diff --git a/include/Probe.php b/include/Probe.php
index 779476bce2..5c2ba86ccd 100644
--- a/include/Probe.php
+++ b/include/Probe.php
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class Probe {
 		if ($data["photo"] != "")
 			$data["baseurl"] = matching_url(normalise_link($data["baseurl"]), normalise_link($data["photo"]));
 		else
-			$data["photo"] = $a->get_baseurl().'/images/person-175.jpg';
+			$data["photo"] = App::get_baseurl().'/images/person-175.jpg';
 
 		if (!isset($data["name"]) OR ($data["name"] == "")) {
 			if (isset($data["nick"]))
diff --git a/include/feed.php b/include/feed.php
index 7ce0729c6c..579ff7caae 100644
--- a/include/feed.php
+++ b/include/feed.php
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ function feed_import($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $simulate = false) {
 				if ($attributes->name == "href")
 					$author["author-link"] = $attributes->textContent;
 
-		$author["author-id"] = $xpath->evaluate('/atom:feed/atom:author/atom:uri/text()')->item(0)->nodeValue;
-
 		if ($author["author-link"] == "")
 			$author["author-link"] = $author["author-id"];
 
@@ -144,10 +142,6 @@ function feed_import($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $simulate = false) {
 		$author["owner-link"] = $contact["url"];
 		$author["owner-name"] = $contact["name"];
 		$author["owner-avatar"] = $contact["thumb"];
-
-		// This is no field in the item table. So we have to unset it.
-		unset($author["author-nick"]);
-		unset($author["author-id"]);
 	}
 
 	$header = array();