diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index e1116c346b..4c86d91010 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 						intval($page_owner_uid)
 					);
 					Term::insertFromTagFieldByItemUri($rr['parent-uri'], $page_owner_uid);
-					Item::deleteThreadFromUri($rr['parent-uri'], $page_owner_uid);
+					Item::deleteThreadByUri($rr['parent-uri'], $page_owner_uid);
 
 					$drop_id = intval($rr['id']);
 
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 					intval($page_owner_uid)
 				);
 				Term::insertFromTagFieldByItemUri($i[0]['uri'], $page_owner_uid);
-				Item::deleteThreadFromUri($i[0]['uri'], $page_owner_uid);
+				Item::deleteThreadByUri($i[0]['uri'], $page_owner_uid);
 
 				$url = System::baseUrl();
 				$drop_id = intval($i[0]['id']);
diff --git a/mod/videos.php b/mod/videos.php
index 0f029f0472..26a4e4cce5 100644
--- a/mod/videos.php
+++ b/mod/videos.php
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function videos_post(App $a) {
 					intval(local_user())
 				);
 				Term::insertFromTagFieldByItemUri($i[0]['uri'], local_user());
-				Item::deleteThreadFromUri($i[0]['uri'], local_user());
+				Item::deleteThreadByUri($i[0]['uri'], local_user());
 
 				$url = System::baseUrl();
 				$drop_id = intval($i[0]['id']);
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index f971f0788e..8c8ae48af9 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ EOT;
 		}
 	}
 
-	public static function updateThreadFromUri($itemuri, $uid)
+	public static function updateThreadByUri($itemuri, $uid)
 	{
 		$messages = dba::select('item', ['id'], ['uri' => $itemuri, 'uid' => $uid]);
 	
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ EOT;
 		logger("Updating public shadow for post ".$items["id"]." - guid ".$item["guid"]." Result: ".print_r($result, true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
 	}
 	
-	public static function deleteThreadFromUri($itemuri, $uid)
+	public static function deleteThreadByUri($itemuri, $uid)
 	{
 		$messages = dba::select('item', ['id'], ['uri' => $itemuri, 'uid' => $uid]);
 	
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 423f87aa90..2b3b9b0dc6 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ class DFRN
 			dba::update('item', $fields, $condition);
 
 			Term::insertFromTagFieldByItemUri($item["uri"], $importer["importer_uid"]);
-			Item::updateThreadFromUri($item["uri"], $importer["importer_uid"]);
+			Item::updateThreadByUri($item["uri"], $importer["importer_uid"]);
 
 			$changed = true;
 
@@ -2840,7 +2840,7 @@ class DFRN
 				);
 				Term::insertFromTagFieldByItemUri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
 				Term::insertFromFileFieldByItemUri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
-				Item::updateThreadFromUri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
+				Item::updateThreadByUri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
 			} else {
 				$r = q(
 					"UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s',
@@ -2853,7 +2853,7 @@ class DFRN
 				);
 				Term::insertFromTagFieldByItemUri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
 				Term::insertFromFileFieldByItemUri($uri, $importer["uid"]);
-				Item::updateThreadFromUri($uri, $importer["importer_uid"]);
+				Item::updateThreadByUri($uri, $importer["importer_uid"]);
 
 				// if this is a relayed delete, propagate it to other recipients