diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index 49134e2220..747a1b2e1f 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ class Diaspora
 	 */
 	public static function ParticipationsForThread($thread, $contacts)
 	{
-		$relais = q("SELECT `batch`, `id`, `name`,`network` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = 0 AND `batch` = '%s' LIMIT 1", dbesc($batch));
 		$r = dba::p("SELECT `contact`.`batch`, `contact`.`id`, `contact`.`name`, `contact`.`network`,
 				`fcontact`.`batch` AS `fbatch`, `fcontact`.`network` AS `fnetwork` FROM `participation`
 				INNER JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `participation`.`contact`