diff --git a/src/activitypub/actors.js b/src/activitypub/actors.js
index eee79bef14..327f6da42c 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/actors.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/actors.js
@@ -101,15 +101,6 @@ Actors.assert = async (ids, options = {}) => {
 				// winston.verbose(`[activitypub/actor.assert] Unable to retrieve follower counts for ${actor.id}`);
 			}
 
-			// Post count
-			try {
-				const outbox = actor.outbox ? await activitypub.get('uid', 0, actor.outbox) : { totalItems: 0 };
-				actor.postcount = outbox.totalItems;
-			} catch (e) {
-				// no action required
-				// winston.verbose(`[activitypub/actor.assert] Unable to retrieve post counts for ${actor.id}`);
-			}
-
 			// Save url for backreference
 			const url = Array.isArray(actor.url) ? actor.url.shift() : actor.url;
 			if (url && url !== actor.id) {
diff --git a/src/activitypub/mocks.js b/src/activitypub/mocks.js
index 9e189d8c1c..b08595255d 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/mocks.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/mocks.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Mocks.profile = async (actors) => {
 		let {
 			url, preferredUsername, published, icon, image,
 			name, summary, followers, followerCount, followingCount,
-			postcount, inbox, endpoints,
+			inbox, endpoints,
 		} = actor;
 		preferredUsername = preferredUsername || slugify(name);
 
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ Mocks.profile = async (actors) => {
 			'cover:url': !image || typeof image === 'string' ? image : image.url,
 			'cover:position': '50% 50%',
 			aboutme: summary,
-			postcount,
 			followerCount,
 			followingCount,