diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
index 98307e23e1..a68e1c4626 100644
--- a/include/event.php
+++ b/include/event.php
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ function event_store($arr) {
 			`location` = '%s',
 			`type` = '%s',
 			`adjust` = %d,
-			`nofinish` = %d,
+			`nofinish` = %d
 			WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
 
 			dbesc($arr['edited']),
diff --git a/include/threads.php b/include/threads.php
index 0b2b26e8d2..2e02e7ada3 100644
--- a/include/threads.php
+++ b/include/threads.php
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ function delete_thread($itemid, $itemuri = "") {
 				intval($item["uid"])
 			);
 		if (!count($r)) {
-			$r = q("DELETE FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = 0)",
+			$r = q("DELETE FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = 0",
 				dbesc($itemuri)
 			);
 			logger("delete_thread: Deleted shadow for item ".$itemuri." - ".print_r($result, true), LOGGER_DEBUG);