableName="FEEDS" indexName="urlHash_index" />
+		<dropColumn tableName="FEEDS" columnName="urlHash" />
+	</changeSet>
+
 </databaseChangeLog>