diff --git a/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js b/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js
index 153f97d701..a8b3f88762 100644
--- a/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 const nconf = require('nconf');
 
-const db = require('../../database');
 const user = require('../../user');
 const activitypub = require('../../activitypub');
 const api = require('../../api');