diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 68f68fec3b..1604f0b660 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ function contacts_init(App $a)
 		if (!DBA::isResult($contact)) {
 			$contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', [], ['id' => $contact_id, 'uid' => 0]);
 		}
+
+		// Don't display contacts that are about to be deleted
+		if ($contact['network'] == Protocol::PHANTOM) {
+			$contact = false;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (DBA::isResult($contact)) {
@@ -719,6 +724,8 @@ function contacts_content(App $a, $update = 0)
 		$sql_extra = " AND `blocked` = 0 ";
 	}
 
+	$sql_extra .= sprintf(" AND `network` != '%s' ", Protocol::PHANTOM);
+
 	$search = x($_GET, 'search') ? notags(trim($_GET['search'])) : '';
 	$nets   = x($_GET, 'nets'  ) ? notags(trim($_GET['nets']))   : '';
 
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index 666c388a4a..8a53ac09b6 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 	$condition = [];
 	switch ($direction) {
 		case (-1):
-			$condition = ["`issued-id` = ? OR `dfrn-id` = ?", $dfrn_id, $dfrn_id];
+			$condition = ["(`issued-id` = ? OR `dfrn-id` = ?) AND `uid` = ?", $dfrn_id, $dfrn_id, $user['uid']];
 			break;
 		case 0:
-			$condition = ['issued-id' => $dfrn_id, 'duplex' => true];
+			$condition = ['issued-id' => $dfrn_id, 'duplex' => true, 'uid' => $user['uid']];
 			break;
 		case 1:
-			$condition = ['dfrn-id' => $dfrn_id, 'duplex' => true];
+			$condition = ['dfrn-id' => $dfrn_id, 'duplex' => true, 'uid' => $user['uid']];
 			break;
 		default:
 			System::xmlExit(3, 'Invalid direction');
@@ -287,15 +287,15 @@ function dfrn_notify_content(App $a) {
 		$condition = [];
 		switch ($direction) {
 			case (-1):
-				$condition = ["`issued-id` = ? OR `dfrn-id` = ?", $dfrn_id, $dfrn_id];
+				$condition = ["(`issued-id` = ? OR `dfrn-id` = ?) AND `uid` = ?", $dfrn_id, $dfrn_id, $user['uid']];
 				$my_id = $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			case 0:
-				$condition = ['issued-id' => $dfrn_id, 'duplex' => true];
+				$condition = ['issued-id' => $dfrn_id, 'duplex' => true, 'uid' => $user['uid']];
 				$my_id = '1:' . $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			case 1:
-				$condition = ['dfrn-id' => $dfrn_id, 'duplex' => true];
+				$condition = ['dfrn-id' => $dfrn_id, 'duplex' => true, 'uid' => $user['uid']];
 				$my_id = '0:' . $dfrn_id;
 				break;
 			default:
diff --git a/src/Worker/RemoveContact.php b/src/Worker/RemoveContact.php
index b07661b7a9..8f986eab11 100644
--- a/src/Worker/RemoveContact.php
+++ b/src/Worker/RemoveContact.php
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ require_once 'include/dba.php';
 class RemoveContact {
 	public static function execute($id) {
 
-		// Only delete if the contact is archived
-		$condition = ['archive' => true, 'network' => Protocol::PHANTOM, 'id' => $id];
+		// Only delete if the contact is to be deleted
+		$condition = ['network' => Protocol::PHANTOM, 'id' => $id];
 		$r = DBA::exists('contact', $condition);
 		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
 			return;