diff --git a/classes/Queue_item.php b/classes/Queue_item.php
index 9b909ec22b..295c321b57 100644
--- a/classes/Queue_item.php
+++ b/classes/Queue_item.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/classes/Memcached_DataObject.php';
 
-class Queue_item extends Memcached_DataObject 
+class Queue_item extends Memcached_DataObject
 {
     ###START_AUTOCODE
     /* the code below is auto generated do not remove the above tag */
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Queue_item extends Memcached_DataObject
     public $notice_id;                       // int(4)  primary_key not_null
     public $transport;                       // varchar(8)  primary_key not_null
     public $created;                         // datetime()   not_null
-    public $claimed;                         // datetime()  
+    public $claimed;                         // datetime()
 
     /* Static get */
     function staticGet($k,$v=null)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Queue_item extends Memcached_DataObject
 
     function sequenceKey()
     { return array(false, false); }
-    
+
     static function top($transport) {
 
         $qi = new Queue_item();
@@ -54,4 +54,9 @@ class Queue_item extends Memcached_DataObject
         $qi = null;
         return null;
     }
+
+    function &pkeyGet($kv)
+    {
+        return Memcached_DataObject::pkeyGet('Queue_item', $kv);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 9c1af7a0dc..3f924c8dec 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -889,69 +889,6 @@ function common_enqueue_notice($notice)
     return $result;
 }
 
-function common_enqueue_notice_stomp($notice, $transports)
-{
-    // use an external message queue system via STOMP
-    require_once("Stomp.php");
-
-    $server = common_config('queue','stomp_server');
-    $username = common_config('queue', 'stomp_username');
-    $password = common_config('queue', 'stomp_password');
-
-    $con = new Stomp($server);
-
-    if (!$con->connect($username, $password)) {
-        common_log(LOG_ERR, 'Failed to connect to queue server');
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    $queue_basename = common_config('queue','queue_basename');
-
-    foreach ($transports as $transport) {
-        $result = $con->send('/queue/'.$queue_basename.'-'.$transport, // QUEUE
-                             $notice->id, 		// BODY of the message
-                             array ('created' => $notice->created));
-        if (!$result) {
-            common_log(LOG_ERR, 'Error sending to '.$transport.' queue');
-            return false;
-        }
-        common_log(LOG_DEBUG, 'complete remote queueing notice ID = ' . $notice->id . ' for ' . $transport);
-    }
-
-    //send tags as headers, so they can be used as JMS selectors
-    common_log(LOG_DEBUG, 'searching for tags ' . $notice->id);
-    $tags = array();
-    $tag = new Notice_tag();
-    $tag->notice_id = $notice->id;
-    if ($tag->find()) {
-        while ($tag->fetch()) {
-            common_log(LOG_DEBUG, 'tag found = ' . $tag->tag);
-            array_push($tags,$tag->tag);
-        }
-    }
-    $tag->free();
-
-    $con->send('/topic/laconica.'.$notice->profile_id,
-               $notice->content,
-               array(
-                     'profile_id' => $notice->profile_id,
-                     'created' => $notice->created,
-                     'tags' => implode($tags,' - ')
-                     )
-               );
-    common_log(LOG_DEBUG, 'sent to personal topic ' . $notice->id);
-    $con->send('/topic/laconica.allusers',
-               $notice->content,
-               array(
-                     'profile_id' => $notice->profile_id,
-                     'created' => $notice->created,
-                     'tags' => implode($tags,' - ')
-                     )
-               );
-    common_log(LOG_DEBUG, 'sent to catch-all topic ' . $notice->id);
-    $result = true;
-}
-
 function common_enqueue_notice_db($notice, $transports)
 {
     // in any other case, 'internal'
@@ -962,18 +899,6 @@ function common_enqueue_notice_db($notice, $transports)
 
 function common_enqueue_notice_transport($notice, $transport)
 {
-    $qi = new Queue_item();
-    $qi->notice_id = $notice->id;
-    $qi->transport = $transport;
-    $qi->created = $notice->created;
-    $result = $qi->insert();
-    if (!$result) {
-        $last_error = &PEAR::getStaticProperty('DB_DataObject','lastError');
-        common_log(LOG_ERR, 'DB error inserting queue item: ' . $last_error->message);
-        throw new ServerException('DB error inserting queue item: ' . $last_error->message);
-    }
-    common_log(LOG_DEBUG, 'complete queueing notice ID = ' . $notice->id . ' for ' . $transport);
-    return true;
 }
 
 function common_real_broadcast($notice, $remote=false)