diff --git a/src/routes/bulk-add-route.ts b/src/routes/bulk-add-route.ts
index e34e59cf..522bbbdb 100644
--- a/src/routes/bulk-add-route.ts
+++ b/src/routes/bulk-add-route.ts
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ export const bulkAddRouter = createRoute<SCBulkAddRequest, SCBulkAddResponse>(
   bulkRouteModel,
   async (request, app, params) => {
 
-    // TODO: DELETE as not used
-    if (typeof params === 'undefined' || typeof params.UID !== 'string') {
-      throw new Error('UID of Bulk was not given, but route with obligatory parameter was called');
-    }
-
     const bulkMemory: BulkStorage = app.get('bulk');
     const bulk = await bulkMemory.read(params.UID);
 
diff --git a/src/routes/bulk-done-route.ts b/src/routes/bulk-done-route.ts
index 4f979f73..5e8c1f55 100644
--- a/src/routes/bulk-done-route.ts
+++ b/src/routes/bulk-done-route.ts
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ export const bulkDoneRouter = createRoute<SCBulkDoneRequest, SCBulkDoneResponse>
   bulkDoneRouteModel,
   async (_request, app, params) => {
 
-    // TODO: DELETE as not used
-    if (typeof params === 'undefined' || typeof params.UID !== 'string') {
-      throw new Error('UID of Bulk was not given, but route with obligatory parameter was called');
-    }
-
     const bulkMemory: BulkStorage = app.get('bulk');
     const bulk = await bulkMemory.read(params.UID);
 
diff --git a/src/routes/route.ts b/src/routes/route.ts
index acf7accb..3de475a3 100644
--- a/src/routes/route.ts
+++ b/src/routes/route.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {isHttpMethod} from './http-types';
 /**
  * Creates a router from a route class and a handler function which implements the logic
  *
- * The given router performs a request and respone validation, sets status codes and checks if the given handler
+ * The given router performs a request and response validation, sets status codes and checks if the given handler
  * only returns errors that are allowed for the client to see
  *
  * @param routeClass Model of a route
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function createRoute<REQUESTTYPE, RETURNTYPE>(
   routeClass: SCRoute,
   handler: (
     validatedBody: REQUESTTYPE,
-    app: Application, params?: { [parameterName: string]: string; },
+    app: Application, params: { [parameterName: string]: string; },
   ) => Promise<RETURNTYPE>,
 ): Router {
   // create router
@@ -49,23 +49,6 @@ export function createRoute<REQUESTTYPE, RETURNTYPE>(
   // the given type has no index signature so we have to cast to get the IRouteHandler when a HTTP method is given
   const route = router.route(routeClass.urlFragment);
 
-  // get route parameters (path parameters) TODO: DELETE as not used
-  if (Array.isArray(routeClass.obligatoryParameters) && routeClass.obligatoryParameters.length > 0) {
-    routeClass.obligatoryParameters.forEach((parameterName) => {
-      router.param(parameterName, async (req, _res, next, parameterValue: string) => {
-
-        if (typeof req.params === 'undefined') {
-          req.params = {};
-        }
-
-        // set parameter values on request object
-        req.params[parameterName] = parameterValue;
-        // hand over the request to the next handler (our method route handler)
-        next();
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
   const verb = routeClass.method.toLowerCase();
 
   // check if route has a valid http verb