diff --git a/arkindex/documents/pagexml.py b/arkindex/documents/pagexml.py
index e8e8fc76e8fa95addd4a58ae5d62e158b159f69b..0a2a1c978e41714b20fb99f49f8e090d5d57b437 100644
--- a/arkindex/documents/pagexml.py
+++ b/arkindex/documents/pagexml.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class PageXmlParser(object):
         """
         entities = []
         for tags in blocks.values():
-            new_entities, new_tags = self.create_entities(tags, element, types, ratio)
+            new_entities, new_tags = self.create_entities(tags, element, types)
             entities += new_entities
 
             self.create_link_transcription_entity(new_tags)
@@ -251,42 +251,20 @@ class PageXmlParser(object):
             self.create_links(tags, path, ratio)
         return entities
 
-    def create_entities(self, tags, element, types, ratio):
+    def create_entities(self, tags, element, types):
         """
         Create entity according to 'name' in tag
         """
         entities = []
         for tag in tags:
             if tag['name'] in types.keys():
-                entities_name = Entity.objects.filter(
-                    corpus__elements=element,
-                    type=types[tag['name']]
-                ).values('name')
-                if entities_name:
-                    names = [e['name'] for e in entities_name]
-                    name = best_levenshtein(
-                        tag['value'],
-                        names
-                    )
-                    score = name[1]
-                else:
-                    score = 0
-
-                if score < ratio:
-                    entity = Entity.objects.create(
-                        name=tag['value'],
-                        type=types[tag['name']],
-                        corpus_id=element.corpus_id,
-                        source_id=self.source.id
-                    )
-                    entities.append(entity.id)
-                else:
-                    entity = Entity.objects.distinct('name').get(
-                        corpus__elements=element,
-                        name=name[0],
-                        type=types[tag['name']],
-                        corpus_id=element.corpus_id
-                    )
+                entity = Entity.objects.create(
+                    name=tag['value'],
+                    type=types[tag['name']],
+                    corpus_id=element.corpus_id,
+                    source_id=self.source.id
+                )
+                entities.append(entity.id)
                 tag['entity_id'] = entity.id
         return entities, tags
 
diff --git a/arkindex/documents/tests/test_pagexml.py b/arkindex/documents/tests/test_pagexml.py
index 902a60cdfaa7b679525e36c309fd490c2c9477c7..5614d1fef36d7564d15a222abf373979a7c1eb57 100644
--- a/arkindex/documents/tests/test_pagexml.py
+++ b/arkindex/documents/tests/test_pagexml.py
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ class TestPageXml(FixtureAPITestCase):
 
         entities = []
         for block in blocks:
-            entities += parser.create_entities(blocks[block], self.page, self.types, 0.90)[0]
+            entities += parser.create_entities(blocks[block], self.page, self.types)[0]
 
         nb_entities = Entity.objects.filter(corpus_id=self.page.corpus.id).count()
         self.assertEqual(len(entities), nb_entities)
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ class TestPageXml(FixtureAPITestCase):
         blocks = parser.merge(blocks)
 
         for block in blocks.values():
-            entities, tags = parser.create_entities(block, self.page, self.types, 0.90)
+            entities, tags = parser.create_entities(block, self.page, self.types)
             parser.create_roles(tags, self.page, TRANSKRIBUS_ROLE, 0.90)
 
         nb_roles = EntityRole.objects.filter(corpus_id=self.page.corpus.id).count()
@@ -958,14 +958,14 @@ class TestPageXml(FixtureAPITestCase):
         blocks = parser.merge(blocks)
 
         for block in blocks.values():
-            entities, tags = parser.create_entities(block, self.page, self.types, 0.90)
+            entities, tags = parser.create_entities(block, self.page, self.types)
             tags = parser.create_roles(tags, self.page, TRANSKRIBUS_ROLE, 0.90)
             parser.create_links(tags, TRANSKRIBUS_ROLE, 0.90)
 
         nb_entities = Entity.objects.filter(corpus_id=self.page.corpus.id).count()
         nb_roles = EntityRole.objects.filter(corpus_id=self.page.corpus.id).count()
         nb_links = EntityLink.objects.filter(role__corpus__id=self.page.corpus.id).count()
-        self.assertEqual(3, nb_entities)
+        self.assertEqual(4, nb_entities)
         self.assertEqual(2, nb_roles)
         self.assertEqual(2, nb_links)
 
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ class TestPageXml(FixtureAPITestCase):
         nb_roles = EntityRole.objects.filter(corpus_id=self.page.corpus.id).count()
         nb_links = EntityLink.objects.filter(role__corpus__id=self.page.corpus.id).count()
         nb_transcription_entity = TranscriptionEntity.objects.filter(entity__id__in=entities_id).count()
-        self.assertEqual(3, nb_entities)
+        self.assertEqual(4, nb_entities)
         self.assertEqual(2, nb_roles)
         self.assertEqual(2, nb_links)
         self.assertEqual(5, nb_transcription_entity)