diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index b97f8bbe31..b044078ae2 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ function handle_tag(&$body, &$inform, &$str_tags, $profile_uid, $tag, $network =
 	$r = null;
 
 	//is it a person tag?
-	if (Term::isType($tag, Tag::MENTION, Tag::IMPLICIT_MENTION, Tag::EXCLUSIVE_MENTION)) {
+	if (Tag::isType($tag, Tag::MENTION, Tag::IMPLICIT_MENTION, Tag::EXCLUSIVE_MENTION)) {
 		$tag_type = substr($tag, 0, 1);
 		//is it already replaced?
 		if (strpos($tag, '[url=')) {
diff --git a/src/Model/Tag.php b/src/Model/Tag.php
index 0a3e0e8533..2c5295924a 100644
--- a/src/Model/Tag.php
+++ b/src/Model/Tag.php
@@ -471,4 +471,23 @@ class Tag
 
 		return $tags ?: [];
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if the provided tag is of one of the provided term types.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $tag
+	 * @param int    ...$types
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function isType($tag, ...$types)
+	{
+		$tag_chars = [];
+		foreach ($types as $type) {
+			if (array_key_exists($type, self::TAG_CHARACTER)) {
+				$tag_chars[] = self::TAG_CHARACTER[$type];
+			}
+		}
+
+		return Strings::startsWith($tag, $tag_chars);
+	}	
 }
diff --git a/src/Model/Term.php b/src/Model/Term.php
index 6f241015f8..05314dd601 100644
--- a/src/Model/Term.php
+++ b/src/Model/Term.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 namespace Friendica\Model;
 
-use Friendica\Core\Cache\Duration;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ class Term
 		}
 
 		foreach ($tags as $link => $tag) {
-			if (self::isType($tag, self::HASHTAG)) {
+			if (Tag::isType($tag, self::HASHTAG)) {
 				// try to ignore #039 or #1 or anything like that
 				if (ctype_digit(substr(trim($tag), 1))) {
 					continue;
@@ -216,8 +215,8 @@ class Term
 				$type = self::HASHTAG;
 				$term = substr($tag, 1);
 				$link = '';
-			} elseif (self::isType($tag, self::MENTION, self::EXCLUSIVE_MENTION, self::IMPLICIT_MENTION)) {
-				if (self::isType($tag, self::MENTION, self::EXCLUSIVE_MENTION)) {
+			} elseif (Tag::isType($tag, self::MENTION, self::EXCLUSIVE_MENTION, self::IMPLICIT_MENTION)) {
+				if (Tag::isType($tag, self::MENTION, self::EXCLUSIVE_MENTION)) {
 					$type = self::MENTION;
 				} else {
 					$type = self::IMPLICIT_MENTION;
@@ -266,7 +265,7 @@ class Term
 			]);
 
 			// Search for mentions
-			if (self::isType($tag, self::MENTION, self::EXCLUSIVE_MENTION)
+			if (Tag::isType($tag, self::MENTION, self::EXCLUSIVE_MENTION)
 				&& (
 					strpos($link, $profile_base_friendica) !== false
 					|| strpos($link, $profile_base_diaspora) !== false
@@ -351,23 +350,4 @@ class Term
 		// Clean up all tags
 		DBA::delete('term', ['otype' => self::OBJECT_TYPE_POST, 'oid' => $item_id, 'type' => $type]);
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Check if the provided tag is of one of the provided term types.
-	 *
-	 * @param string $tag
-	 * @param int    ...$types
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	public static function isType($tag, ...$types)
-	{
-		$tag_chars = [];
-		foreach ($types as $type) {
-			if (array_key_exists($type, self::TAG_CHARACTER)) {
-				$tag_chars[] = self::TAG_CHARACTER[$type];
-			}
-		}
-
-		return Strings::startsWith($tag, $tag_chars);
-	}
 }