diff --git a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/JobService.java b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/JobService.java
index 852b05fb1dc58529a3f1874b9ca792eb88392cab..7e7e537c81780ffa5b5f4f12633bbb75f8de75ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/JobService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/JobService.java
@@ -151,26 +151,10 @@ public class JobService {
         if (isAsyncRecall(transfer)) {
             asyncTransfService.startJob(job);
             return transfer;
+        } else {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException("Unsupported pullToVoSpace transfer");
         }
 
-        for (Protocol protocol : transfer.getProtocols()) {
-            switch (protocol.getUri()) {
-                case "ivo://ivoa.net/vospace/core#httpget":
-                    String nodeUri = transfer.getTarget();
-                    String contentUri = protocol.getEndpoint();
-                    uriService.setNodeRemoteLocation(nodeUri, contentUri);
-                    Transfer negotiatedTransfer = uriService.getNegotiatedTransfer(job, transfer);
-                    setJobResults(job, transfer);
-                    // Special case: import of a node from a portal file server
-                    // doesn't imply file transfer, so it can be set to completed
-                    job.setPhase(ExecutionPhase.COMPLETED);
-                    return negotiatedTransfer;
-                default:
-                    throw new InvalidArgumentException("Unsupported pullToVoSpace protocol: " + protocol.getUri());
-            }
-        }
-
-        throw new InvalidArgumentException("Transfer contains no protocols");
     }
 
     private boolean isAsyncRecall(Transfer transfer) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/UriService.java b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/UriService.java
index 41ce695889ed0b96aa7cea5556fe4db5b8639bd6..1dad3e5a4e662a18d05a49766ac17faecb569505 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/UriService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/UriService.java
@@ -282,25 +282,6 @@ public class UriService {
         return rapClient.exchangeToken(exchangeRequest, servletRequest);
     }
 
-    public void setNodeRemoteLocation(String nodeUri, String contentUri) {
-
-        URL url;
-        try {
-            url = new URL(contentUri);
-        } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
-            throw new InternalFaultException(ex);
-        }
-
-        Location location = locationDAO.findPortalLocation(url.getHost()).orElseThrow(()
-                -> new InternalFaultException("No registered location found for host " + url.getHost()));
-
-        String vosPath = URIUtils.returnVosPathFromNodeURI(nodeUri, authority);
-
-        // String fileName = url.getPath().substring(url.getPath().lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
-
-        nodeDao.setNodeLocation(vosPath, location.getId());
-    }
-
     public Transfer getTransfer(JobSummary job) {
 
         List<Object> jobPayload = job.getJobInfo().getAny();
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/persistence/LocationDAO.java b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/persistence/LocationDAO.java
index 6ad10aa03c42a2908bd536278653981c5e3861fb..71d86f37ee6dace04a5d44e4c0889080b4c66fa7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/persistence/LocationDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/persistence/LocationDAO.java
@@ -32,21 +32,6 @@ public class LocationDAO {
         jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(dataSource);
     }
 
-    public Optional<Location> findPortalLocation(String host) {
-
-        String sql = "SELECT location_id, location_type, storage_src_id, storage_dest_id,\n"
-                + "storage_id, storage_type, base_path, base_url, hostname\n"
-                + "FROM location l\n"
-                + "JOIN storage s ON l.storage_src_id = s.storage_id OR l.storage_dest_id = s.storage_id\n"
-                + "WHERE hostname = ?";
-
-        return jdbcTemplate.query(sql, ps -> {
-            ps.setString(1, host);
-        }, rs -> {
-            return getLocation(rs, () -> new IllegalStateException("Found multiple locations for the same hostname"));
-        });
-    }
-
     public Optional<Location> getNodeLocation(String vosPath) {
 
         String sql = "SELECT l.location_id, location_type, storage_src_id, storage_dest_id,\n"
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/TransferControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/TransferControllerTest.java
index f38085bb40bf613bd3c64ac5d34a6613999696a3..d2dc0862b243e0a060687816173adc1c4e248248 100644
--- a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/TransferControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/TransferControllerTest.java
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ public class TransferControllerTest {
         portalStorage.setHostname("archive.lbto.org");
         portalStorage.setBaseUrl("/files");
         portalLocation.setSource(portalStorage);
-        when(locationDao.getNodeLocation(eq("/portalnode"))).thenReturn(Optional.of(portalLocation));
-        when(locationDao.findPortalLocation(any())).thenReturn(Optional.of(portalLocation));
+        when(locationDao.getNodeLocation(eq("/portalnode"))).thenReturn(Optional.of(portalLocation));        
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/UriServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/UriServiceTest.java
index 88a778efca89acb61b1b1b7bc9d1132b07f197f8..10066cdb40309c270dc2bba38dfcbca532e3fc15 100644
--- a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/UriServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/UriServiceTest.java
@@ -399,22 +399,6 @@ public class UriServiceTest {
             uriService.getNegotiatedTransfer(job, tr);
         });
     }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void setNodeRemoteLocationTest() {
-
-        String nodeUri = "vos://example.com!vospace/test/f1/lbtfile.fits";
-        String contentUri = "http://archive.lbto.org/files/lbtfile.fits";
-
-        Location location = new Location();
-        location.setId(5);
-
-        when(locationDAO.findPortalLocation(eq("archive.lbto.org"))).thenReturn(Optional.of(location));
-
-        uriService.setNodeRemoteLocation(nodeUri, contentUri);
-
-        verify(nodeDAO).setNodeLocation(eq("/test/f1/lbtfile.fits"), eq(5));
-    }
 
     @Test
     public void testSetSyncTransferEndpointsPullFromVoSpace() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/persistence/LocationDAOTest.java b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/persistence/LocationDAOTest.java
index 2e4cea4d99549973c2ff6b908e06a4b194c531b8..1fb822a4c6cf76c2b40d1988c6dcc1679959d2e3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/persistence/LocationDAOTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/persistence/LocationDAOTest.java
@@ -34,26 +34,6 @@ public class LocationDAOTest {
         dao = new LocationDAO(dataSource);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testGetPortalLocation() {
-
-        String hostname = "archive.lbto.org";
-
-        Optional<Location> optLocation = dao.findPortalLocation(hostname);
-        assertTrue(optLocation.isPresent());
-
-        Location location = optLocation.get();
-
-        assertEquals(hostname, location.getSource().getHostname());
-        assertNotNull(location.getSource().getBaseUrl());
-        assertNull(location.getSource().getBasePath());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testInexistentLocation() {
-        assertTrue(dao.findPortalLocation("foo").isEmpty());
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testGetRootLocation() {
         dao.getNodeLocation("/");