diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 76f1666244..57f83ea5ef 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Emailer;
 
 require_once 'include/enotify.php';
-require_once 'include/threads.php';
 require_once 'include/text.php';
 require_once 'include/items.php';
 
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 4c86d91010..7260bae9e2 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ require_once 'include/items.php';
 require_once 'include/acl_selectors.php';
 require_once 'include/bbcode.php';
 require_once 'include/security.php';
-require_once 'include/threads.php';
 
 function photos_init(App $a) {
 
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 8c8ae48af9..b0bf3fedf0 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use dba;
 use Text_LanguageDetect;
 
 require_once 'boot.php';
-require_once 'include/threads.php';
 require_once 'include/items.php';
 require_once 'include/text.php';