diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index da3c458ef..ea6a1fabe 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -753,7 +753,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
 	FOREIGN KEY (`owner-id`) REFERENCES `contact` (`id`) ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT,
 	FOREIGN KEY (`author-id`) REFERENCES `contact` (`id`) ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT,
 	FOREIGN KEY (`causer-id`) REFERENCES `contact` (`id`) ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT,
-	FOREIGN KEY (`vid`) REFERENCES `verb` (`id`) ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT,
 	FOREIGN KEY (`uid`) REFERENCES `user` (`uid`) ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE CASCADE,
 	FOREIGN KEY (`contact-id`) REFERENCES `contact` (`id`) ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE CASCADE,
 	FOREIGN KEY (`psid`) REFERENCES `permissionset` (`id`) ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT
diff --git a/static/dbstructure.config.php b/static/dbstructure.config.php
index 4d729960f..08991ccbd 100644
--- a/static/dbstructure.config.php
+++ b/static/dbstructure.config.php
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ return [
 			"author-id" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "foreign" => ["contact" => "id", "on delete" => "restrict"], "comment" => "Link to the contact table with uid=0 of the author of this item"],
 			"causer-id" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "foreign" => ["contact" => "id", "on delete" => "restrict"], "comment" => "Link to the contact table with uid=0 of the contact that caused the item creation"],
 			"icid" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "relation" => ["item-content" => "id"], "comment" => "Id of the item-content table entry that contains the whole item content"],
-			"vid" => ["type" => "smallint unsigned", "foreign" => ["verb" => "id", "on delete" => "restrict"], "comment" => "Id of the verb table entry that contains the activity verbs"],
+			"vid" => ["type" => "smallint unsigned", "relation" => ["verb" => "id"], "comment" => "Id of the verb table entry that contains the activity verbs"],
 			"extid" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "", "comment" => ""],
 			"post-type" => ["type" => "tinyint unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "comment" => "Post type (personal note, bookmark, ...)"],
 			"global" => ["type" => "boolean", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "comment" => ""],