diff --git a/dwpost/dwpost.php b/dwpost/dwpost.php
index 9bcee9c29..3d4b42ad8 100644
--- a/dwpost/dwpost.php
+++ b/dwpost/dwpost.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Tag;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ function dwpost_send(App $a, array &$b)
 		$title = $b['title'];
 		$post = BBCode::convert($b['body']);
 		$post = XML::escape($post);
-		$tags = dwpost_get_tags($b['tag']);
+		$tags = Tag::getCSVByURIId($b['uri-id'], [Tag::HASHTAG]);
 
 		$date = DateTimeFormat::convert($b['created'], $tz);
 		$year = intval(substr($date,0,4));
@@ -236,12 +237,3 @@ EOT;
 		Logger::log('posted to dreamwidth: ' . ($x) ? $x : '', Logger::DEBUG);
 	}
 }
-
-function dwpost_get_tags($post)
-{
-	preg_match_all("/\]([^\[#]+)\[/", $post, $matches);
-
-	$tags = implode(', ', $matches[1]);
-
-	return $tags;
-}
diff --git a/ijpost/ijpost.php b/ijpost/ijpost.php
index 71a4c7189..00479e3e0 100644
--- a/ijpost/ijpost.php
+++ b/ijpost/ijpost.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Tag;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ function ijpost_send(&$a, &$b)
 		$title = $b['title'];
 		$post = BBCode::convert($b['body']);
 		$post = XML::escape($post);
-		$tags = ijpost_get_tags($b['tag']);
+		$tags = Tag::getCSVByURIId($b['uri-id'], [Tag::HASHTAG]);
 
 		$date = DateTimeFormat::convert($b['created'], $tz);
 		$year = intval(substr($date,0,4));
@@ -233,10 +234,3 @@ EOT;
 		Logger::log('posted to insanejournal: ' . $x ? $x : '', Logger::DEBUG);
 	}
 }
-
-function ijpost_get_tags($post)
-{
-	preg_match_all("/\]([^\[#]+)\[/", $post, $matches);
-	$tags = implode(', ', $matches[1]);
-	return $tags;
-}
diff --git a/ljpost/ljpost.php b/ljpost/ljpost.php
index 382832c5e..5120612d0 100644
--- a/ljpost/ljpost.php
+++ b/ljpost/ljpost.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Tag;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ function ljpost_send(&$a,&$b) {
 		$title = XML::escape($b['title']);
 		$post = BBCode::convert($b['body']);
 		$post = XML::escape($post);
-		$tags = ljpost_get_tags($b['tag']);
+		$tags = Tag::getCSVByURIId($b['uri-id'], [Tag::HASHTAG]);
 
 		$date = DateTimeFormat::convert($b['created'], $tz);
 		$year = intval(substr($date,0,4));
@@ -245,10 +246,3 @@ EOT;
 		Logger::log('posted to livejournal: ' . ($x) ? $x : '', Logger::DEBUG);
 	}
 }
-
-function ljpost_get_tags($post)
-{
-	preg_match_all("/\]([^\[#]+)\[/",$post,$matches);
-	$tags = implode(', ',$matches[1]);
-	return $tags;
-}
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 0ed0f55c0..f75d23460 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -1202,9 +1202,7 @@ function statusnet_createpost(App $a, $uid, $post, $self, $create_user, $only_ex
 
 	$postarray['body'] = HTML::toBBCode($content->statusnet_html);
 
-	$converted = statusnet_convertmsg($a, $postarray['body'], false);
-	$postarray['body'] = $converted["body"];
-	$postarray['tag'] = $converted["tags"];
+	$postarray['body'] = statusnet_convertmsg($a, $postarray['body']);
 
 	$postarray['created'] = DateTimeFormat::utc($content->created_at);
 	$postarray['edited'] = DateTimeFormat::utc($content->created_at);
@@ -1433,7 +1431,7 @@ function statusnet_complete_conversation(App $a, $uid, $self, $create_user, $nic
 	}
 }
 
