diff --git a/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.cpp b/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.cpp
index a31cb26acce6a2fc697519425f800a91bc5c438b..20e915d81c21412a12f83536ad618421b4cfcc1a 100644
--- a/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.cpp
+++ b/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ TskAutoDbJava::initializeJni(JNIEnv * jniEnv, jobject jobj) {
     }
     m_callbackClass = (jclass)m_jniEnv->NewGlobalRef(localCallbackClass);
 
-    m_addImageMethodID = m_jniEnv->GetMethodID(m_callbackClass, "addImageInfo", "(IJLjava/lang/String;JLjava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;J[Ljava/lang/String;)J");
+    m_addImageMethodID = m_jniEnv->GetMethodID(m_callbackClass, "addImageInfo", "(IJLjava/lang/String;JLjava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;)J");
     if (m_addImageMethodID == NULL) {
         return TSK_ERR;
     }
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ TskAutoDbJava::addImageInfo(int type, TSK_OFF_T ssize, int64_t & objId, const st
     }
 
     jlong objIdj = m_jniEnv->CallLongMethod(m_javaDbObj, m_addImageMethodID,
-        type, ssize, tzj, size, md5j, sha1j, sha256j, devIdj, collj, m_hostId, imgNamesj);
+        type, ssize, tzj, size, md5j, sha1j, sha256j, devIdj, collj, imgNamesj);
     objId = (int64_t)objIdj;
 
     if (objId < 0) {
@@ -947,10 +947,6 @@ int64_t TskAutoDbJava::getImageID() {
     return m_curImgId;
 }
 
-void TskAutoDbJava::setHostId(long hostId) {
-    m_hostId = hostId;
-}
-
 void TskAutoDbJava::closeImage() {
     TskAuto::closeImage();
 }
diff --git a/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.h b/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.h
index ae11e6a58a3a2561aa9c4025bf73ccd88fda0132..b324a71c43445a88099b5901d061ce7c5e9a5812 100644
--- a/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.h
+++ b/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.h
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ class TskAutoDbJava :public TskAuto {
 
     int64_t getImageID();
 
-    void setHostId(long hostId);
-
     TSK_RETVAL_ENUM initializeJni(JNIEnv *, jobject);
 
   private:
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@ class TskAutoDbJava :public TskAuto {
     int64_t m_maxChunkSize; ///< Max number of unalloc bytes to process before writing to the database, even if there is no natural break. -1 for no chunking
     bool m_foundStructure;  ///< Set to true when we find either a volume or file system
     bool m_attributeAdded; ///< Set to true when an attribute was added by processAttributes
-    int64_t m_hostId;      ///< ID of host for this image (already in database)
 
     // These are used to write unallocated blocks for pools at the end of the add image
     // process. We can't load the pool_info objects directly from the database so we will
diff --git a/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.cpp b/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.cpp
index 0688cae46931514995c978b35aeda657d463a0c0..3310bc1860c516aefed403921abe4431909d89cd 100644
--- a/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.cpp
+++ b/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.cpp
@@ -811,8 +811,8 @@ JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI_hashDbLookup
  */
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
     Java_org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI_initAddImgNat(JNIEnv * env,
-    jclass obj, jobject callbackObj, jstring timeZone, jboolean addUnallocSpace, jboolean skipFatFsOrphans, jlong hostId) {
-    return Java_org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI_initializeAddImgNat(env, obj, callbackObj, timeZone, true, addUnallocSpace, skipFatFsOrphans, hostId);
+    jclass obj, jobject callbackObj, jstring timeZone, jboolean addUnallocSpace, jboolean skipFatFsOrphans) {
+    return Java_org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI_initializeAddImgNat(env, obj, callbackObj, timeZone, true, addUnallocSpace, skipFatFsOrphans);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
  */
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
 Java_org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI_initializeAddImgNat(JNIEnv * env, jclass obj,
-    jobject callbackObj, jstring timeZone, jboolean addFileSystems, jboolean addUnallocSpace, jboolean skipFatFsOrphans, jlong hostId) {
+    jobject callbackObj, jstring timeZone, jboolean addFileSystems, jboolean addUnallocSpace, jboolean skipFatFsOrphans) {
     jboolean isCopy;
 
     if (env->GetStringUTFLength(timeZone) > 0) {
@@ -866,9 +866,6 @@ Java_org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI_initializeAddImgNat(JNIEnv * env, jcla
         return 0;
     }
 
-    // Save the host ID
-    tskAutoJava->setHostId(hostId);
-
     // set the options flags
     tskAutoJava->setAddFileSystems(addFileSystems?true:false);
     if (addFileSystems) {
diff --git a/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.h b/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.h
index c1808c422052a9e3b30d4f4be734ced843829ef7..418db745756349cdc47dc756939e0a14c2e425c3 100644
--- a/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.h
+++ b/bindings/java/jni/dataModel_SleuthkitJNI.h
@@ -170,18 +170,18 @@ JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI_hashDbLookup
 /*
  * Class:     org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI
  * Method:    initAddImgNat
- * Signature: (Lorg/sleuthkit/datamodel/TskCaseDbBridge;Ljava/lang/String;ZZJ)J
+ * Signature: (Lorg/sleuthkit/datamodel/TskCaseDbBridge;Ljava/lang/String;ZZ)J
  */
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI_initAddImgNat
-  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jobject, jstring, jboolean, jboolean, jlong);
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jobject, jstring, jboolean, jboolean);
 
