diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 8db59070b5..b93fa39d57 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\NotFoundException;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\TooManyRequestsException;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\UnauthorizedException;
 use Friendica\Object\Image;
-use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Security\BasicAuth;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Images;
@@ -245,83 +244,6 @@ function api_format_messages($item, $recipient, $sender)
 	return $ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * return likes, dislikes and attend status for item
- *
- * @param array  $item array
- * @param string $type Return type (atom, rss, xml, json)
- *
- * @return array
- *            likes => int count,
- *            dislikes => int count
- * @throws BadRequestException
- * @throws ImagickException
- * @throws InternalServerErrorException
- * @throws UnauthorizedException
- */
-function api_format_items_activities($item, $type = "json")
-{
-	$activities = [
-		'like' => [],
-		'dislike' => [],
-		'attendyes' => [],
-		'attendno' => [],
-		'attendmaybe' => [],
-		'announce' => [],
-	];
-
-	$condition = ['uid' => $item['uid'], 'thr-parent' => $item['uri'], 'gravity' => GRAVITY_ACTIVITY];
-	$ret = Post::selectForUser($item['uid'], ['author-id', 'verb'], $condition);
-
-	while ($parent_item = Post::fetch($ret)) {
-		// not used as result should be structured like other user data
-		//builtin_activity_puller($i, $activities);
-
-		// get user data and add it to the array of the activity
-		$user = DI::twitterUser()->createFromContactId($parent_item['author-id'], $item['uid'])->toArray();
-		switch ($parent_item['verb']) {
-			case Activity::LIKE:
-				$activities['like'][] = $user;
-				break;
-			case Activity::DISLIKE:
-				$activities['dislike'][] = $user;
-				break;
-			case Activity::ATTEND:
-				$activities['attendyes'][] = $user;
-				break;
-			case Activity::ATTENDNO:
-				$activities['attendno'][] = $user;
-				break;
-			case Activity::ATTENDMAYBE:
-				$activities['attendmaybe'][] = $user;
-				break;
-			case Activity::ANNOUNCE:
-				$activities['announce'][] = $user;
-				break;
-			default:
-				break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	DBA::close($ret);
-
-	if ($type == "xml") {
-		$xml_activities = [];
-		foreach ($activities as $k => $v) {
-			// change xml element from "like" to "friendica:like"
-			$xml_activities["friendica:".$k] = $v;
-			// add user data into xml output
-			$k_user = 0;
-			foreach ($v as $user) {
-				$xml_activities["friendica:".$k][$k_user++.":user"] = $user;
-			}
-		}
-		$activities = $xml_activities;
-	}
-
-	return $activities;
-}
-
 /**
  *
  * @param string $acl_string
@@ -643,7 +565,7 @@ function prepare_photo_data($type, $scale, $photo_id, $uid)
 		throw new NotFoundException('Photo-related item not found.');
 	}
 
-	$data['photo']['friendica_activities'] = api_format_items_activities($item, $type);
+	$data['photo']['friendica_activities'] = DI::friendicaActivities()->createFromUriId($item['uri-id'], $item['uid'], $type);
 
 	// retrieve comments on photo
 	$condition = ["`parent` = ? AND `uid` = ? AND `gravity` IN (?, ?)",
diff --git a/src/DI.php b/src/DI.php
index 1531988aaf..b40222237b 100644
--- a/src/DI.php
+++ b/src/DI.php
@@ -270,6 +270,14 @@ abstract class DI
 	// "Factory" namespace instances
 	//
 
+	/**
+	 * @return Factory\Api\Friendica\Activities
+	 */
+	public static function friendicaActivities()
+	{
+		return self::$dice->create(Factory\Api\Friendica\Activities::class);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return Factory\Api\Mastodon\Account
 	 */
diff --git a/src/Factory/Api/Friendica/Activities.php b/src/Factory/Api/Friendica/Activities.php
index c55649e9b4..06d9cfd6db 100644
--- a/src/Factory/Api/Friendica/Activities.php
+++ b/src/Factory/Api/Friendica/Activities.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Activities extends BaseFactory
 	 * @return Array
 	 * @throws HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public function createFromUriId(int $uriId, int $uid): array
+	public function createFromUriId(int $uriId, int $uid, $type = 'json'): array
 	{
 		$activities = [
 			'like'        => [],
@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@ class Activities extends BaseFactory
 
 		DBA::close($ret);
 
+		if ($type == 'xml') {
+			$xml_activities = [];
+			foreach ($activities as $k => $v) {
+				// change xml element from "like" to "friendica:like"
+				$xml_activities["friendica:".$k] = $v;
+				// add user data into xml output
+				$k_user = 0;
+				foreach ($v as $user) {
+					$xml_activities['friendica:' . $k][$k_user++ . ':user'] = $user;
+				}
+			}
+			$activities = $xml_activities;
+		}
+	
 		return $activities;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php b/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
index e8d1a928d9..6657644f8c 100644
--- a/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/legacy/ApiTest.php
@@ -2162,8 +2162,8 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 	 */
 	public function testApiFormatItemsActivities()
 	{
-		$item   = ['uid' => 0, 'uri' => ''];
-		$result = api_format_items_activities($item);
+		$item   = ['uid' => 0, 'uri-id' => 1];
+		$result = DI::friendicaActivities()->createFromUriId($item['uri-id'], $item['uid']);
 		self::assertArrayHasKey('like', $result);
 		self::assertArrayHasKey('dislike', $result);
 		self::assertArrayHasKey('attendyes', $result);
@@ -2178,8 +2178,8 @@ class ApiTest extends FixtureTest
 	 */
 	public function testApiFormatItemsActivitiesWithXml()
 	{
-		$item   = ['uid' => 0, 'uri' => ''];
-		$result = api_format_items_activities($item, 'xml');
+		$item   = ['uid' => 0, 'uri-id' => 1];
+		$result = DI::friendicaActivities()->createFromUriId($item['uri-id'], $item['uid'], 'xml');
 		self::assertArrayHasKey('friendica:like', $result);
 		self::assertArrayHasKey('friendica:dislike', $result);
 		self::assertArrayHasKey('friendica:attendyes', $result);