diff --git a/public/src/client/topic/posts.js b/public/src/client/topic/posts.js
index e19e1f9fa4..36df0b3d1f 100644
--- a/public/src/client/topic/posts.js
+++ b/public/src/client/topic/posts.js
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ define('forum/topic/posts', [
 			return;
 		}
 
+		data.posts.forEach(function(post) {
+			post.selfPost = !!app.user.uid && parseInt(post.uid, 10) === parseInt(app.user.uid, 10);
+			post.display_moderator_tools = post.selfPost || ajaxify.data.isAdminOrMod;
+			post.display_move_tools = ajaxify.data.isAdminOrMod;
+		});
+
 		updatePostCounts(data.posts);
 
 		if (config.usePagination) {
@@ -154,52 +160,14 @@ define('forum/topic/posts', [
 
 			infinitescroll.removeExtra(components.get('post'), direction, 40);
 
-			var pids = [];
-			for(var i=0; i<data.posts.length; ++i) {
-				pids.push(data.posts[i].pid);
-			}
-
 			$(window).trigger('action:posts.loaded', {posts: data.posts});
-			onNewPostsLoaded(html, pids);
+
+			Posts.processPage(html);
+
 			callback(html);
 		});
 	}
 
-	function onNewPostsLoaded(html, pids) {
-		if (app.user.uid) {
-			socket.emit('posts.getPrivileges', pids, function(err, privileges) {
-				if(err) {
-					return app.alertError(err.message);
-				}
-
-				for(var i=0; i<pids.length; ++i) {
-					toggleModTools(pids[i], privileges[i]);
-				}
-			});
-		} else {
-			for(var i=0; i<pids.length; ++i) {
-				toggleModTools(pids[i], {editable: false, move: false});
-			}
-		}
-
-		Posts.processPage(html);
-	}
-
-	function toggleModTools(pid, privileges) {
-		var postEl = components.get('post', 'pid', pid),
-			isSelfPost = parseInt(postEl.attr('data-uid'), 10) === parseInt(app.user.uid, 10);
-
-		if (!privileges.editable) {
-			postEl.find('[component="post/edit"], [component="post/delete"], [component="post/purge"]').remove();
-		}
-
-		if (!privileges.move) {
-			postEl.find('[component="post/move"]').remove();
-		}
-
-		postEl.find('[component="user/chat"], [component="post/flag"]').toggleClass('hidden', isSelfPost || !app.user.uid);
-	}
-
 	Posts.loadMorePosts = function(direction) {
 		if (!components.get('topic').length || navigator.scrollActive) {
 			return;
diff --git a/src/privileges/topics.js b/src/privileges/topics.js
index 53a69c4552..ab0ee8fe74 100644
--- a/src/privileges/topics.js
+++ b/src/privileges/topics.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ module.exports = function(privileges) {
 				editable: editable,
 				deletable: deletable,
 				view_deleted: isAdminOrMod || results.isOwner,
+				isAdminOrMod: isAdminOrMod,
 				disabled: disabled,
 				tid: tid,
 				uid: uid
diff --git a/src/socket.io/posts.js b/src/socket.io/posts.js
index ee2dc44420..605fafd475 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/posts.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/posts.js
@@ -145,20 +145,6 @@ SocketPosts.getRawPost = function(socket, pid, callback) {
 	], callback);
 };
 
