diff --git a/app/models/application_model/search_index_base.rb b/app/models/application_model/search_index_base.rb
index c6c2516f0..a32309f1f 100644
--- a/app/models/application_model/search_index_base.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_model/search_index_base.rb
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ returns
     attributes
   end
 
-  private
-
 =begin
 
 lookup name of ref. objects