diff --git a/assignment-client/src/entities/EntityServer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/entities/EntityServer.cpp
index 01d48cb0b2..d2bcbf2886 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/entities/EntityServer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/entities/EntityServer.cpp
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ void EntityServer::startDynamicDomainVerification() {
 
                     if (networkReply->error() == QNetworkReply::NoError) {
                         if (jsonObject["domain_id"].toString() != thisDomainID) {
-                            if (entity->getCreatedAgo() > (_MAXIMUM_DYNAMIC_DOMAIN_VERIFICATION_TIMER_MS/MSECS_PER_SECOND)) {
+                            if (entity->getAge() > (_MAXIMUM_DYNAMIC_DOMAIN_VERIFICATION_TIMER_MS/MSECS_PER_SECOND)) {
                                 qCDebug(entities) << "Entity's cert's domain ID" << jsonObject["domain_id"].toString()
                                     << "doesn't match the current Domain ID" << thisDomainID << "; deleting entity" << i.value();
                                 tree->deleteEntity(i.value(), true);
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h
index 962babb558..0303964e18 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h
@@ -222,10 +222,6 @@ public:
 
     quint64 getCreated() const; /// get the created-time in useconds for the entity
     void setCreated(quint64 value); /// set the created-time in useconds for the entity
-    float getCreatedAgo() const /// Elapsed seconds since this entity was created
-    {
-        return (float)(usecTimestampNow() - getCreated()) / (float)USECS_PER_SECOND;
-    }
 
     /// is this entity immortal, in that it has no lifetime set, and will exist until manually deleted
     bool isImmortal() const { return getLifetime() == ENTITY_ITEM_IMMORTAL_LIFETIME; }