diff --git a/src/topics/delete.js b/src/topics/delete.js
index 0238b123a4..679cb986ca 100644
--- a/src/topics/delete.js
+++ b/src/topics/delete.js
@@ -8,6 +8,79 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 module.exports = function(Topics) {
 
+	Topics.delete = function(tid, callback) {
+		async.parallel([
+			function(next) {
+				Topics.setTopicField(tid, 'deleted', 1, next);
+			},
+			function(next) {
+				Topics.removeRecent(tid, next);
+			},
+			function(next) {
+				db.sortedSetsRemove(['topics:posts', 'topics:views'], tid, next);
+			}
+		], callback);
+	};
+
+	Topics.restore = function(tid, callback) {
+		Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['lastposttime', 'postcount', 'viewcount'], function(err, topicData) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+
+			async.parallel([
+				function(next) {
+					Topics.setTopicField(tid, 'deleted', 0, next);
+				},
+				function(next) {
+					Topics.updateRecent(tid, topicData.lastposttime, next);
+				},
+				function(next) {
+					db.sortedSetAdd('topics:posts', topicData.postcount, tid, next);
+				},
+				function(next) {
+					db.sortedSetAdd('topics:views', topicData.viewcount, tid, next);
+				}
+			], callback);
+		});
+	};
+
+	Topics.purge = function(tid, callback) {
+		async.parallel([
+			function(next) {
+				db.deleteAll(['tid:' + tid + ':followers', 'tid:' + tid + ':read_by_uid'], next);
+			},
+			function(next) {
+				db.sortedSetsRemove(['topics:tid', 'topics:recent', 'topics:posts', 'topics:views'], tid, next);
+			},
+			function(next) {
+				deleteTopicFromCategoryAndUser(tid, next);
+			},
+			function(next) {
+				Topics.deleteTopicTags(tid, next);
+			},
+			function(next) {
+				updateCounters(tid, -1, next);
+			}
+		], function(err) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+			plugins.fireHook('action:topic.delete', tid);
+			db.delete('topic:' + tid, callback);
+		});
+	};
+
+	function deleteTopicFromCategoryAndUser(tid, callback) {
+		Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['cid', 'uid', 'deleted'], function(err, topicData) {
+			if (err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+
+			db.sortedSetsRemove(['categories:' + topicData.cid + ':tid', 'uid:' + topicData.uid + ':topics'], tid, callback);
+		});
+	}
+
 	function updateCounters(tid, incr, callback) {
 		async.parallel([
 			function(next) {
@@ -37,103 +110,4 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 			}
 		], callback);
 	}
-
-	Topics.delete = function(tid, callback) {
-		async.parallel([
-			function(next) {
-				Topics.setTopicField(tid, 'deleted', 1, next);
-			},
-			function(next) {
-				Topics.removeRecent(tid, next);
-			},
-			function(next) {
-				db.sortedSetsRemove(['topics:posts', 'topics:views'], tid, next);
-			}
-		], function(err) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-
-			updateCounters(tid, -1, callback);
-		});
-	};
-
-	Topics.restore = function(tid, callback) {
-		Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['lastposttime', 'postcount', 'viewcount'], function(err, topicData) {
-			if(err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-
-			async.parallel([
-				function(next) {
-					Topics.setTopicField(tid, 'deleted', 0, next);
-				},
-				function(next) {
-					Topics.updateRecent(tid, topicData.lastposttime, next);
-				},
-				function(next) {
-					db.sortedSetAdd('topics:posts', topicData.postcount, tid, next);
-				},
-				function(next) {
-					db.sortedSetAdd('topics:views', topicData.viewcount, tid, next);
-				}
-			], function(err) {
-				if (err) {
-					return callback(err);
-				}
-
-				updateCounters(tid, 1, callback);
-			});
-		});
-	};
-
-	Topics.purge = function(tid, callback) {
-		async.parallel([
-			function(next) {
-				db.deleteAll(['tid:' + tid + ':followers', 'tid:' + tid + ':read_by_uid'], next);
-			},
-			function(next) {
-				db.sortedSetsRemove(['topics:tid', 'topics:recent', 'topics:posts', 'topics:views'], tid, next);
-			},
-			function(next) {
-				deleteTopicFromCategoryAndUser(tid, next);
-			},
-			function(next) {
-				Topics.deleteTopicTags(tid, next);
-			}
-		], function(err) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-			plugins.fireHook('action:topic.delete', tid);
-			db.delete('topic:' + tid, callback);
-		});
-	};
-
-	function deleteTopicFromCategoryAndUser(tid, callback) {
-		Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['cid', 'uid', 'deleted'], function(err, topicData) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback(err);
-			}
-
-			db.sortedSetsRemove(['categories:' + topicData.cid + ':tid', 'uid:' + topicData.uid + ':topics'], tid, function(err) {
-				if (err) {
-					return callback(err);
-				}
-
-				if (parseInt(topicData.deleted, 10) === 0) {
-					async.parallel([
-						function(next) {
-							db.decrObjectField('category:' + topicData.cid, 'topic_count', next);
-						},
-						function(next) {
-							db.decrObjectField('global', 'topicCount', next);
-						}
-					], callback);
-				} else {
-					callback();
-				}
-			});
-		});
-	}
 };