diff --git a/openslides/participant/views.py b/openslides/participant/views.py
index 6e0425a3f..6d64adb04 100644
--- a/openslides/participant/views.py
+++ b/openslides/participant/views.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from utils.pdf import print_userlist, print_passwords
 from utils.template import Tab
 from utils.views import FormView
 from config.models import config
+from utils.utils import delete_default_permissions
 
 from django.db.models import Avg, Max, Min, Count
 
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ def group_edit(request, group_id=None):
             raise NameError("There is no group %d" % group_id)
     else:
         group = None
+    delete_default_permissions()
 
     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = GroupForm(request.POST, instance=group)
@@ -500,4 +502,4 @@ class Config(FormView):
         config['participant_pdf_system_url'] = form.cleaned_data['participant_pdf_system_url']
         config['participant_pdf_welcometext'] = form.cleaned_data['participant_pdf_welcometext']
         messages.success(self.request, _('Participants settings successfully saved.'))
-        return super(Config, self).form_valid(form)
\ No newline at end of file
+        return super(Config, self).form_valid(form)
diff --git a/openslides/utils/utils.py b/openslides/utils/utils.py
index f356229c1..34c6e6f34 100644
--- a/openslides/utils/utils.py
+++ b/openslides/utils/utils.py
@@ -124,7 +124,3 @@ def encodedict(dict):
     for key in dict:
         newdict[key] = [unicode(dict[key][0].decode('utf-8'))]
     return newdict
-
-
-signals.post_syncdb.connect(delete_default_permissions,
-    dispatch_uid = "openslides.utils.utils.delete_default_permissions")