diff --git a/mod/common.php b/mod/common.php
index a54342ca0c..9b327f1bf8 100644
--- a/mod/common.php
+++ b/mod/common.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function common_content(App $a)
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($contact)) {
 			DI::page()['aside'] = "";
-			Model\Profile::load($a, "", Model\Contact::getByURLForUser($contact["url"], 0, [], false));
+			Model\Profile::load($a, "", Model\Contact::getByURL($contact["url"], false));
 		}
 	} else {
 		$contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', ['name', 'url', 'photo', 'uid', 'id'], ['self' => true, 'uid' => $uid]);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function common_content(App $a)
 	$entries = [];
 	foreach ($common_friends as $common_friend) {
 		//get further details of the contact
-		$contact_details = Model\Contact::getByURLForUser($common_friend['url'], $uid, [], false);
+		$contact_details = Model\Contact::getByURLForUser($common_friend['url'], $uid, false);
 
 		// $rr['id'] is needed to use contact_photo_menu()
 		/// @TODO Adding '/" here avoids E_NOTICE on missing constants
diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index d630d94a04..ddc78d6eae 100644
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function display_fetchauthor($a, $item)
 		$profiledata["about"] = "";
 	}
 
-	$profiledata = array_merge($profiledata, Contact::getByURLForUser($profiledata["url"], local_user(), [], false));
+	$profiledata = array_merge($profiledata, Contact::getByURLForUser($profiledata["url"], local_user(), false));
 
 	if (!empty($profiledata["photo"])) {
 		$profiledata["photo"] = DI::baseUrl()->remove($profiledata["photo"]);
diff --git a/mod/suggest.php b/mod/suggest.php
index 7db49c9ba5..2b7b1f6743 100644
--- a/mod/suggest.php
+++ b/mod/suggest.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function suggest_content(App $a)
 			'hide' => [DI::l10n()->t('Ignore/Hide'), $ignlnk]
 		];
 
-		$contact_details = array_merge($rr, Contact::getByURLForUser($rr["url"], local_user(), [], false));
+		$contact_details = array_merge($rr, Contact::getByURLForUser($rr["url"], local_user(), false));
 
 		$entry = [
 			'url' => Contact::magicLink($rr['url']),
diff --git a/src/Content/Item.php b/src/Content/Item.php
index d93b0c1b6d..c0b1d3b49a 100644
--- a/src/Content/Item.php
+++ b/src/Content/Item.php
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class Item
 
 			// Try to detect the contact in various ways
 			if (strpos($name, 'http://') || strpos($name, '@')) {
-				$contact = Contact::getByURLForUser($name, $profile_uid, []);
+				$contact = Contact::getByURLForUser($name, $profile_uid);
 			} else {
 				$contact = false;
 				$fields = ['id', 'url', 'nick', 'name', 'alias', 'network', 'forum', 'prv'];
diff --git a/src/Core/Search.php b/src/Core/Search.php
index 26531a1a30..208633272b 100644
--- a/src/Core/Search.php
+++ b/src/Core/Search.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Search
 			// Ensure that we do have a contact entry
 			Contact::getIdForURL($user_data['url'] ?? '');
 
-			$contactDetails = Contact::getByURLForUser($user_data['url'] ?? '', local_user(), [], false);
+			$contactDetails = Contact::getByURLForUser($user_data['url'] ?? '', local_user(), false);
 
 			$result = new ContactResult(
 				$user_data['name'] ?? '',
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Search
 
 		foreach ($profiles as $profile) {
 			$profile_url = $profile['url'] ?? '';
-			$contactDetails = Contact::getByURLForUser($profile_url, local_user(), [], false);
+			$contactDetails = Contact::getByURLForUser($profile_url, local_user(), false);
 
 			$result = new ContactResult(
 				$profile['name'] ?? '',
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class Search
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			$contact = Contact::getByURLForUser($row["nurl"], local_user(), [], false);
+			$contact = Contact::getByURLForUser($row["nurl"], local_user(), false);
 
 			if ($contact["name"] == "") {
 				$contact["name"] = end(explode("/", $urlParts["path"]));
diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index 7c8dec3895..afec920070 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class Contact
 	 * @param boolean $update true = always update, false = never update, null = update when not found or outdated
 	 * @return array contact array
 	 */
-	public static function getByURLForUser(string $url, int $uid = 0, array $fields = [], $update = null)
+	public static function getByURLForUser(string $url, int $uid = 0, $update = null, array $fields = [])
 	{
 		if ($uid != 0) {
 			$contact = self::getByURL($url, $update, $fields, $uid);
diff --git a/src/Model/GContact.php b/src/Model/GContact.php
index b876dacf4c..e8cd4768a6 100644
--- a/src/Model/GContact.php
+++ b/src/Model/GContact.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class GContact
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			$gcontacts[] = Contact::getByURLForUser($result['nurl'], local_user(), [], false);
+			$gcontacts[] = Contact::getByURLForUser($result['nurl'], local_user(), false);
 		}
 		DBA::close($results);
 		return $gcontacts;
diff --git a/src/Module/AllFriends.php b/src/Module/AllFriends.php
index 3f5cf7c839..d2d2b3b0cf 100644
--- a/src/Module/AllFriends.php
+++ b/src/Module/AllFriends.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class AllFriends extends BaseModule
 		$entries = [];
 		foreach ($friends as $friend) {
 			//get further details of the contact
-			$contactDetails = array_merge($friend, Model\Contact::getByURLForUser($friend['url'], $uid, [], false));
+			$contactDetails = array_merge($friend, Model\Contact::getByURLForUser($friend['url'], $uid, false));
 
 			$connlnk = '';
 			// $friend[cid] is only available for common contacts. So if the contact is a common one, use contact_photo_menu to generate the photoMenu
diff --git a/src/Module/Contact/Hovercard.php b/src/Module/Contact/Hovercard.php
index 655fc9e2d5..29329b2296 100644
--- a/src/Module/Contact/Hovercard.php
+++ b/src/Module/Contact/Hovercard.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Hovercard extends BaseModule
 		// Search for contact data
 		// Look if the local user has got the contact
 		if (Session::isAuthenticated()) {
-			$contact = Contact::getByURLForUser($contact_url, local_user(), [], false);
+			$contact = Contact::getByURLForUser($contact_url, local_user(), false);
 		} else {
 			$contact = Contact::getByURL($contact_url, false);
 		}
diff --git a/src/Module/Profile/Contacts.php b/src/Module/Profile/Contacts.php
index 8c1129448d..60ba2b92e4 100644
--- a/src/Module/Profile/Contacts.php
+++ b/src/Module/Profile/Contacts.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Contacts extends BaseProfile
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			$contact_details = array_merge($contact, Contact::getByURLForUser($contact['url'], $a->profile['uid'], [], false));
+			$contact_details = array_merge($contact, Contact::getByURLForUser($contact['url'], $a->profile['uid'], false));
 
 			$contacts[] = [
 				'id'           => $contact['id'],
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index bf82e04278..c9a76fef09 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ class DFRN
 	{
 		$author = $doc->createElement($element);
 
-		$contact = Contact::getByURLForUser($contact_url, $item["uid"], ['url', 'name', 'addr', 'photo']);
+		$contact = Contact::getByURLForUser($contact_url, $item["uid"], null, ['url', 'name', 'addr', 'photo']);
 		if (!empty($contact)) {
 			XML::addElement($doc, $author, "name", $contact["name"]);
 			XML::addElement($doc, $author, "uri", $contact["url"]);