diff --git a/src/activitypub/index.js b/src/activitypub/index.js
index 478c755c6b..7320bc0ad7 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const { createHash, createSign, createVerify } = require('crypto');
 const request = require('../request');
 const db = require('../database');
 const user = require('../user');
-const posts = require('../posts');
 const utils = require('../utils');
 const ttl = require('../cache/ttl');
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js b/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js
index 8a2154acfd..cc28d40159 100644
--- a/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/controllers/activitypub/index.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ const nconf = require('nconf');
 
 const user = require('../../user');
 const activitypub = require('../../activitypub');
-const api = require('../../api');
-const helpers = require('../helpers');
 
 const Controller = module.exports;