diff -r 71057a8bb19a -r b050cf821ee5 cubicweb/server/session.py
--- a/cubicweb/server/session.py	Wed Mar 16 11:39:24 2016 +0100
+++ b/cubicweb/server/session.py	Wed Jul 16 17:34:21 2014 +0200
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@
     """
     is_request = False
     hooks_in_progress = False
-    is_repo_in_memory = True # bw compat
 
     def __init__(self, session):
         super(Connection, self).__init__(session.repo.vreg)