diff --git a/src/posts/topics.js b/src/posts/topics.js
index 4e9f1f7213..29b32edf25 100644
--- a/src/posts/topics.js
+++ b/src/posts/topics.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 module.exports = function(Posts) {
 
-	Posts.getPostsByTid = function(tid, set, start, stop, uid, reverse, callback) {
+	Posts.getPostsFromSet = function(set, start, stop, uid, reverse, callback) {
 		Posts.getPidsFromSet(set, start, stop, reverse, function(err, pids) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
diff --git a/src/topics/recent.js b/src/topics/recent.js
index fa3251806d..b7bee96e36 100644
--- a/src/topics/recent.js
+++ b/src/topics/recent.js
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 		], callback);
 	};
 
-	Topics.getLatestTids = function(start, stop, term, callback) {
-		winston.warn('[deprecation warning] please use Topics.getLatestTidsFromSet("topics:recent")');
-		Topics.getLatestTidsFromSet('topics:recent', start, stop, term, callback);
-	};
-
 	Topics.getLatestTidsFromSet = function(set, start, stop, term, callback) {
 		var since = terms.day;
 		if (terms[term]) {