diff --git a/EVENTS.txt b/EVENTS.txt
index f97617bdb0..1d5b610b27 100644
--- a/EVENTS.txt
+++ b/EVENTS.txt
@@ -20,16 +20,10 @@ StartShowStyles: Showing Style links; good place to add UA style resets
 EndShowStyles: End showing Style links; good place to add custom styles
 - $action: the current action
 
-StartShowStatusNetStyles: Showing StatusNet Style links
+StartShowStylesheets: Showing stylesheet links
 - $action: the current action
 
-EndShowStatusNetStyles: End showing StatusNet Style links;  good place to add handheld or JavaScript dependant styles
-- $action: the current action
-
-StartShowLaconicaStyles: backwards compatibility; deprecated
-- $action: the current action
-
-EndShowLaconicaStyles: backwards compatibility; deprecated
+EndShowStylesheets: End showing stylesheet links;  good place to add handheld or JavaScript dependant styles
 - $action: the current action
 
 StartShowUAStyles: Showing custom User-Agent style links
diff --git a/lib/action.php b/lib/action.php
index 4a76dff9e2..72a83fed28 100644
--- a/lib/action.php
+++ b/lib/action.php
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
  * @link      http://status.net/
  */
 
-if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
-    exit(1);
-}
+if (!defined('GNUSOCIAL')) { exit(1); }
 
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/noticeform.php';
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/htmloutputter.php';
@@ -283,11 +281,9 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
 
             // Use old name for StatusNet for compatibility on events
 
-            if (Event::handle('StartShowStatusNetStyles', array($this)) &&
-                Event::handle('StartShowLaconicaStyles', array($this))) {
+            if (Event::handle('StartShowStylesheets', array($this))) {
                 $this->primaryCssLink(null, 'screen, projection, tv, print');
-                Event::handle('EndShowStatusNetStyles', array($this));
-                Event::handle('EndShowLaconicaStyles', array($this));
+                Event::handle('EndShowStylesheets', array($this));
             }
 
             $this->cssLink(common_path('js/extlib/jquery-ui/css/smoothness/jquery-ui.css', StatusNet::isHTTPS()));
diff --git a/lib/uapplugin.php b/lib/uapplugin.php
index 26d6a72d89..9a6aeab662 100644
--- a/lib/uapplugin.php
+++ b/lib/uapplugin.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * @link      http://status.net/
  */
 
-if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ abstract class UAPPlugin extends Plugin
      *
      * @return boolean hook flag
      */
-    function onEndShowStatusNetStyles($action)
+    public function onEndShowStylesheets(Action $action)
     {
         // XXX: allow override by theme
         $action->cssLink('css/uap.css', 'base', 'screen, projection, tv');
diff --git a/plugins/Directory/DirectoryPlugin.php b/plugins/Directory/DirectoryPlugin.php
index 511b7eb561..a3cc01c935 100644
--- a/plugins/Directory/DirectoryPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/Directory/DirectoryPlugin.php
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class DirectoryPlugin extends Plugin
      *
      * @return boolean hook flag
      */
-    function onEndShowStatusNetStyles($action)
+    public function onEndShowStylesheets(Action $action)
     {
         if (in_array(
             $action->trimmed('action'),
diff --git a/plugins/MobileProfile/MobileProfilePlugin.php b/plugins/MobileProfile/MobileProfilePlugin.php
index 76d285ba27..0eb57035d1 100644
--- a/plugins/MobileProfile/MobileProfilePlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/MobileProfile/MobileProfilePlugin.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * @link      http://status.net/
  */
 
-if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class MobileProfilePlugin extends WAP20Plugin
         }
     }
 
-    function onStartShowStatusNetStyles($action)
+    public function onStartShowStylesheets(Action $action)
     {
         if (!$this->serveMobile) {
             return true;
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ class MobileProfilePlugin extends WAP20Plugin
         }
 
         // Allow other plugins to load their styles.
-        Event::handle('EndShowStatusNetStyles', array($action));
-        Event::handle('EndShowLaconicaStyles', array($action));
+        Event::handle('EndShowStylesheets', array($action));
 
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/ModPlus/ModPlusPlugin.php b/plugins/ModPlus/ModPlusPlugin.php
index d66ec6054a..8d43f53b9a 100644
--- a/plugins/ModPlus/ModPlusPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/ModPlus/ModPlusPlugin.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ModPlusPlugin extends Plugin
         return true;
     }
 
-    function onEndShowStatusNetStyles($action) {
+    public function onEndShowStylesheets(Action $action) {
         $action->cssLink($this->path('modplus.css'));
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php b/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php
index d34535bdcb..82e059c0fa 100644
--- a/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/OStatus/OStatusPlugin.php
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ class OStatusPlugin extends Plugin
         return true;
     }
 
-    function onEndShowStatusNetStyles($action) {
+    public function onEndShowStylesheets(Action $action) {
         $action->cssLink($this->path('theme/base/css/ostatus.css'));
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php b/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php
index 42a254ab0c..958716fa76 100644
--- a/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/Realtime/RealtimePlugin.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * @link      http://status.net/
  */
 
-if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class RealtimePlugin extends Plugin
         return true;
     }
 
-    function onEndShowStatusNetStyles($action)
+    public function onEndShowStylesheets(Action $action)
     {
         $action->cssLink(Plugin::staticPath('Realtime', 'realtimeupdate.css'),
                          null,
diff --git a/plugins/ShareNotice/ShareNoticePlugin.php b/plugins/ShareNotice/ShareNoticePlugin.php
index 08362f7932..86ecfa8837 100644
--- a/plugins/ShareNotice/ShareNoticePlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/ShareNotice/ShareNoticePlugin.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class ShareNoticePlugin extends Plugin
         array('StatusNet', array('baseurl' => 'http://identi.ca'))
     );
 
-    function onEndShowStatusNetStyles($action) {
+    public function onEndShowStylesheets(Action $action) {
         $action->cssLink($this->path('css/sharenotice.css'));
         return true;
     }