diff --git a/jeepyb/cmd/update_bug.py b/jeepyb/cmd/update_bug.py
index b756304..34be79e 100644
--- a/jeepyb/cmd/update_bug.py
+++ b/jeepyb/cmd/update_bug.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 from launchpadlib import launchpad
 from launchpadlib import uris
 
-import jeepyb.gerritdb
 from jeepyb import projects as p
 from jeepyb import utils as u
 
@@ -82,51 +81,8 @@
     bugtask.bug.newMessage(subject=subject, content=body)
 
 
-def set_in_progress(bugtask, launchpad, uploader, change_url):
-    """Set bug In progress with assignee being the uploader"""
-
-    # Retrieve uploader from Launchpad by correlating Gerrit E-mail
-    # address to OpenID, and only set if there is a clear match.
-    try:
-        searchkey = uploader[uploader.rindex("(") + 1:-1]
-    except ValueError:
-        searchkey = uploader
-
-    # The counterintuitive query is due to odd database schema choices
-    # in Gerrit. For example, an account with a secondary E-mail
-    # address added looks like...
-    # select email_address,external_id from account_external_ids
-    #     where account_id=1234;
-    # +-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
-    # | email_address   | external_id                             |
-    # +-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
-    # | plugh@xyzzy.com | https://login.ubuntu.com/+id/fR0bnU1 |
-    # | bar@foo.org     | mailto:bar@foo.org                      |
-    # | NULL            | username:quux                           |
-    # +-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
-    # ...thus we need a join on a secondary query to search against
-    # all the user's configured E-mail addresses.
-    #
-    # Worse, we also need to filter by active accounts only since
-    # picking an inactive account could result in using the wrong
-    # OpenId entirely.
-    #
-    query = """SELECT t.external_id FROM account_external_ids t
-            INNER JOIN (
-                SELECT t.account_id FROM account_external_ids t
-                WHERE t.email_address = %s )
-            original ON t.account_id = original.account_id
-            AND t.external_id LIKE 'https://login.ubuntu.com%%'
-            JOIN accounts a ON a.account_id = t.account_id
-            WHERE a.inactive = 'N'"""
-
-    cursor = jeepyb.gerritdb.connect().cursor()
-    cursor.execute(query, searchkey)
-    data = cursor.fetchone()
-    if data:
-        assignee = launchpad.people.getByOpenIDIdentifier(identifier=data[0])
-        if assignee:
-            bugtask.assignee = assignee
+def set_in_progress(bugtask, launchpad, change_url):
+    """Set bug In progress"""
 
     bugtask.status = "In Progress"
     bugtask.lp_save()