diff --git a/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/tmf/rcm634/model/ResourceCategory.java b/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/tmf/rcm634/model/ResourceCategory.java
index 1e345b46bb503d7540c0fd3c3a58cb5adf08d3b4..da92416ac32a59df1769e6d0c8dd6aa00397d306 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/tmf/rcm634/model/ResourceCategory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/etsi/osl/tmf/rcm634/model/ResourceCategory.java
@@ -257,9 +257,7 @@ public class ResourceCategory extends BaseEntity {
 				&& Objects.equals(this.lifecycleStatus, resourceCategory.lifecycleStatus)
 				&& Objects.equals(this.lastUpdate, resourceCategory.lastUpdate)
 				&& Objects.equals(this.parentId, resourceCategory.parentId)
-				&& Objects.equals(this.isRoot, resourceCategory.isRoot)
-				&& Objects.equals(this.getCategoryRefs(), resourceCategory.getCategoryRefs())
-				&& Objects.equals(this.getResourceCandidateRefs(), resourceCategory.getResourceCandidateRefs());
+				&& Objects.equals(this.isRoot, resourceCategory.isRoot);
 	}
 
 //	@Override