diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index a95bc184f1..87ea80005e 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -752,7 +752,9 @@ class Item extends BaseObject
 			if (!empty($item['plink'])) {
 				$content_fields['plink'] = $item['plink'];
 			}
-			if (self::updateActivity($content_fields, ['uri' => $item['uri']])) {
+			if ((self::activityToIndex($item['verb']) >= 0) || !empty($item['iaid'])) {
+				self::updateActivity($content_fields, ['uri' => $item['uri']]);
+
 				if (empty($item['iaid'])) {
 					$item_activity = dba::selectFirst('item-activity', ['id'], ['uri' => $item['uri']]);
 					if (DBM::is_result($item_activity)) {
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index 7b55fc6820..87f798427c 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -2709,10 +2709,11 @@ class Diaspora
 
 		// When we receive a public retraction, we delete every item that we find.
 		if ($importer['uid'] == 0) {
-			$condition = ["`guid` = ? AND NOT `file` LIKE '%%[%%' AND NOT `deleted`", $target_guid];
+			$condition = ['guid' => $target_guid, 'deleted' => false];
 		} else {
-			$condition = ["`guid` = ? AND `uid` = ? AND NOT `file` LIKE '%%[%%' AND NOT `deleted`", $target_guid, $importer['uid']];
+			$condition = ['guid' => $target_guid, 'deleted' => false, 'uid' => $importer['uid']];
 		}
+
 		$r = Item::select($fields, $condition);
 		if (!DBM::is_result($r)) {
 			logger("Target guid ".$target_guid." was not found on this system for user ".$importer['uid'].".");