diff --git a/src/controllers/activitypub/topics.js b/src/controllers/activitypub/topics.js
index 68bcbc66a5..d32dcae00c 100644
--- a/src/controllers/activitypub/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/activitypub/topics.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 const nconf = require('nconf');
 
-const db = require('../../database');
 const user = require('../../user');
 const topics = require('../../topics');