diff --git a/src/biz/bokhorst/xprivacy/Util.java b/src/biz/bokhorst/xprivacy/Util.java
index a02113735..5a9961174 100644
--- a/src/biz/bokhorst/xprivacy/Util.java
+++ b/src/biz/bokhorst/xprivacy/Util.java
@@ -431,14 +431,10 @@ private static boolean verifyData(byte[] data, byte[] signature, PublicKey publi
 		return verifier.verify(signature);
 	}
 
-	private static String getSalt() {
-		return (Build.SERIAL == null ? "" : Build.SERIAL);
-	}
-
 	public static String sha1(String text) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
 		// SHA1
 		int userId = Util.getUserId(Process.myUid());
-		String salt = PrivacyManager.getSetting(userId, PrivacyManager.cSettingSalt, getSalt(), true);
+		String salt = PrivacyManager.getSetting(userId, PrivacyManager.cSettingSalt, Build.SERIAL, true);
 		MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1");
 		byte[] bytes = (text + salt).getBytes("UTF-8");
 		digest.update(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
@@ -452,7 +448,7 @@ public static String sha1(String text) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, Unsuppor
 	public static String md5(String text) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
 		// MD5
 		int userId = Util.getUserId(Process.myUid());
-		String salt = PrivacyManager.getSetting(userId, PrivacyManager.cSettingSalt, getSalt(), true);
+		String salt = PrivacyManager.getSetting(userId, PrivacyManager.cSettingSalt, Build.SERIAL, true);
 		byte[] bytes = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5").digest((text + salt).getBytes("UTF-8"));
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 		for (byte b : bytes)