diff --git a/pumpio/pumpio_sync.php b/pumpio/pumpio_sync.php
index 51efe9c4c..a23eb4b07 100644
--- a/pumpio/pumpio_sync.php
+++ b/pumpio/pumpio_sync.php
@@ -1,71 +1,18 @@
 <?php
+use Friendica\Core\Config;
 
-use Friendica\App;
-
-if (!file_exists("boot.php") && (sizeof($_SERVER["argv"]) != 0)) {
-	$directory = dirname($_SERVER["argv"][0]);
-
-	if (substr($directory, 0, 1) != "/")
-		$directory = $_SERVER["PWD"]."/".$directory;
-
-	$directory = realpath($directory."/..");
-
-	chdir($directory);
-}
-
-require_once("boot.php");
-
-
-function pumpio_sync_run(&$argv, &$argc){
+function pumpio_sync_run(&$argv, &$argc) {
 	global $a, $db;
 
-	if(is_null($a)) {
-		$a = new App;
-	}
-
-	if(is_null($db)) {
-		@include(".htconfig.php");
-		require_once("include/dba.php");
-		$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-		unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-	};
-
 	require_once("addon/pumpio/pumpio.php");
-	require_once("include/pidfile.php");
 
-	$maxsysload = intval(get_config('system','maxloadavg'));
-	if($maxsysload < 1)
-		$maxsysload = 50;
-	if(function_exists('sys_getloadavg')) {
+	if (function_exists('sys_getloadavg')) {
 		$load = sys_getloadavg();
-		if(intval($load[0]) > $maxsysload) {
+		if (intval($load[0]) > Config::get('system', 'maxloadavg', 50)) {
 			logger('system: load ' . $load[0] . ' too high. Pumpio sync deferred to next scheduled run.');
 			return;
 		}
 	}
 
-	// This is deprecated with the worker
-	if (function_exists("get_lockpath")) {
-		$lockpath = get_lockpath();
-		if ($lockpath != '') {
-			$pidfile = new pidfile($lockpath, 'pumpio_sync');
-			if($pidfile->is_already_running()) {
-				logger("Already running");
-				if ($pidfile->running_time() > 9*60) {
-					$pidfile->kill();
-					logger("killed stale process");
-					// Calling a new instance
-					proc_run('php','addon/pumpio/pumpio_sync.php');
-				}
-				exit;
-			}
-		}
-	}
 	pumpio_sync($a);
 }
-
-if (array_search(__file__,get_included_files())===0){
-	pumpio_sync_run($_SERVER["argv"],$_SERVER["argc"]);
-	killme();
-}
-?>
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 19577b476..76b92ac81 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -621,16 +621,11 @@ function twitter_cron($a,$b) {
 	}
 	logger('twitter: cron_start');
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = 'twitter' AND `k` = 'mirror_posts' AND `v` = '1' ORDER BY RAND()");
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = 'twitter' AND `k` = 'mirror_posts' AND `v` = '1'");
 	if(count($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
 			logger('twitter: fetching for user '.$rr['uid']);
-
-			if (get_config("system", "worker")) {
-				proc_run(PRIORITY_MEDIUM, "addon/twitter/twitter_sync.php", 1, $rr['uid']);
-			} else {
-				twitter_fetchtimeline($a, $rr['uid']);
-			}
+			proc_run(PRIORITY_MEDIUM, "addon/twitter/twitter_sync.php", 1, (int)$rr['uid']);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -640,7 +635,7 @@ function twitter_cron($a,$b) {
 
 	$abandon_limit = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time() - $abandon_days * 86400);
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = 'twitter' AND `k` = 'import' AND `v` = '1' ORDER BY RAND()");
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = 'twitter' AND `k` = 'import' AND `v` = '1'");
 	if(count($r)) {
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
 			if ($abandon_days != 0) {
@@ -652,12 +647,7 @@ function twitter_cron($a,$b) {
 			}
 
 			logger('twitter: importing timeline from user '.$rr['uid']);
-
-			if (get_config("system", "worker")) {
-				proc_run(PRIORITY_MEDIUM, "addon/twitter/twitter_sync.php", 2, $rr['uid']);
-			} else {
-				twitter_fetchhometimeline($a, $rr["uid"]);
-			}
+			proc_run(PRIORITY_MEDIUM, "addon/twitter/twitter_sync.php", 2, (int)$rr['uid']);
 /*
 			// To-Do
 			// check for new contacts once a day
diff --git a/twitter/twitter_sync.php b/twitter/twitter_sync.php
index fd1915d8b..ed9f3f852 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter_sync.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter_sync.php
@@ -1,45 +1,14 @@
 <?php
+use Friendica\Core\Config;
 
-use Friendica\App;
-
-if (!file_exists("boot.php") && (sizeof($_SERVER["argv"]) != 0)) {
-	$directory = dirname($_SERVER["argv"][0]);
-
-	if (substr($directory, 0, 1) != "/")
-		$directory = $_SERVER["PWD"]."/".$directory;
-
-	$directory = realpath($directory."/..");
-
-	chdir($directory);
-}
-
-require_once("boot.php");
-
-
-function twitter_sync_run($argv, $argc){
+function twitter_sync_run($argv, $argc) {
 	global $a, $db;
 
-	if (is_null($a)) {
-		$a = new App;
-	}
-
-	if (is_null($db)) {
-		@include(".htconfig.php");
-		require_once("include/dba.php");
-		$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-		unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-	};
-
 	require_once("addon/twitter/twitter.php");
-	require_once("include/pidfile.php");
 
-	$maxsysload = intval(get_config('system','maxloadavg'));
-	if ($maxsysload < 1) {
-		$maxsysload = 50;
-	}
 	if (function_exists('sys_getloadavg')) {
 		$load = sys_getloadavg();
-		if (intval($load[0]) > $maxsysload) {
+		if (intval($load[0]) > Config::get('system', 'maxloadavg', 50)) {
 			logger('system: load ' . $load[0] . ' too high. Twitter sync deferred to next scheduled run.');
 			return;
 		}
@@ -52,33 +21,10 @@ function twitter_sync_run($argv, $argc){
 	$mode = intval($argv[1]);
 	$uid = intval($argv[2]);
 
-	// This is deprecated with the worker
-	if (function_exists("get_lockpath")) {
-		$lockpath = get_lockpath();
-		if ($lockpath != '') {
-			$pidfile = new pidfile($lockpath, 'twitter_sync-'.$mode.'-'.$uid);
-			if ($pidfile->is_already_running()) {
-				logger("Already running");
-				if ($pidfile->running_time() > 9*60) {
-					$pidfile->kill();
-					logger("killed stale process");
-					// Calling a new instance
-					proc_run('php','addon/twitter/twitter_sync.php', $mode, $uid);
-				}
-				exit;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	if ($mode == 1) {
 		twitter_fetchtimeline($a, $uid);
 	} elseif ($mode == 2) {
 		twitter_fetchhometimeline($a, $uid);
 	}
 }
-
-if (array_search(__file__,get_included_files())===0){
-	twitter_sync_run($_SERVER["argv"],$_SERVER["argc"]);
-	killme();
-}
 ?>