diff --git a/src/api/posts.js b/src/api/posts.js
index f810f725db..741846f73a 100644
--- a/src/api/posts.js
+++ b/src/api/posts.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ postsAPI.edit = async function (caller, data) {
 			newTitle: validator.escape(String(editResult.topic.title)),
 		});
 	}
-	const postObj = await posts.getPostSummaryByPids([editResult.post.pid], caller.uid, { extraFields: ['edited']});
+	const postObj = await posts.getPostSummaryByPids([editResult.post.pid], caller.uid, { extraFields: ['edited'] });
 	const returnData = { ...postObj[0], ...editResult.post };
 	returnData.topic = { ...postObj[0].topic, ...editResult.post.topic };
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/topics.js b/src/controllers/topics.js
index 2ba24d8155..54535f70c9 100644
--- a/src/controllers/topics.js
+++ b/src/controllers/topics.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const nconf = require('nconf');
 const qs = require('querystring');
 const validator = require('validator');
 
-const db = require('../database');
 const user = require('../user');
 const meta = require('../meta');
 const topics = require('../topics');