diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index c3d0e92c33..3a9d850d48 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1376,49 +1376,6 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false, $notify = false, $dontcache = fa
 		$current_post = $r[0]['id'];
 		logger('item_store: created item ' . $current_post);
 
-/*
-		// Is it a global copy?
-		$store_gcontact = ($arr["uid"] == 0);
-
-		// Is it a comment on a global copy?
-		if (!$store_gcontact AND ($arr["uri"] != $arr["parent-uri"])) {
-			$q = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `uri`='%s' AND `uid` = 0",
-				$arr["parent-uri"]);
-			$store_gcontact = count($q);
-		}
-
-		// This check for private and network is maybe superflous
-		if ($store_gcontact AND !$arr['private'] AND in_array($arr["network"],
-			array(NETWORK_DFRN, NETWORK_DIASPORA, NETWORK_OSTATUS, ""))) {
-
-			// "3" means: We don't know this contact directly (Maybe a reshared item)
-			$generation = 3;
-			$network = "";
-
-			// Is it a user from our server?
-			$q = q("SELECT `id` FROM `contact` WHERE `self` AND `nurl` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-					dbesc(normalise_link($arr["author-link"])));
-			if (count($q)) {
-				$generation = 1;
-				$network = NETWORK_DFRN;
-			} else { // Is it a contact from a user on our server?
-				$q = q("SELECT `network` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` != 0 AND `network` != ''
-					AND (`nurl` = '%s' OR `alias` IN ('%s', '%s')) LIMIT 1",
-						dbesc(normalise_link($arr["author-link"])),
-						dbesc(normalise_link($arr["author-link"])),
-						dbesc($arr["author-link"]));
-				if (count($q)) {
-					$generation = 2;
-					$network = $q[0]["network"];
-				}
-			}
-
-			poco_check($arr["author-link"], $arr["author-name"], $network, $arr["author-avatar"], "", "", "", "", "", $arr["received"], $generation, $arr["contact-id"], $arr["uid"]);
-
-			// Maybe its a body with a shared item? Then extract a global contact from it.
-			poco_contact_from_body($arr["body"], $arr["received"], $arr["contact-id"], $arr["uid"]);
-		}
-*/
 		// Set "success_update" to the date of the last time we heard from this contact
 		// This can be used to filter for inactive contacts and poco.
 		// Only do this for public postings to avoid privacy problems, since poco data is public.