diff --git a/src/Model/ItemUser.php b/src/Model/ItemUser.php
deleted file mode 100644
index c157150339..0000000000
--- a/src/Model/ItemUser.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Friendica\Model;
-
-use Exception;
-use Friendica\Database\DBA;
-
-/**
- * Model for user specific operations of items
- */
-class ItemUser
-{
-	/**
-	 * Returns fields of the user for an item
-	 *
-	 * @param int   $id     The item id
-	 * @param array $fields The fields, which should get returned
-	 *
-	 * @return array|bool
-	 * @throws Exception In case of a DB-failure
-	 */
-	public static function getUserForItemId($id, array $fields = [])
-	{
-		$item = DBA::selectFirst('item', ['uid'], ['id' => $id]);
-		if (empty($item)) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		$user = DBA::selectFirst('user', $fields, ['uid' => $item['uid']]);
-		if (!empty($user)) {
-			return $user;
-		} else {
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/Module/GnuSocial/Notice.php b/src/Module/GnuSocial/Notice.php
index a364fa79f0..5df28a1f0d 100644
--- a/src/Module/GnuSocial/Notice.php
+++ b/src/Module/GnuSocial/Notice.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ namespace Friendica\Module\GnuSocial;
 
 use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
+use Friendica\Database\DBA;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
 use Friendica\Model\ItemUser;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
 
@@ -23,12 +25,12 @@ class Notice extends BaseModule
 			throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException(L10n::t('Item not found.'));
 		}
 
-		$user = ItemUser::getUserForItemId($id, ['nickname']);
+		$item = DBA::selectFirst('item', ['guid'], ['id' => $id]);
 
-		if (empty($user)) {
+		if (empty($item )) {
 			throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException(L10n::t('Item not found.'));
 		} else {
-			$a->internalRedirect('display/' . $user['nickname'] . '/' . $id);
+			$a->internalRedirect('display/' . $item['guid']);
 		}
 	}
 }