diff --git a/src/dc/python/PersistentClass.cls b/src/dc/python/PersistentClass.cls
index f458619..9c184c4 100644
--- a/src/dc/python/PersistentClass.cls
+++ b/src/dc/python/PersistentClass.cls
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ClassMethod CreateRecord(propValue As %VarString = "TestString", ByRef id As %In
     return sc
 }
 
-ClassMethod CreateRecordPython(propValue As %VarString, ByRef id As %Integer) [ Language = python ]
+ClassMethod CreateRecordPython(propValue As %VarString, id As %Integer) [ Language = python ]
 {
     import iris
     obj=iris.cls(__name__)._New()