diff --git a/actions/replies.php b/actions/replies.php
index 29d01c4c9d..a371f3787b 100644
--- a/actions/replies.php
+++ b/actions/replies.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class RepliesAction extends StreamAction {
 
 		$reply->profile_id = $profile->id;
 
-		$reply->orderBy('created DESC');
+		$reply->orderBy('modified DESC');
 
 		$page = ($this->arg('page')) ? ($this->arg('page')+0) : 1;
 
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 7b59a7452f..1cb24be04e 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -844,7 +844,6 @@ function common_save_replies($notice) {
 		$reply = new Reply();
 		$reply->notice_id = $notice->id;
 		$reply->profile_id = $recipient->id;
-		$reply->created = DB_DataObject_Cast::dateTime();
 		if ($reply_for) {
 			$recipient_notice = $reply_for->getCurrentNotice($notice->created);
 			$reply->replied_id = $recipient_notice->id;