diff --git a/src/Place/PlaceRepository.php b/src/Place/PlaceRepository.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/Place/PlaceRepository.php
+++ b/src/Place/PlaceRepository.php
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ class PlaceRepository extends ActorRepository implements RepositoryInterface, Lo
      */
     protected $organizerService;
 
-    /**
-     * @var EventStreamDecoratorInterface[]
-     */
-    private $eventStreamDecorators = array();
-
     private $aggregateClass;
 
     public function __construct(
@@ -304,11 +299,8 @@ class PlaceRepository extends ActorRepository implements RepositoryInterface, Lo
         $contactInfo = new CultureFeed_Cdb_Data_ContactInfo();
         $event->setContactInfo($contactInfo);
 
-        $cdbXml = new CultureFeed_Cdb_Default();
-        $cdbXml->addItem($event);
-
         $this->createImprovedEntryAPIFromMetadata($metadata)
-            ->createEvent((string)$cdbXml);
+            ->createEvent($event);
 
         return $placeCreated->getPlaceId();
     }
III-<I>: Fix loose ends preventing saving places to work & add http logging to Entry API