diff --git a/core/model/SiteTree.php b/core/model/SiteTree.php
index 066f7c98d..aa7b9e5dc 100644
--- a/core/model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/core/model/SiteTree.php
@@ -1315,8 +1315,6 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject {
 		// Handle activities undertaken by decorators
 		$this->extend('onBeforePublish', $original);
 		
-		$this->AssignedToID = 0;
-		$this->RequestedByID = 0;
 		$this->Status = "Published";
 		//$this->PublishedByID = Member::currentUser()->ID;
 		$this->write();
@@ -1358,8 +1356,6 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject {
 	 */
 	function doRollbackTo($version) {
 		$this->publish($version, "Stage", true);
-		$this->AssignedToID = 0;
-		$this->RequestedByID = 0;
 		$this->Status = "Saved (update)";
 		$this->writeWithoutVersion();
 	}
@@ -1372,8 +1368,6 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject {
 
 		// Use a clone to get the updates made by $this->publish
 		$clone = DataObject::get_by_id("SiteTree", $this->ID);
-		$clone->AssignedToID = 0;
-		$clone->RequestedByID = 0;
 		$clone->Status = "Published";
 		$clone->writeWithoutVersion();
 	}
@@ -1391,11 +1385,9 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject {
 		 * Changing the condition from empty($this->ID) to
 		 * !$this->ID && !$this->record['ID'] fixed this.
 		 */
-		if(empty($this->ID))
-			return true;
+		if(empty($this->ID)) return true;
 
-		if(is_numeric($this->ID))
-			return false;
+		if(is_numeric($this->ID)) return false;
 
 		return stripos($this->ID, 'new') === 0;
 	}
diff --git a/core/model/VirtualPage.php b/core/model/VirtualPage.php
index 9f4073e83..c3cbc2d66 100755
--- a/core/model/VirtualPage.php
+++ b/core/model/VirtualPage.php
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ class VirtualPage extends Page {
 		$nonVirtualFields = array(
 			"SecurityTypeID",
 			"OwnerID",
-			"AssignedToID",
-			"RequestedByID",
 			"URLSegment",
 			"Sort",
 			"Status",