diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index e656fc2449..a88246cd6b 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -3683,7 +3683,7 @@ function store_diaspora_retract_sig($item, $user, $baseurl) {
 	}
 	else {
 		$r = q("SELECT `nick`, `url` FROM `contact` WHERE `id` = '%d' LIMIT 1",
-			$item['contact-id']
+			$item['contact-id'] // If this function gets called, drop_item() has already checked remote_user() == $item['contact-id']
 		);
 		if(count($r)) {
 			// The below handle only works for NETWORK_DFRN. I think that's ok, because this function
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 554e97fe46..da9185cb8e 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -1039,16 +1039,11 @@ function store_diaspora_comment_sig($datarray, $author, $uprvkey, $parent_item,
 	require_once('include/bb2diaspora.php');
 	$signed_body = html_entity_decode(bb2diaspora($datarray['body']));
 
-//	$myaddr = $user['nickname'] . '@' . substr($baseurl, strpos($baseurl,'://') + 3);
-//	if( $author['network'] === NETWORK_DIASPORA)
-//		$diaspora_handle = $author['addr'];
-//	else {
 	// Only works for NETWORK_DFRN
 	$contact_baseurl_start = strpos($author['url'],'://') + 3;
 	$contact_baseurl_length = strpos($author['url'],'/profile') - $contact_baseurl_start;
 	$contact_baseurl = substr($author['url'], $contact_baseurl_start, $contact_baseurl_length);
 	$diaspora_handle = $author['nick'] . '@' . $contact_baseurl;
-//	}
 
 	$signed_text = $datarray['guid'] . ';' . $parent_item['guid'] . ';' . $signed_body . ';' . $diaspora_handle;
 
diff --git a/mod/like.php b/mod/like.php
index 1176c31101..5519bffdb8 100755
--- a/mod/like.php
+++ b/mod/like.php
@@ -245,9 +245,6 @@ function store_diaspora_like_retract_sig($activity, $item, $like_item, $contact)
 	if(($activity === ACTIVITY_LIKE) && (! $item['resource-id'])) {
 		$signed_text = $like_item['guid'] . ';' . 'Like';
 
-//		if( $contact['network'] === NETWORK_DIASPORA)
-//			$diaspora_handle = $contact['addr'];
-//		else {
 		// Only works for NETWORK_DFRN
 		$contact_baseurl_start = strpos($contact['url'],'://') + 3;
 		$contact_baseurl_length = strpos($contact['url'],'/profile') - $contact_baseurl_start;
@@ -268,7 +265,6 @@ function store_diaspora_like_retract_sig($activity, $item, $like_item, $contact)
 			if( $r)
 				$authorsig = base64_encode(rsa_sign($signed_text,$r['prvkey'],'sha256'));
 		}
-//		}
 
 		if(! isset($authorsig))
 			$authorsig = '';
@@ -299,9 +295,6 @@ function store_diaspora_like_sig($activity, $post_type, $contact, $post_id) {
 	logger('mod_like: storing diaspora like signature');
 
 	if(($activity === ACTIVITY_LIKE) && ($post_type === t('status'))) {
-//		if( $contact['network'] === NETWORK_DIASPORA)
-//			$diaspora_handle = $contact['addr'];
-//		else {
 		// Only works for NETWORK_DFRN
 		$contact_baseurl_start = strpos($contact['url'],'://') + 3;
 		$contact_baseurl_length = strpos($contact['url'],'/profile') - $contact_baseurl_start;
@@ -322,7 +315,6 @@ function store_diaspora_like_sig($activity, $post_type, $contact, $post_id) {
 			if( $r)
 				$contact_uprvkey = $r['prvkey'];
 		}
-//		}
 
 		$r = q("SELECT guid, parent FROM `item` WHERE id = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($post_id)