diff --git a/src/editor/components/referenceentry.tsx b/src/editor/components/referenceentry.tsx
index b1fedca4259a18f9f418a3b3c928fe8470e41f60..c0914d88bf3fac8f8e017660e5da9626520c745c 100644
--- a/src/editor/components/referenceentry.tsx
+++ b/src/editor/components/referenceentry.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-import React, { useState } from "react";
+import React from "react";
 import { DescriptiveReference } from "../../common/graph/node";
 import "./nodetypeentry.css";
 
 type ReferenceEntryProps = {
     reference: DescriptiveReference;
-    onReferenceDelete: (url: string) => void;
-    onReferenceChange: (
-        originalUrl: string,
-        reference: DescriptiveReference
-    ) => void;
+    onReferenceDelete: () => void;
+    onReferenceChange: (reference: DescriptiveReference) => void;
 };
 
 function ReferenceEntry({
@@ -16,23 +13,15 @@ function ReferenceEntry({
     onReferenceDelete,
     onReferenceChange,
 }: ReferenceEntryProps) {
-    const [editedReference, setEditedReference] =
-        useState<DescriptiveReference>(reference);
-    const originalUrl = reference.url;
-
     const onPropChange = (
         prop: keyof DescriptiveReference,
         newValue: string
     ) => {
         reference[prop] = newValue;
-        setEditedReference(reference);
     };
 
     return (
-        <div
-            className="reference"
-            onBlur={() => onReferenceChange(originalUrl, editedReference)}
-        >
+        <div className="reference" onBlur={() => onReferenceChange(reference)}>
             <label htmlFor="reference-url">Url</label>
             <br />
             <input
@@ -52,9 +41,7 @@ function ReferenceEntry({
                 }
             />
             <br />
-            <button onClick={() => onReferenceDelete(originalUrl)}>
-                Delete
-            </button>
+            <button onClick={onReferenceDelete}>Delete</button>
         </div>
     );
 }
diff --git a/src/editor/components/referenceseditor.tsx b/src/editor/components/referenceseditor.tsx
index 6f615e858a621c824a6349a124fbf4a9769fc1f1..00dfedf844be253f3c7bc1fbc9ce6772d5f534e8 100644
--- a/src/editor/components/referenceseditor.tsx
+++ b/src/editor/components/referenceseditor.tsx
@@ -12,31 +12,15 @@ function ReferencesEditor({
     references,
     onReferencesChange,
 }: ReferencesEditorProps) {
-    const isUrlUnique = (url: string): boolean =>
-        !references.some((ref: DescriptiveReference) => ref.url == url);
-
-    const handleReferenceDelete = (url: string) => {
-        references = references.filter(
-            (ref: DescriptiveReference) => ref.url != url
-        );
+    const handleReferenceDelete = (index: number) => {
+        references = references.filter((ref, i: number) => i !== index);
         onReferencesChange(references);
     };
 
     const handleReferenceChange = (
-        url: string,
-        reference: DescriptiveReference
+        reference: DescriptiveReference,
+        index: number
     ) => {
-        // Make sure url stays unique
-        if (isUrlUnique(reference.url)) {
-            console.log(
-                "URL of changed reference is not unique anymore for current node. Cannot save changes on reference."
-            );
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const index: number = references.findIndex(
-            (ref: DescriptiveReference) => ref.url == url
-        );
         references[index] = reference;
         onReferencesChange(references);
     };
@@ -58,16 +42,18 @@ function ReferencesEditor({
                         <ReferenceEntry
                             key={index}
                             reference={reference}
-                            onReferenceChange={handleReferenceChange}
-                            onReferenceDelete={handleReferenceDelete}
+                            onReferenceChange={(ref) =>
+                                handleReferenceChange(ref, index)
+                            }
+                            onReferenceDelete={() =>
+                                handleReferenceDelete(index)
+                            }
                         />
                     );
                 }
             )}
             <br />
-            <button onClick={addReference} disabled={!isUrlUnique("")}>
-                Add reference
-            </button>
+            <button onClick={addReference}>Add reference</button>
         </div>
     );
 }