-function statusnet_convertmsg(App $a, $body, $no_tags = false)
+function statusnet_convertmsg(App $a, $body)
 {
 	$body = preg_replace("=\[url\=https?://([0-9]*).([0-9]*).([0-9]*).([0-9]*)/([0-9]*)\](.*?)\[\/url\]=ism", "$1.$2.$3.$4/$5", $body);
 
@@ -1510,36 +1508,7 @@ function statusnet_convertmsg(App $a, $body, $no_tags = false)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ($no_tags) {
-		return ["body" => $body, "tags" => ""];
-	}
-
-	$str_tags = '';
-
-	$cnt = preg_match_all("/([!#@])\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\](.*?)\[\/url\]/ism", $body, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
-	if ($cnt) {
-		foreach ($matches as $mtch) {
-			if (strlen($str_tags)) {
-				$str_tags .= ',';
-			}
-
-			if ($mtch[1] == "#") {
-				// Replacing the hash tags that are directed to the GNU Social server with internal links
-				$snhash = "#[url=" . $mtch[2] . "]" . $mtch[3] . "[/url]";
-				$frdchash = '#[url=' . DI::baseUrl()->get() . '/search?tag=' . $mtch[3] . ']' . $mtch[3] . '[/url]';
-				$body = str_replace($snhash, $frdchash, $body);
-
-				$str_tags .= $frdchash;
-			} else {
-				$str_tags .= "@[url=" . $mtch[2] . "]" . $mtch[3] . "[/url]";
-			}
-			// To-Do:
-			// There is a problem with links with to GNU Social groups, so these links are stored with "@" like friendica groups
-			//$str_tags .= $mtch[1]."[url=".$mtch[2]."]".$mtch[3]."[/url]";
-		}
-	}
-
-	return ["body" => $body, "tags" => $str_tags];
+	return $body;
 }
 
 function statusnet_fetch_own_contact(App $a, $uid)
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 3742f0d8c..afe7f1012 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -1224,14 +1224,12 @@ function twitter_expand_entities($body, stdClass $status, $picture)
 {
 	$plain = $body;
 
-	$tags = [];
 	$taglist = [];
 
 	$replacementList = [];
 
 	foreach ($status->entities->hashtags AS $hashtag) {
 		$replace = '#[url=' . DI::baseUrl()->get() . '/search?tag=' . $hashtag->text . ']' . $hashtag->text . '[/url]';
-		$tags['#' . $hashtag->text] = $replace;
 		$taglist['#' . $hashtag->text] = ['#', $hashtag->text, ''];
 
 		$replacementList[$hashtag->indices[0]] = [
@@ -1242,7 +1240,6 @@ function twitter_expand_entities($body, stdClass $status, $picture)
 
 	foreach ($status->entities->user_mentions AS $mention) {
 		$replace = '@[url=https://twitter.com/' . rawurlencode($mention->screen_name) . ']' . $mention->screen_name . '[/url]';
-		$tags['@' . $mention->screen_name] = $replace;
 		$taglist['@' . $mention->screen_name] = ['@', $mention->screen_name, 'https://twitter.com/' . rawurlencode($mention->screen_name)];
 
 		$replacementList[$mention->indices[0]] = [
@@ -1344,7 +1341,7 @@ function twitter_expand_entities($body, stdClass $status, $picture)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return ['body' => $body, 'tags' => $tags, 'plain' => $plain, 'taglist' => $taglist];
+	return ['body' => $body, 'plain' => $plain, 'taglist' => $taglist];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1557,7 +1554,6 @@ function twitter_createpost(App $a, $uid, $post, array $self, $create_user, $onl
 
 	$converted = twitter_expand_entities($postarray['body'], $post, $picture);
 	$postarray['body'] = $converted['body'];
-	$postarray['tag'] = implode(',', $converted['tags']);
 	$postarray['created'] = DateTimeFormat::utc($post->created_at);
 	$postarray['edited'] = DateTimeFormat::utc($post->created_at);