diff --git a/advancedcontentfilter/advancedcontentfilter.php b/advancedcontentfilter/advancedcontentfilter.php
index 43946049d..eebec4b0e 100644
--- a/advancedcontentfilter/advancedcontentfilter.php
+++ b/advancedcontentfilter/advancedcontentfilter.php
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ function advancedcontentfilter_get_variables_guid(ServerRequestInterface $reques
 
 	$condition = ["`guid` = ? AND (`uid` = ? OR `uid` = 0)", $args['guid'], local_user()];
 	$params = ['order' => ['uid' => true]];
-	$item = Item::selectFirst(local_user(), Item::DISPLAY_FIELDLIST, $condition, $params);
+	$item = Item::selectFirstForUser(local_user(), [], $condition, $params);
 
 	if (!\Friendica\Database\DBM::is_result($item)) {
 		throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException(L10n::t('Unknown post with guid: %s', $args['guid']));
diff --git a/mailstream/mailstream.php b/mailstream/mailstream.php
index a68e0b361..bc6d490c7 100644
--- a/mailstream/mailstream.php
+++ b/mailstream/mailstream.php
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ function mailstream_cron($a, $b) {
 		if (!$ms_item_id['message-id'] || !strlen($ms_item_id['message-id'])) {
 			logger('mailstream_cron: Item ' . $ms_item_id['id'] . ' URI ' . $ms_item_id['uri'] . ' has no message-id', LOGGER_NORMAL);
 		}
-		$item = Item::selectFirst($ms_item_id['uid'], Item::DISPLAY_FIELDLIST, ['id' => $ms_item_id['id']]);
+		$item = Item::selectFirst([], ['id' => $ms_item_id['id']]);
 		$users = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($item['uid']));
 		$user = $users[0];
 		if ($user && $item) {
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 566391171..6a3090da3 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ function statusnet_post_hook(App $a, &$b)
 		}
 
 		$condition = ['uri' => $b["thr-parent"], 'uid' => $b["uid"]];
-		$orig_post = Item::selectFirst($b["uid"], ['author-link', 'uri'], $condition);
+		$orig_post = Item::selectFirst(['author-link', 'uri'], $condition);
 		if (!count($orig_post)) {
 			logger("statusnet_post_hook: no parent found " . $b["thr-parent"]);
 			return;
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ function statusnet_prepare_body(App $a, &$b)
 		$item["plink"] = $a->get_baseurl() . "/display/" . $a->user["nickname"] . "/" . $item["parent"];
 
 		$condition = ['uri' => $item["thr-parent"], 'uid' => local_user()];
-		$orig_post = Item::selectFirst(local_user(), ['author-link', 'uri'], $condition);
+		$orig_post = Item::selectFirst(['author-link', 'uri'], $condition);
 		if (count($orig_post)) {
 			$nick = preg_replace("=https?://(.*)/(.*)=ism", "$2", $orig_post["author-link"]);
 
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index d9f6ece3a..3e2d90d72 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ function twitter_post_hook(App $a, &$b)
 		}
 
 		$condition = ['uri' => $b["thr-parent"], 'uid' => $b["uid"]];
-		$orig_post = Item::selectFirst($b["uid"], [], $condition);
+		$orig_post = Item::selectFirst([], $condition);
 		if (!DBM::is_result($orig_post)) {
 			logger("twitter_post_hook: no parent found " . $b["thr-parent"]);
 			return;
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ function twitter_prepare_body(App $a, &$b)
 		$item["plink"] = $a->get_baseurl() . "/display/" . $a->user["nickname"] . "/" . $item["parent"];
 
 		$condition = ['uri' => $item["thr-parent"], 'uid' => local_user()];
-		$orig_post = Item::selectFirst(local_user(), ['author-link'], $condition);
+		$orig_post = Item::selectFirst(['author-link'], $condition);
 		if (DBM::is_result($orig_post)) {
 			$nicknameplain = preg_replace("=https?://twitter.com/(.*)=ism", "$1", $orig_post["author-link"]);
 			$nickname = "@[url=" . $orig_post["author-link"] . "]" . $nicknameplain . "[/url]";
diff --git a/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php b/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php
index a7453b1d3..dd461ea49 100644
--- a/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php
+++ b/windowsphonepush/windowsphonepush.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ function windowsphonepush_cron()
 					$senditemtext = PConfig::get($rr['uid'], 'windowsphonepush', 'senditemtext');
 					if ($senditemtext == 1) {
 						// load item with the max id
-						$item = Item::selectFirst(local_user(), ['author-name', 'body'], ['id' => $count[0]['max']]);
+						$item = Item::selectFirst(['author-name', 'body'], ['id' => $count[0]['max']]);
 
 						// as user allows to send the item, we want to show the sender of the item in the toast
 						// toasts are limited to one line, therefore place is limited - author shall be in