diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php
index 547fa6b043..20430d4e80 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
         $what           = config('firefly.shortNamesByFullName')[$account->accountType->type];
         $subTitle       = trans('firefly.edit_' . $what . '_account', ['name' => $account->name]);
         $subTitleIcon   = config('firefly.subIconsByIdentifier.' . $what);
-        $openingBalance = $repository->openingBalanceTransaction($account);
+        $openingBalance = $account->openingBalanceTransaction($account);
 
         // put previous url in session if not redirect from store (not "return_to_edit").
         if (session('accounts.edit.fromUpdate') !== true) {
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php
index beac239765..a9849afaad 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php
@@ -158,23 +158,4 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
         return $first;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param Account $account
-     *
-     * @return TransactionJournal|null
-     */
-    public function openingBalanceTransaction(Account $account): TransactionJournal
-    {
-        $journal = TransactionJournal
-            ::sortCorrectly()
-            ->leftJoin('transactions', 'transactions.transaction_journal_id', '=', 'transaction_journals.id')
-            ->where('transactions.account_id', $account->id)
-            ->transactionTypes([TransactionType::OPENING_BALANCE])
-            ->first(['transaction_journals.*']);
-        if (is_null($journal)) {
-            return new TransactionJournal;
-        }
-
-        return $journal;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php b/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php
index 8416620654..6743371d97 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php
@@ -78,12 +78,4 @@ interface AccountRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function oldestJournalDate(Account $account): Carbon;
 
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param Account $account
-     *
-     * @return TransactionJournal
-     */
-    public function openingBalanceTransaction(Account $account) : TransactionJournal;
-
 }