diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/configuration.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/configuration.php
index 2fb566aec6..460cd9e1dc 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/configuration.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/configuration.php
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ class Configuration {
 		'ldapQuotaDefault' => null,
 		'ldapEmailAttribute' => null,
 		'ldapCacheTTL' => null,
-		'ldapUuidAttribute' => 'auto',
-		'ldapOverrideUuidAttribute' => null,
+		'ldapUuidUserAttribute' => 'auto',
+		'ldapUuidGroupAttribute' => 'auto',
 		'ldapOverrideMainServer' => false,
 		'ldapConfigurationActive' => false,
 		'ldapAttributesForUserSearch' => null,
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class Configuration {
 		'hasPagedResultSupport' => false,
 		'hasMemberOfFilterSupport' => false,
 		'ldapExpertUsernameAttr' => null,
-		'ldapExpertUUIDAttr' => null,
+		'ldapExpertUUIDUserAttr' => null,
+		'ldapExpertUUIDGroupAttr' => null,
 	);
 
 	public function __construct($configPrefix, $autoread = true) {
@@ -214,9 +215,9 @@ class Configuration {
 					break;
 				//following options are not stored but detected, skip them
 				case 'ldapIgnoreNamingRules':
-				case 'ldapOverrideUuidAttribute':
 				case 'hasPagedResultSupport':
-				case 'ldapUuidAttribute':
+				case 'ldapUuidUserAttribute':
+				case 'ldapUuidGroupAttribute':
 					continue 2;
 			}
 			if(is_null($value)) {
@@ -315,15 +316,16 @@ class Configuration {
 			'ldap_email_attr'					=> '',
 			'ldap_group_member_assoc_attribute'	=> 'uniqueMember',
 			'ldap_cache_ttl'					=> 600,
-			'ldap_uuid_attribute'				=> 'auto',
-			'ldap_override_uuid_attribute'		=> 0,
+			'ldap_uuid_user_attribute'			=> 'auto',
+			'ldap_uuid_group_attribute'			=> 'auto',
 			'home_folder_naming_rule'			=> '',
 			'ldap_turn_off_cert_check'			=> 0,
 			'ldap_configuration_active'			=> 0,
 			'ldap_attributes_for_user_search'	=> '',
 			'ldap_attributes_for_group_search'	=> '',
 			'ldap_expert_username_attr'			=> '',
-			'ldap_expert_uuid_attr'				=> '',
+			'ldap_expert_uuid_user_attr'		=> '',
+			'ldap_expert_uuid_group_attr'		=> '',
 			'has_memberof_filter_support'		=> 0,
 		);
 	}
@@ -369,7 +371,8 @@ class Configuration {
 			'ldap_attributes_for_user_search' 	=> 'ldapAttributesForUserSearch',
 			'ldap_attributes_for_group_search'	=> 'ldapAttributesForGroupSearch',
 			'ldap_expert_username_attr' 		=> 'ldapExpertUsernameAttr',
-			'ldap_expert_uuid_attr' 			=> 'ldapExpertUUIDAttr',
+			'ldap_expert_uuid_user_attr' 		=> 'ldapExpertUUIUserDAttr',
+			'ldap_expert_uuid_group_attr'		=> 'ldapExpertUUIDGroupAttr',
 			'has_memberof_filter_support'		=> 'hasMemberOfFilterSupport',
 		);
 		return $array;
diff --git a/apps/user_ldap/lib/connection.php b/apps/user_ldap/lib/connection.php
index 981d792325..8d34fb2f41 100644
--- a/apps/user_ldap/lib/connection.php
+++ b/apps/user_ldap/lib/connection.php
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ class Connection extends LDAPUtility {
 
 	//settings handler
 	protected $configuration;
-		'ldapUuidGroupAttribute' => 'auto',
-		'ldapExpertUUIDGroupAttr' => null,
 
 	/**
 	 * @brief Constructor
@@ -189,17 +187,11 @@ class Connection extends LDAPUtility {
 	private function readConfiguration($force = false) {
 		if((!$this->configured || $force) && !is_null($this->configID)) {
 			$this->configuration->readConfiguration();
-			$this->config['ldapUuidGroupAttribute']
-				= $this->$v('ldap_uuid_group_attribute');
-			$this->config['ldapExpertUUIDGroupAttr']
-				= $this->$v('ldap_expert_uuid_group_attr');
-
 			$this->configured = $this->validateConfiguration();
 		}
 	}
 
