diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBHelper.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBHelper.java
index fac3c5819..55545207d 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBHelper.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBHelper.java
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
     public static final String CONTYPE = "CONTYPE";
     public static final String SERVERROLE = "SERVERROLE";
     public static final String ROOMNAME = "ROOMNAME";
-    public static final String INVITEID = "INVITEID";
+    // written but never read; can go away
+    // public static final String INVITEID = "INVITEID";
     public static final String RELAYID = "RELAYID";
     public static final String SEED = "SEED";
     public static final String SMSPHONE = "SMSPHONE"; // unused -- so far
@@ -126,7 +127,6 @@ public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
         ,{ SERVERROLE,   "INTEGER" }
         ,{ CONTYPE,      "INTEGER" }
         ,{ ROOMNAME,     "TEXT" }
-        ,{ INVITEID,     "TEXT" }
         ,{ RELAYID,      "TEXT" }
         ,{ SEED,         "INTEGER" }
         ,{ DICTLANG,     "INTEGER" }
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ public class DBHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
         case 9:
             addSumColumn( db, DICTLIST );
         case 10:
-            addSumColumn( db, INVITEID );
         case 11:
             addSumColumn( db, REMOTEDEVS );
         case 12:
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java
index d3d72c191..6a6e702f1 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DBUtils.java
@@ -271,12 +271,6 @@ public class DBUtils {
 
     public static void saveSummary( Context context, GameLock lock,
                                     GameSummary summary )
-    {
-        saveSummary( context, lock, summary, null );
-    }
-
-    public static void saveSummary( Context context, GameLock lock,
-                                    GameSummary summary, String inviteID )
     {
         boolean needsTimer = false;
         Assert.assertTrue( lock.canWrite() );
@@ -305,9 +299,6 @@ public class DBUtils {
             values.put( DBHelper.NEXTNAG, nextNag );
                 
             values.put( DBHelper.DICTLIST, summary.dictNames(DICTS_SEP) );
-            if ( null != inviteID ) {
-                values.put( DBHelper.INVITEID, inviteID );
-            }
 
             if ( null != summary.scores ) {
                 StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java
index d8beb89d1..3cfcc52a0 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/GameUtils.java
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ public class GameUtils {
 
         if ( DBUtils.ROWID_NOTFOUND != rowid ) {
             GameLock lock = new GameLock( rowid, true ).lock();
-            applyChanges( context, sink, gi, util, addr, inviteID, lock, false );
+            applyChanges( context, sink, gi, util, addr, lock, false );
             lock.unlock();
         }
 
@@ -986,24 +986,17 @@ public class GameUtils {
     } // replaceDicts
 
     public static void applyChanges( Context context, CurGameInfo gi, 
-                                     CommsAddrRec car, GameLock lock, 
+                                     CommsAddrRec car, GameLock lock,
                                      boolean forceNew )
-    {
-        applyChanges( context, gi, car, null, lock, forceNew );
-    }
-
-    public static void applyChanges( Context context, CurGameInfo gi, 
-                                     CommsAddrRec car, String inviteID, 
-                                     GameLock lock, boolean forceNew )
     {
         applyChanges( context, (MultiMsgSink)null, gi, (UtilCtxt)null, car, 
-                      inviteID, lock, forceNew );
+                      lock, forceNew );
     }
 
     public static void applyChanges( Context context, MultiMsgSink sink,
                                      CurGameInfo gi, UtilCtxt util, 
-                                     CommsAddrRec car, String inviteID, 
-                                     GameLock lock, boolean forceNew )
+                                     CommsAddrRec car, GameLock lock,
+                                     boolean forceNew )
     {
         // This should be a separate function, commitChanges() or
         // somesuch.  But: do we have a way to save changes to a gi
@@ -1049,7 +1042,7 @@ public class GameUtils {
 
         GameSummary summary = new GameSummary( context, gi );
         XwJNI.game_summarize( gamePtr, summary );
-        DBUtils.saveSummary( context, lock, summary, inviteID );
+        DBUtils.saveSummary( context, lock, summary );
 
         XwJNI.game_dispose( gamePtr );
     } // applyChanges