diff --git a/classes/Notice.php b/classes/Notice.php
index 65b0d66857..ed5a494f7e 100644
--- a/classes/Notice.php
+++ b/classes/Notice.php
@@ -1603,18 +1603,6 @@ class Notice extends Managed_DataObject
                 break;
             }
 
-            // XXX: deprecated; use ActivityVerb::SHARE instead
-
-            $repeat = null;
-
-            if (!empty($this->repeat_of)) {
-                $repeat = Notice::getKV('id', $this->repeat_of);
-                if (!empty($repeat)) {
-                    $ctx->forwardID  = $repeat->uri;
-                    $ctx->forwardUrl = $repeat->bestUrl();
-                }
-            }
-
             $act->context = $ctx;
 
             $source = $this->getSource();
diff --git a/lib/activity.php b/lib/activity.php
index 870ece13ad..eaa7cf1c2d 100644
--- a/lib/activity.php
+++ b/lib/activity.php
@@ -631,19 +631,6 @@ class Activity
                                            'href' => $attnURI));
             }
 
-            // XXX: shoulda used ActivityVerb::SHARE
-
-            if (!empty($this->context->forwardID)) {
-                if (!empty($this->context->forwardUrl)) {
-                    $xs->element('ostatus:forward',
-                                 array('ref' => $this->context->forwardID,
-                                       'href' => $this->context->forwardUrl));
-                } else {
-                    $xs->element('ostatus:forward',
-                                 array('ref' => $this->context->forwardID));
-                }
-            }
-
             if (!empty($this->context->location)) {
                 $loc = $this->context->location;
                 $xs->element('georss:point', null, $loc->lat . ' ' . $loc->lon);
diff --git a/lib/activitycontext.php b/lib/activitycontext.php
index bd5bb5f76e..371eab3e64 100644
--- a/lib/activitycontext.php
+++ b/lib/activitycontext.php
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ class ActivityContext
     public $attention = array();
     public $attentionType = array();
     public $conversation;
-    public $forwardID; // deprecated, use ActivityVerb::SHARE instead
-    public $forwardUrl; // deprecated, use ActivityVerb::SHARE instead
     public $scope;
 
     const THR     = 'http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0';
@@ -141,8 +139,6 @@ class ActivityContext
 
         $context['inReplyTo']    = $this->getInReplyToArray();
         $context['conversation'] = $this->conversation;
-        $context['forwardId']    = $this->forwardID;
-        $context['forwardUrl']   = $this->forwardUrl;
 
         return array_filter($context);
     }