diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 7c507498b..6d882463f 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -1053,10 +1053,8 @@ class Item
 			$notify_type = Delivery::POST;
 		}
 
-		if (!in_array($item['verb'], self::ACTIVITIES) && !Post\Content::insert($item['uri-id'], $item)) {
-			// This shouldn't happen
-			Logger::warning('No post-content stored, quitting', ['guid' => $item['guid'], 'uri-id' => $item['uri-id'], 'causer-id' => ($item['causer-id'] ?? 0), 'post-type' => $item['post-type'], 'network' => $item['network']]);
-			return 0;
+		if (!in_array($item['verb'], self::ACTIVITIES)) {
+			Post\Content::insert($item['uri-id'], $item);
 		}
 
 		$body = $item['body'];
diff --git a/src/Model/Post/Content.php b/src/Model/Post/Content.php
index 5d9aaf62d..cdca7e8ca 100644
--- a/src/Model/Post/Content.php
+++ b/src/Model/Post/Content.php
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ class Content
 			throw new BadMethodCallException('Empty URI_id');
 		}
 
-		if (DBA::exists('post-content', ['uri-id' => $uri_id])) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
 		$fields = DBStructure::getFieldsForTable('post-content', $data);
 
 		// Additionally assign the key fields