diff --git a/mod/salmon.php b/mod/salmon.php
index de8d971334..3d32d3e3a9 100644
--- a/mod/salmon.php
+++ b/mod/salmon.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function salmon_post(App $a, $xml = '') {
 	*
 	*/
 
-	$contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', ["`network` IN (?, ?) AND (`nurl` = ? OR `alias` = ? OR `alias` = ?) AND `uid` = ?",
+	$contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', [], ["`network` IN (?, ?) AND (`nurl` = ? OR `alias` = ? OR `alias` = ?) AND `uid` = ?",
 		Protocol::OSTATUS, Protocol::DFRN, Strings::normaliseLink($author_link), $author_link, Strings::normaliseLink($author_link), $importer['uid']]);
 
 	if (!empty($contact['gsid'])) {
diff --git a/src/Worker/Contact/RemoveContent.php b/src/Worker/Contact/RemoveContent.php
index cc9139c2c8..8baa1f0973 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Contact/RemoveContent.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Contact/RemoveContent.php
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ class RemoveContent
 
 		Photo::delete(['contact-id' => $id]);
 
-		DBA::delete('contact-relation', ['contact-id = ? OR cid = ?', $id, $id]);
+		DBA::delete('contact-relation', ['contact-id' => $id]);
+		DBA::delete('contact-relation', ['cid' => $id]);
 		DBA::delete('event', ['cid' => $id]);
 		DBA::delete('fsuggest', ['cid' => $id]);
 		DBA::delete('post-tag', ['cid' => $id]);