diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 84aed8147..2ff7a90cf 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -981,23 +981,6 @@ class diaspora {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @brief Fetch the uri from our database if we already have this item (maybe from ourselves)
-	 *
-	 * @param string $author Author handle
-	 * @param string $guid Message guid
-	 *
-	 * @return string The constructed uri or the one from our database
-	 */
-	private function get_uri_from_guid($author, $guid) {
-
-		$r = q("SELECT `uri` FROM `item` WHERE `guid` = '%s' LIMIT 1", dbesc($guid));
-		if ($r)
-			return $r[0]["uri"];
-		else
-			return $author.":".$guid;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @brief Processes an incoming comment
 	 *
@@ -1050,7 +1033,7 @@ class diaspora {
 		$datarray["owner-avatar"] = ((x($contact,"thumb")) ? $contact["thumb"] : $contact["photo"]);
 
 		$datarray["guid"] = $guid;
-		$datarray["uri"] = self::get_uri_from_guid($author, $guid);
+		$datarray["uri"] = $author.":".$guid;
 
 		$datarray["type"] = "remote-comment";
 		$datarray["verb"] = ACTIVITY_POST;
@@ -1387,7 +1370,7 @@ class diaspora {
 		$datarray["owner-avatar"] = ((x($contact,"thumb")) ? $contact["thumb"] : $contact["photo"]);
 
 		$datarray["guid"] = $guid;
-		$datarray["uri"] = self::get_uri_from_guid($author, $guid);
+		$datarray["uri"] = $author.":".$guid;
 
 		$datarray["type"] = "activity";
 		$datarray["verb"] = $verb;
@@ -1986,7 +1969,7 @@ class diaspora {
 		$datarray["owner-avatar"] = $datarray["author-avatar"];
 
 		$datarray["guid"] = $guid;
-		$datarray["uri"] = $datarray["parent-uri"] = self::get_uri_from_guid($author, $guid);
+		$datarray["uri"] = $datarray["parent-uri"] = $author.":".$guid;
 
 		$datarray["verb"] = ACTIVITY_POST;
 		$datarray["gravity"] = GRAVITY_PARENT;
@@ -2188,7 +2171,7 @@ class diaspora {
 		$datarray["owner-avatar"] = $datarray["author-avatar"];
 
 		$datarray["guid"] = $guid;
-		$datarray["uri"] = $datarray["parent-uri"] = self::get_uri_from_guid($author, $guid);
+		$datarray["uri"] = $datarray["parent-uri"] = $author.":".$guid;
 
 		$datarray["verb"] = ACTIVITY_POST;
 		$datarray["gravity"] = GRAVITY_PARENT;