diff --git a/src/backend/file/gnc-commodity-xml-v2.c b/src/backend/file/gnc-commodity-xml-v2.c
index 90d3ab9846..1f7e73189d 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/gnc-commodity-xml-v2.c
+++ b/src/backend/file/gnc-commodity-xml-v2.c
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ gnc_commodity_end_handler(gpointer data_for_children,
     
     g_return_val_if_fail(tree, FALSE);
     
-    com = gnc_commodity_new(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 
-                            (GNCBook *)gdata->bookdata);
+    com = gnc_commodity_new(NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0); 
 
     for(achild = tree->xmlChildrenNode; achild; achild = achild->next)
     {
diff --git a/src/backend/file/gnc-schedxaction-xml-v2.c b/src/backend/file/gnc-schedxaction-xml-v2.c
index 577bdb9461..f970ba770a 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/gnc-schedxaction-xml-v2.c
+++ b/src/backend/file/gnc-schedxaction-xml-v2.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ tt_act_handler( xmlNodePtr node, gpointer data )
                            SchedXaction.c:xaccSchedXactionInit... */
                         com = gnc_commodity_new( "template", "template",
                                                  "template", "template",
-                                                 1, txd->book );
+                                                 1 );
                         xaccAccountSetCommodity( acc, com );
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/file/io-gncbin-r.c b/src/backend/file/io-gncbin-r.c
index 3e43c93c64..ffa2d9c162 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/io-gncbin-r.c
+++ b/src/backend/file/io-gncbin-r.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ gnc_commodity_import_legacy(GNCBook *book, const char * currency_name)
     if(!old) {
       old = gnc_commodity_new(currency_name, 
                               GNC_COMMODITY_NS_LEGACY, currency_name,
-                              0, 100000, book);
+                              0, 100000);
       old = gnc_commodity_table_insert(table, old);
     }
     return old;
diff --git a/src/backend/file/io-gncxml-v1.c b/src/backend/file/io-gncxml-v1.c
index d398b6e7f6..d607953892 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/io-gncxml-v1.c
+++ b/src/backend/file/io-gncxml-v1.c
@@ -1961,8 +1961,7 @@ commodity_restore_end_handler(gpointer data_for_children,
                              cpi->space,
                              cpi->id,
                              cpi->xcode,
-                             cpi->fraction,
-                             pstatus->book);
+                             cpi->fraction);
     if(comm)
     {
       gnc_commodity_table *ctab;
diff --git a/src/backend/file/sixtp-dom-parsers.c b/src/backend/file/sixtp-dom-parsers.c
index b323e8da57..1899d91972 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/sixtp-dom-parsers.c
+++ b/src/backend/file/sixtp-dom-parsers.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ dom_tree_to_commodity_ref_no_engine(xmlNodePtr node, GNCBook *book)
   } else {
     g_strstrip(space_str);
     g_strstrip(id_str);
-    c = gnc_commodity_new(NULL, space_str, id_str, NULL, 0, book);
+    c = gnc_commodity_new(NULL, space_str, id_str, NULL, 0);
   }
 
   g_free(space_str);
diff --git a/src/backend/file/test/test-dom-converters1.c b/src/backend/file/test/test-dom-converters1.c
index b949246f1c..db2713a77a 100644
--- a/src/backend/file/test/test-dom-converters1.c
+++ b/src/backend/file/test/test-dom-converters1.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test_dom_tree_to_commodity_ref(void)
         test_str1 = get_random_string();
         test_str2 = get_random_string();
         
-        test_com1 = gnc_commodity_new(NULL, test_str1, test_str2, NULL, 0, NULL);
+        test_com1 = gnc_commodity_new(NULL, test_str1, test_str2, NULL, 0);
         test_node = commodity_ref_to_dom_tree("test-com", test_com1);
 
         test_com2 = dom_tree_to_commodity_ref_no_engine(test_node, NULL);