diff --git a/Core/Code/IO/mitkLegacyFileWriterService.cpp b/Core/Code/IO/mitkLegacyFileWriterService.cpp
index 44a2c495d4..8dfab80a78 100644
--- a/Core/Code/IO/mitkLegacyFileWriterService.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/IO/mitkLegacyFileWriterService.cpp
@@ -1,69 +1,65 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 
 #include <mitkLegacyFileWriterService.h>
 
 #include <mitkDataNode.h>
 
 #include <usGetModuleContext.h>
 
 mitk::LegacyFileWriterService::LegacyFileWriterService(mitk::FileWriter::Pointer legacyWriter,
                                                        const std::string& basedataType,
                                                        const std::string& extension,
                                                        const std::string& description)
   : AbstractFileWriter(basedataType, extension, description)
   , m_LegacyWriter(legacyWriter)
 {
   if (extension.empty()) mitkThrow() << "LegacyFileWriterWrapper cannot be initialized without FileExtension." ;
 
   RegisterService();
 }
 
 ////////////////////// Writing /////////////////////////
 
 void mitk::LegacyFileWriterService::Write(const BaseData* data, const std::string& path)
 {
   if (m_LegacyWriter.IsNull())
     mitkThrow() << "LegacyFileWriterService was incorrectly initialized: Has no LegacyFileWriter.";
 
   m_LegacyWriter->SetFileName(path.c_str());
   mitk::DataNode::Pointer node = mitk::DataNode::New();
   node->SetData(const_cast<BaseData*>(data));
   m_LegacyWriter->SetInput(node);
   m_LegacyWriter->Write();
 }
 
 void mitk::LegacyFileWriterService::Write(const BaseData* /*data*/, std::ostream& /*stream*/ )
 {
   mitkThrow () << "Streaming is not supported in Legacy Wrappers.";
   //return 0;
 }
 
-bool mitk::LegacyFileWriterService::CanWrite(const BaseData* data, const std::string& path) const
+bool mitk::LegacyFileWriterService::CanWrite(const BaseData* data) const
 {
-  // Default implementation only checks if extension and basedatatype are correct
-  std::string pathEnd = path.substr( path.length() - m_Extension.length(), m_Extension.length() );
-  if ( !(m_Extension == pathEnd)) return false;
-
   std::string externalDataType = data->GetNameOfClass();
   return (externalDataType == m_BasedataType);
 }
 
 mitk::LegacyFileWriterService* mitk::LegacyFileWriterService::Clone() const
 {
   return new LegacyFileWriterService(*this);
 }
diff --git a/Core/Code/IO/mitkLegacyFileWriterService.h b/Core/Code/IO/mitkLegacyFileWriterService.h
index 44ee1bac9e..5c5e292074 100644
--- a/Core/Code/IO/mitkLegacyFileWriterService.h
+++ b/Core/Code/IO/mitkLegacyFileWriterService.h
@@ -1,61 +1,61 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 
 #ifndef LegacyFileWriterService_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1E7E521
 #define LegacyFileWriterService_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1E7E521
 
 // Macro
 #include <MitkExports.h>
 
 // MITK
 #include <mitkAbstractFileWriter.h>
 #include <mitkFileWriter.h>
 
 namespace mitk {
 
 //##Documentation
 //## @brief
 //## @ingroup Process
 class LegacyFileWriterService : public mitk::AbstractFileWriter
 {
 public:
 
   LegacyFileWriterService(mitk::FileWriter::Pointer legacyWriter, const std::string& basedataType,
                           const std::string& extension, const std::string& description);
 
   using AbstractFileWriter::Write;
 
   virtual void Write(const BaseData* data, const std::string& path);
 
   virtual void Write(const BaseData* data, std::ostream& stream );
 
-  virtual bool CanWrite(const BaseData* data, const std::string& path) const;
+  virtual bool CanWrite(const BaseData* data) const;
 
 
 protected:
 
     mitk::FileWriter::Pointer m_LegacyWriter;
 
 private:
 
     LegacyFileWriterService* Clone() const;
 
 };
 
 } // namespace mitk
 
 #endif /* LegacyFileWriterService_H_HEADER_INCLUDED_C1E7E521 */