diff --git a/pumpio/pumpio_sync.php b/pumpio/pumpio_sync.php
index af843c1d..e691a387 100644
--- a/pumpio/pumpio_sync.php
+++ b/pumpio/pumpio_sync.php
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <?php
+
+use Friendica\App;
+
 if (!file_exists("boot.php") AND (sizeof($_SERVER["argv"]) != 0)) {
 	$directory = dirname($_SERVER["argv"][0]);
 
diff --git a/securemail/securemail.php b/securemail/securemail.php
index c92410a6..79f5e2da 100644
--- a/securemail/securemail.php
+++ b/securemail/securemail.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  * Author: Fabio Comuni <http://kirgroup.com/profile/fabrixxm>
  */
 
+use Friendica\App;
+
 require_once 'include/Emailer.php';
 
 /* because the fraking openpgp-php is in composer, require libs in composer
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 74245fa2..74121d29 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -688,15 +688,7 @@ function twitter_expire($a,$b) {
 	if ($days == 0)
 		return;
 
-	if (method_exists('dba', 'delete')) {
-		$r = dba::select('item', array('id'), array('deleted' => true, 'network' => NETWORK_TWITTER));
-		while ($row = dba::fetch($r)) {
-			dba::delete('item', array('id' => $row['id']));
-		}
-		dba::close($r);
-	} else {
-		$r = q("DELETE FROM `item` WHERE `deleted` AND `network` = '%s'", dbesc(NETWORK_TWITTER));
-	}
+	$r = q("DELETE FROM `item` WHERE `deleted` AND `network` = '%s'", dbesc(NETWORK_TWITTER));
 
 	require_once("include/items.php");
 
diff --git a/twitter/twitter_sync.php b/twitter/twitter_sync.php
index 6c76af7c..49c41354 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter_sync.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter_sync.php
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <?php
+
+use Friendica\App;
+
 if (!file_exists("boot.php") AND (sizeof($_SERVER["argv"]) != 0)) {
 	$directory = dirname($_SERVER["argv"][0]);