diff --git a/source/net/yacy/document/Tokenizer.java b/source/net/yacy/document/Tokenizer.java
index 7e27492dd..4b34d7f18 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/document/Tokenizer.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/document/Tokenizer.java
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ public class Tokenizer {
         String k;
         Tagging.Metatag tag;
         int wordlen;
-        int wordHandle;
-        int wordHandleCount = 0;
-        //final int sentenceHandleCount = 0;
         int allwordcounter = 0;
         int allsentencecounter = 0;
         int wordInSentenceCounter = 1;
@@ -167,12 +164,10 @@ public class Tokenizer {
                 Word wsp = this.words.get(word);
                 if (wsp != null) {
                     // word already exists
-                    wordHandle = wsp.posInText;
                     wsp.inc();
                 } else {
                     // word does not yet exist, create new word entry
-                    wordHandle = ++wordHandleCount; // let start pos with 1
-                    wsp = new Word(wordHandle, wordInSentenceCounter, allsentencecounter + 100); // nomal sentence start at 100 !
+                    wsp = new Word(allwordcounter, wordInSentenceCounter, allsentencecounter + 100); // nomal sentence start at 100 !
                     wsp.flags = this.RESULT_FLAGS.clone();
                     this.words.put(word.toLowerCase(), wsp);
                 }
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/word/Word.java b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/word/Word.java
index 2b28c33a1..77e4010d4 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/word/Word.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/data/word/Word.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class Word {
 
     // object carries statistics for words and sentences
     public  int      count;       // number of occurrences
-    public  int      posInText;   // unique handle, is initialized with word position (excluding double occurring words)
+    public  int      posInText;   // unique handle, is initialized with first word position in text
     public  int      posInPhrase; // position of word in phrase
     public  int      numOfPhrase; // number of phrase. 'normal' phrases begin with number 100
     public  Bitfield flags;       // the flag bits for each word