diff --git a/app/models/menu_category.rb b/app/models/menu_category.rb
index 9e8e808d..39858c65 100644
--- a/app/models/menu_category.rb
+++ b/app/models/menu_category.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class MenuCategory < ApplicationRecord  
-  before_create :generate_menu_category_code
+  # before_create :generate_menu_category_code
 
   belongs_to :menu
   has_many :children, :class_name => "MenuCategory", foreign_key: "menu_category_id"
diff --git a/app/models/menu_item.rb b/app/models/menu_item.rb
index 9ab8822e..9dd9e741 100644
--- a/app/models/menu_item.rb
+++ b/app/models/menu_item.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class MenuItem < ApplicationRecord
 
-  before_create :generate_menu_item_code
+  # before_create :generate_menu_item_code
 
   belongs_to :menu_category, :optional => true
   has_many :menu_item_instances
diff --git a/app/models/menu_item_instance.rb b/app/models/menu_item_instance.rb
index f39c29a2..ab4c806d 100644
--- a/app/models/menu_item_instance.rb
+++ b/app/models/menu_item_instance.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class MenuItemInstance < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :menu_item
-  before_create :generate_menu_item_instance_code
+  # before_create :generate_menu_item_instance_code
 
   def self.findParentCategory(item)
   	if item.menu_category_id