 	/**
-			'ldap_expert_uuid_group_attr' => 'ldapExpertUUIDGroupAttr',
 	 * @brief set LDAP configuration with values delivered by an array, not read from configuration
 	 * @param $config array that holds the config parameters in an associated array
 	 * @param &$setParameters optional; array where the set fields will be given to
@@ -224,7 +216,6 @@ class Connection extends LDAPUtility {
 	 */
 	public function saveConfiguration() {
 		$this->configuration->saveConfiguration();
-				case 'ldapUuidGroupAttribute':
 		$this->clearCache();
 	}
 
@@ -262,11 +253,6 @@ class Connection extends LDAPUtility {
 		return $result;
 	}
 
-	//TODO remove if not necessary
-// 	public function getDefaults() {
-// 		return $this->configuration->getDefaults();
-// 	}
-
 	private function doSoftValidation() {
 		//if User or Group Base are not set, take over Base DN setting
 		foreach(array('ldapBaseUsers', 'ldapBaseGroups') as $keyBase) {
@@ -289,27 +275,29 @@ class Connection extends LDAPUtility {
 								\OCP\Util::INFO);
 		}
 
-		$uuidOverride = $this->configuration->ldapExpertUUIDAttr;
-		if(!empty($uuidOverride)) {
-			$this->configuration->ldapUuidAttribute = $uuidOverride;
-		} else {
-			$uuidAttributes = array('auto', 'entryuuid', 'nsuniqueid',
-									'objectguid', 'guid');
-			if(!in_array($this->configuration->ldapUuidAttribute,
-						 $uuidAttributes)
-				&& (!is_null($this->configID))) {
-				$this->configuration->ldapUuidAttribute = 'auto';
-				$this->configuration->saveConfiguration();
-										'auto');
-				\OCP\Util::writeLog('user_ldap',
-									'Illegal value for the UUID Attribute, '.
-									'reset to autodetect.',
-									\OCP\Util::INFO);
+		foreach(array('ldapExpertUUIDUserAttr'  => 'ldapUuidUserAttribute',
+					  'ldapExpertUUIDGroupAttr' => 'ldapUuidGroupAttribute')
+				as $expertSetting => $effectiveSetting) {
+			$uuidOverride = $this->configuration->$expertSetting;
+			if(!empty($uuidOverride)) {
+				$this->configuration->$effectiveSetting = $uuidOverride;
+			} else {
+				$uuidAttributes = array('auto', 'entryuuid', 'nsuniqueid',
+										'objectguid', 'guid');
+				if(!in_array($this->configuration->$effectiveSetting,
+							$uuidAttributes)
+					&& (!is_null($this->configID))) {
+					$this->configuration->$effectiveSetting = 'auto';
+					$this->configuration->saveConfiguration();
+					\OCP\Util::writeLog('user_ldap',
+										'Illegal value for the '.
+										$effectiveSetting.', '.'reset to '.
+										'autodetect.', \OCP\Util::INFO);
+				}
+
 			}
-
 		}
 
-
 		$backupPort = $this->configuration->ldapBackupPort;
 		if(empty($backupPort)) {
 			$this->configuration->backupPort = $this->configuration->ldapPort;
@@ -405,9 +393,6 @@ class Connection extends LDAPUtility {
 			$configurationOK = false;
 		}
 
-		}
-		if(!empty($this->config['ldapExpertUUIDGroupAttr'])) {
-			$this->config['ldapUuidGroupAttribute'] = $this->config['ldapExpertUUIDGroupAttr'];
 		return $configurationOK;
 	}
 
@@ -423,8 +408,6 @@ class Connection extends LDAPUtility {
 		//second step: critical checks. If left empty or filled wrong, set as
 		//unconfigured and give a warning.
 		return $this->doCriticalValidation();
-			'ldap_uuid_group_attribute'         => 'auto',
-			'ldap_expert_uuid_group_attr'       => '',
 	}