-SocketPosts.getPrivileges = function(socket, pids, callback) {
-	privileges.posts.get(pids, socket.uid, function(err, privileges) {
-		if (err) {
-			return callback(err);
-		}
-		if (!Array.isArray(privileges) || !privileges.length) {
-			return callback(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
-		}
-
-		callback(null, privileges);
-	});
-};
-
-
 SocketPosts.loadMoreFavourites = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	loadMorePosts('uid:' + data.uid + ':favourites', socket.uid, data, callback);
 };
diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index dd6e993c27..ae60a8c191 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 					topicInfo: function(next) {
 						Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['tid', 'title', 'slug', 'cid', 'postcount'], next);
 					},
+					parents: function(next) {
+						Topics.addParentPosts([postData], next);
+					},
 					content: function(next) {
 						posts.parsePost(postData, next);
 					}
diff --git a/src/topics/posts.js b/src/topics/posts.js
index 60f2dbe8ce..521a101097 100644
--- a/src/topics/posts.js
+++ b/src/topics/posts.js
@@ -114,37 +114,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 				privileges.posts.get(pids, uid, next);
 			},
 			parents: function(next) {
-				var parentPids = postData.map(function(postObj) {
-						return postObj.hasOwnProperty('toPid') ? parseInt(postObj.toPid, 10) : null;
-					}).filter(Boolean);
-				var parentUids;
-
-				if (!parentPids.length) {
-					return next(null, []);
-				}
-				var parentPosts;
-				async.waterfall([
-					async.apply(posts.getPostsFields, parentPids, ['pid', 'uid']),
-					function(_parentPosts, next) {
-						parentPosts = _parentPosts;
-						parentUids = parentPosts.map(function(postObj) { return parseInt(postObj.uid, 10); }).filter(function(uid, idx, users) {
-							return users.indexOf(uid) === idx;
-						});
-
-						user.getUsersFields(parentUids, ['username'], next);
-					},
-					function (userData, next) {
-						var usersMap = {};
-						userData.forEach(function(user) {
-							usersMap[user.uid] = user.username;
-						});
-						var parents = {};
-						parentPosts.forEach(function(post, i) {
-							parents[parentPids[i]] = {username: usersMap[post.uid]};
-						});
-						next(null, parents);
-					}
-				], next);
+				Topics.addParentPosts(postData, next);
 			}
 		}, function(err, results) {
 			if (err) {
@@ -162,10 +132,9 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 					postObj.votes = postObj.votes || 0;
 					postObj.display_moderator_tools = results.privileges[i].editable;
 					postObj.display_move_tools = results.privileges[i].move && postObj.index !== 0;
-					postObj.selfPost = parseInt(uid, 10) === parseInt(postObj.uid, 10);
-					postObj.parent = results.parents[parseInt(postObj.toPid, 10)];
+					postObj.selfPost = !!parseInt(uid, 10) && parseInt(uid, 10) === parseInt(postObj.uid, 10);
 
-					if(postObj.deleted && !results.privileges[i].view_deleted) {
+					if (postObj.deleted && !results.privileges[i].view_deleted) {
 						postObj.content = '[[topic:post_is_deleted]]';
 					}
 
@@ -180,6 +149,44 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 		});
 	};
 
+	Topics.addParentPosts = function(postData, callback) {
+		var parentPids = postData.map(function(postObj) {
+			return postObj && postObj.hasOwnProperty('toPid') ? parseInt(postObj.toPid, 10) : null;
+		}).filter(Boolean);
+
+		if (!parentPids.length) {
+			return callback();
+		}
+
+		var parentPosts;
+		async.waterfall([
+			async.apply(posts.getPostsFields, parentPids, ['uid']),
+			function(_parentPosts, next) {
+				parentPosts = _parentPosts;
+				var parentUids = parentPosts.map(function(postObj) { return parseInt(postObj.uid, 10); }).filter(function(uid, idx, users) {
+					return users.indexOf(uid) === idx;
+				});
+
+				user.getUsersFields(parentUids, ['username'], next);
+			},
+			function (userData, next) {
+				var usersMap = {};
+				userData.forEach(function(user) {
+					usersMap[user.uid] = user.username;
+				});
+				var parents = {};
+				parentPosts.forEach(function(post, i) {
+					parents[parentPids[i]] = {username: usersMap[post.uid]};
+				});
+
+				postData.forEach(function(post) {
+					post.parent = parents[post.toPid];
+				});
+				next();
+			}
+		], callback);
+	};
+
 	Topics.calculatePostIndices = function(posts, start, stop, postCount, reverse) {
 		posts.forEach(function(post, index) {
 			if (reverse) {