diff --git a/src/Module/Notifications/Ping.php b/src/Module/Notifications/Ping.php
index c2c0c2c674..d97fb27fdf 100644
--- a/src/Module/Notifications/Ping.php
+++ b/src/Module/Notifications/Ping.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Ping extends BaseModule
 
 		if (local_user()) {
 			if (DI::pConfig()->get(local_user(), 'system', 'detailed_notif')) {
-				$notifications = $this->notificationRepo->selectForUser(local_user(), [], ['limit' => 50]);
+				$notifications = $this->notificationRepo->selectForUser(local_user(), ['`vid` != ?', Verb::getID(\Friendica\Protocol\Activity::LIKE)], ['limit' => 50]);
 			} else {
 				$notifications = $this->notificationRepo->selectDigestForUser(local_user());
 			}
diff --git a/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notification.php b/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notification.php
index 290845645a..60ac82ae31 100644
--- a/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notification.php
+++ b/src/Navigation/Notifications/Repository/Notification.php
@@ -116,11 +116,12 @@ class Notification extends BaseRepository
 		    SELECT MAX(`id`)
 		    FROM notification
 		    WHERE uid = ?
+		    AND vid != ?
 		    GROUP BY IFNULL(`parent-uri-id`, `actor-id`)
 		)
 		ORDER BY `seen`, `id` DESC
 		LIMIT 50
-		", $uid);
+		", $uid, Verb::getID(\Friendica\Protocol\Activity::LIKE));
 
 		$Entities = new Collection\Notifications();
 		foreach ($rows as $fields) {