 /*
  * Class:     org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI
  * Method:    initializeAddImgNat
- * Signature: (Lorg/sleuthkit/datamodel/TskCaseDbBridge;Ljava/lang/String;ZZZJ)J
+ * Signature: (Lorg/sleuthkit/datamodel/TskCaseDbBridge;Ljava/lang/String;ZZZ)J
  */
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI_initializeAddImgNat
-  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jobject, jstring, jboolean, jboolean, jboolean, jlong);
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jobject, jstring, jboolean, jboolean, jboolean);
 
 /*
  * Class:     org_sleuthkit_datamodel_SleuthkitJNI
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java
index 3d5f1a1fb3f3e0fc00c2fd54bb8518ee1cee489d..9730623ce51528ada1c93a2d31d6c213d4d583c1 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ long addImageInfo(long deviceObjId, List<String> imageFilePaths, String timeZone
 					host = skCase.getHostManager().getOrCreateHost(hostName);
 				}
 				TskCaseDbBridge dbHelper = new TskCaseDbBridge(skCase, new DefaultAddDataSourceCallbacks(), host);
-				long tskAutoDbPointer = initializeAddImgNat(dbHelper, timezoneLongToShort(timeZone), false, false, false, host.getId());
+				long tskAutoDbPointer = initializeAddImgNat(dbHelper, timezoneLongToShort(timeZone), false, false, false);
 				runOpenAndAddImgNat(tskAutoDbPointer, UUID.randomUUID().toString(), imageFilePaths.toArray(new String[0]), imageFilePaths.size(), timeZone);				
 				long id = finishAddImgNat(tskAutoDbPointer);
 				dbHelper.finish();
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ public void run(String deviceId, Image image, int sectorSize,
 						}
 						if (!isCanceled) { //with isCanceled being guarded by this it will have the same value everywhere in this synchronized block
 							imageHandle = image.getImageHandle();
-							tskAutoDbPointer = initAddImgNat(dbHelper, timezoneLongToShort(timeZone), addUnallocSpace, skipFatFsOrphans, host.getId());
+							tskAutoDbPointer = initAddImgNat(dbHelper, timezoneLongToShort(timeZone), addUnallocSpace, skipFatFsOrphans);
 						}
 						if (0 == tskAutoDbPointer) {
 							throw new TskCoreException("initAddImgNat returned a NULL TskAutoDb pointer");
@@ -2149,9 +2149,9 @@ public static long openFile(long fsHandle, long fileId, TSK_FS_ATTR_TYPE_ENUM at
 
 	private static native HashHitInfo hashDbLookupVerbose(String hash, int dbHandle) throws TskCoreException;
 
-	private static native long initAddImgNat(TskCaseDbBridge dbHelperObj, String timezone, boolean addUnallocSpace, boolean skipFatFsOrphans, long hostId) throws TskCoreException;
+	private static native long initAddImgNat(TskCaseDbBridge dbHelperObj, String timezone, boolean addUnallocSpace, boolean skipFatFsOrphans) throws TskCoreException;
 
-	private static native long initializeAddImgNat(TskCaseDbBridge dbHelperObj, String timezone, boolean addFileSystems, boolean addUnallocSpace, boolean skipFatFsOrphans, long hostId) throws TskCoreException;
+	private static native long initializeAddImgNat(TskCaseDbBridge dbHelperObj, String timezone, boolean addFileSystems, boolean addUnallocSpace, boolean skipFatFsOrphans) throws TskCoreException;
 
 	private static native void runOpenAndAddImgNat(long process, String deviceId, String[] imgPath, int splits, String timezone) throws TskCoreException, TskDataException;
 
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TskCaseDbBridge.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TskCaseDbBridge.java
index 4f8a90cd9a3c453a9f0d8a9f1d7431b28567113e..51c9ed9ea8ac04877bf1a2302294a860d9f11db5 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TskCaseDbBridge.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TskCaseDbBridge.java
@@ -130,18 +130,17 @@ void finish() {
      * @param sha256      SHA256 hash.
      * @param deviceId    Device ID.
      * @param collectionDetails  The collection details.
-     * @param hostId      Host ID.
      * @param paths       Data source path(s)
      * 
      * @return The object ID of the new image or -1 if an error occurred
      */
     long addImageInfo(int type, long ssize, String timezone, 
             long size, String md5, String sha1, String sha256, String deviceId, 
-            String collectionDetails, long hostId, String[] paths) {    
+            String collectionDetails, String[] paths) {    
         try {
             beginTransaction();
             long objId = addImageToDb(TskData.TSK_IMG_TYPE_ENUM.valueOf(type), ssize, size,
-                    timezone, md5, sha1, sha256, deviceId, collectionDetails, hostId, trans);
+                    timezone, md5, sha1, sha256, deviceId, collectionDetails, trans);
             for (int i = 0;i < paths.length;i++) {
                 addImageNameToDb(objId, paths[i], i, trans);
             }
@@ -986,7 +985,7 @@ private long addFileToDb(long parentObjId,
 	 */
 	private long addImageToDb(TskData.TSK_IMG_TYPE_ENUM type, long sectorSize, long size,
 			String timezone, String md5, String sha1, String sha256,
-			String deviceId, String collectionDetails, long hostId,
+			String deviceId, String collectionDetails,
 			CaseDbTransaction transaction) throws TskCoreException {
 		try {
 			// Insert a row for the Image into the tsk_objects table.
@@ -1020,7 +1019,7 @@ private long addImageToDb(TskData.TSK_IMG_TYPE_ENUM type, long sectorSize, long
 			preparedStatement.setString(2, deviceId);
 			preparedStatement.setString(3, timezone);
 			preparedStatement.setString(4, collectionDetails);
-			preparedStatement.setLong(5, hostId);
+			preparedStatement.setLong(5, imageHost.getId());
 			connection.executeUpdate(preparedStatement);
 
 			return newObjId;