diff --git a/public/src/client/topic.js b/public/src/client/topic.js
index 06b9dc4f36..f481b200ec 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ define('forum/topic', [
 			span.html('').addClass('hidden');
 		}
 		if ($(window).scrollTop() > 300) {
-			app.removeAlert('bookmark');
+			alerts.remove('bookmark');
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/public/src/modules/messages.js b/public/src/modules/messages.js
index d68ea93abf..af028e1609 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/messages.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/messages.js
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ define('messages', ['bootbox', 'translator', 'storage', 'alerts'], function (boo
 		if (!app.user.email) {
 			msg.message = '[[error:no-email-to-confirm]]';
 			msg.clickfn = function () {
-				app.removeAlert('email_confirm');
+				alerts.remove('email_confirm');
 				ajaxify.go('user/' + app.user.userslug + '/edit/email');
 			};
 			alerts.alert(msg);
 		} else if (!app.user['email:confirmed'] && !app.user.isEmailConfirmSent) {
 			msg.message = message || '[[error:email-not-confirmed]]';
 			msg.clickfn = function () {
-				app.removeAlert('email_confirm');
+				alerts.remove('email_confirm');
 				socket.emit('user.emailConfirm', {}, function (err) {
 					if (err) {
 						return alerts.error(err);