diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index b133489e4..c7ab893d7 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
--- Friendica 3.5.1-rc (Asparagus)
+-- Friendica 3.5.2-dev (Asparagus)
 -- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1215
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
@@ -204,18 +204,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `conv` (
 	 INDEX `uid` (`uid`)
 ) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
 
---
--- TABLE deliverq
---
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `deliverq` (
-	`id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
-	`cmd` varbinary(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
-	`item` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	`contact` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
-	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
-	 UNIQUE INDEX `cmd_item_contact` (`cmd`,`item`,`contact`)
-) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;
-
 --
 -- TABLE event
 --
diff --git a/include/dbstructure.php b/include/dbstructure.php
index 4ad54e6ba..c1ed4bb98 100644
--- a/include/dbstructure.php
+++ b/include/dbstructure.php
@@ -712,18 +712,6 @@ function db_definition($charset) {
 					"uid" => array("uid"),
 					)
 			);
-	$database["deliverq"] = array(
-			"fields" => array(
-					"id" => array("type" => "int(10) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"),
-					"cmd" => array("type" => "varbinary(32)", "not null" => "1", "default" => ""),
-					"item" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					"contact" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0"),
-					),
-			"indexes" => array(
-					"PRIMARY" => array("id"),
-					"cmd_item_contact" => array("UNIQUE", "cmd", "item", "contact"),
-					)
-			);
 	$database["event"] = array(
 			"fields" => array(
 					"id" => array("type" => "int(11)", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1"),
diff --git a/include/delivery.php b/include/delivery.php
index c48e606f4..faa1cad67 100644
--- a/include/delivery.php
+++ b/include/delivery.php
@@ -30,30 +30,6 @@ function delivery_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 		$contact_id = intval($argv[$x]);
 
-		/// @todo When switching completely to the worker we won't need this anymore
-		// Some other process may have delivered this item already.
-
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `deliverq` WHERE `cmd` = '%s' AND `item` = %d AND `contact` = %d LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($cmd),
-			dbesc($item_id),
-			dbesc($contact_id)
-		);
-		if (!dbm::is_result($r)) {
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if ($a->maxload_reached()) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		// It's ours to deliver. Remove it from the queue.
-
-		q("DELETE FROM `deliverq` WHERE `cmd` = '%s' AND `item` = %d AND `contact` = %d",
-			dbesc($cmd),
-			dbesc($item_id),
-			dbesc($contact_id)
-		);
-
 		if (!$item_id || !$contact_id) {
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index ada871e92..e3d7d10d6 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 	if ($relocate) {
 		$r = $recipients_relocate;
 	} else {
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `id` IN (%s) AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `pending` AND NOT `archive`".$sql_extra,
+		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `url`, `network`, `self` FROM `contact`
+			WHERE `id` IN (%s) AND NOT `blocked` AND NOT `pending` AND NOT `archive`".$sql_extra,
 			dbesc($recip_str)
 		);
 	}
@@ -480,28 +481,12 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 	if (dbm::is_result($r)) {
 		foreach ($r as $contact) {
-			if (!$contact['self']) {
-				if (($contact['network'] === NETWORK_DIASPORA) && ($public_message)) {
-					continue;
-				}
-				q("INSERT INTO `deliverq` (`cmd`,`item`,`contact`) VALUES ('%s', %d, %d)",
-					dbesc($cmd),
-					intval($item_id),
-					intval($contact['id'])
-				);
-			}
-		}
-
-		for ($x = 0; $x < count($r); $x ++) {
-			$contact = $r[$x];
-
 			if ($contact['self']) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			logger("Deliver ".$target_item["guid"]." to ".$contact['url']." via network ".$contact['network'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 			proc_run(PRIORITY_HIGH,'include/delivery.php', $cmd, $item_id, $contact['id']);
-			continue;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -553,18 +538,6 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 		if (dbm::is_result($r)) {
 			logger('pubdeliver '.$target_item["guid"].': '.print_r($r,true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
-			// throw everything into the queue in case we get killed
-
-			foreach ($r as $rr) {
-				if ((! $mail) && (! $fsuggest) && (! $followup)) {
-					q("INSERT INTO `deliverq` (`cmd`,`item`,`contact`) VALUES ('%s', %d, %d)
-						ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `cmd` = '%s', `item` = %d, `contact` = %d",
-						dbesc($cmd), intval($item_id), intval($rr['id']),
-						dbesc($cmd), intval($item_id), intval($rr['id'])
-					);
-				}
-			}
-
 			foreach ($r as $rr) {
 
 				// except for Diaspora batch jobs
diff --git a/include/queue.php b/include/queue.php
index 67119aea4..c0c73cda6 100644
--- a/include/queue.php
+++ b/include/queue.php
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ function queue_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 		// Handling the pubsubhubbub requests
 		proc_run(PRIORITY_HIGH,'include/pubsubpublish.php');
 
-		$r = q("select * from deliverq where 1");
-		if ($r) {
-			foreach ($r as $rr) {
-				logger('queue: deliverq');
-				proc_run(PRIORITY_HIGH,'include/delivery.php', $rr['cmd'], $rr['item'], $rr['contact']);
-			}
-		}
-
 		$r = q("SELECT `queue`.*, `contact`.`name`, `contact`.`uid` FROM `queue`
 			INNER JOIN `contact` ON `queue`.`cid` = `contact`.`id`
 			WHERE `queue`.`created` < UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL 3 DAY");