diff --git a/lib/portfolio/caller.php b/lib/portfolio/caller.php
index bc08ec8dec0..db9a27d819a 100644
--- a/lib/portfolio/caller.php
+++ b/lib/portfolio/caller.php
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ abstract class portfolio_caller_base {
     public final function set($field, &$value) {
         if (property_exists($this, $field)) {
             $this->{$field} =& $value;
-            $this->dirty = true;
             return true;
         }
         $a = (object)array('property' => $field, 'class' => get_class($this));
diff --git a/lib/portfolio/exporter.php b/lib/portfolio/exporter.php
index 142857a63a8..eb12a3d63e1 100644
--- a/lib/portfolio/exporter.php
+++ b/lib/portfolio/exporter.php
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ class portfolio_exporter {
                 $this->instancefile = 'portfolio/' . $this->instance->get('plugin') . '/lib.php';
                 $this->instance->set('exporter', $this);
             }
-            $this->dirty = true;
             return true;
         }
         $a = (object)array('property' => $field, 'class' => get_class($this));
diff --git a/lib/portfolio/formats/leap2a/lib.php b/lib/portfolio/formats/leap2a/lib.php
index 48b04d396c2..f19741a8c2c 100644
--- a/lib/portfolio/formats/leap2a/lib.php
+++ b/lib/portfolio/formats/leap2a/lib.php
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ class portfolio_format_leap2a_writer {
     /** @var stdClass the user exporting data */
     private $user;
 
-    /** @var string the id of the feed - this is unique to the user and date and used for portfolio ns as well as feed id */
-    private $id;
-
     /** @var array the entries for the feed - keyed on id */
     private $entries = array();
 
@@ -68,8 +65,7 @@ class portfolio_format_leap2a_writer {
     public function __construct(stdclass $user) { // todo something else - exporter, format, etc
         global $CFG;
         $this->user = $user;
-        $this->exporttime = time();
-        $this->id = $CFG->wwwroot . '/portfolio/export/leap2a/' . $this->user->id . '/' . $this->exporttime;
+        $id = $CFG->wwwroot . '/portfolio/export/leap2a/' . $this->user->id . '/' . time();
 
         $this->dom = new DomDocument('1.0', 'utf-8');
 
@@ -78,11 +74,11 @@ class portfolio_format_leap2a_writer {
         $this->feed->setAttribute('xmlns:rdf', 'http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#');
         $this->feed->setAttribute('xmlns:leap2', 'http://terms.leapspecs.org/');
         $this->feed->setAttribute('xmlns:categories', 'http://wiki.leapspecs.org/2A/categories');
-        $this->feed->setAttribute('xmlns:portfolio', $this->id); // this is just a ns for ids of elements for convenience
+        $this->feed->setAttribute('xmlns:portfolio', $id); // This is just a ns for ids of elements for convenience.
 
         $this->dom->appendChild($this->feed);
 
-        $this->feed->appendChild($this->dom->createElement('id', $this->id));
+        $this->feed->appendChild($this->dom->createElement('id', $id));
         $this->feed->appendChild($this->dom->createElement('title', get_string('leap2a_feedtitle', 'portfolio', fullname($this->user))));
         $this->feed->appendChild($this->dom->createElement('leap2:version', 'http://www.leapspecs.org/2010-07/2A/'));