diff --git a/classes/Fave.php b/classes/Fave.php
index c3ec62dcf0..d1e3b01b38 100644
--- a/classes/Fave.php
+++ b/classes/Fave.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Fave extends Memcached_DataObject
              $qry =  'SELECT fave.* FROM fave ';
              $qry .= 'INNER JOIN notice ON fave.notice_id = notice.id ';
              $qry .= 'WHERE fave.user_id = ' . $user_id . ' ';
-             $qry .= 'AND notice.is_local != ' . NOTICE_GATEWAY . ' ';
+             $qry .= 'AND notice.is_local != ' . Notice::GATEWAY . ' ';
         }
 
         if ($since_id != 0) {
diff --git a/classes/Notice.php b/classes/Notice.php
index 08125cf7b0..4b9a866b02 100644
--- a/classes/Notice.php
+++ b/classes/Notice.php
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ define('NOTICE_CACHE_WINDOW', 61);
 define('NOTICE_LOCAL_PUBLIC', 1);
 define('NOTICE_REMOTE_OMB', 0);
 define('NOTICE_LOCAL_NONPUBLIC', -1);
-define('NOTICE_GATEWAY', -2);
 
 define('MAX_BOXCARS', 128);
 
@@ -63,6 +62,8 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
     /* the code above is auto generated do not remove the tag below */
     ###END_AUTOCODE
 
+    const GATEWAY = -2;
+
     function getProfile()
     {
         return Profile::staticGet('id', $this->profile_id);
diff --git a/classes/User.php b/classes/User.php
index 6c1f149e4d..bea47a3b05 100644
--- a/classes/User.php
+++ b/classes/User.php
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ class User extends Memcached_DataObject
               'SELECT notice.* ' .
               'FROM notice JOIN subscription ON notice.profile_id = subscription.subscribed ' .
               'WHERE subscription.subscriber = %d ' .
-              'AND notice.is_local != ' . NOTICE_GATEWAY;
+              'AND notice.is_local != ' . Notice::GATEWAY;
             return Notice::getStream(sprintf($qry, $this->id),
                                      'user:notices_with_friends:' . $this->id,
                                      $offset, $limit, $since_id, $before_id,
diff --git a/scripts/twitterstatusfetcher.php b/scripts/twitterstatusfetcher.php
index 8b10bfbadd..4a1ed89779 100755
--- a/scripts/twitterstatusfetcher.php
+++ b/scripts/twitterstatusfetcher.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $helptext = <<<END_OF_TRIM_HELP
 Batch script for retrieving Twitter messages from foreign service.
 
   -i --id      Identity (default 'generic')
-    
+
 END_OF_TRIM_HELP;
 
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/commandline.inc';
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ class TwitterStatusFetcher extends Daemon
             $notice->rendered   = common_render_content($notice->content, $notice);
             $notice->source     = 'twitter';
             $notice->reply_to   = null; // XXX lookup reply
-            $notice->is_local   = NOTICE_GATEWAY;
+            $notice->is_local   = Notice::GATEWAY;
 
             if (Event::handle('StartNoticeSave', array(&$notice))) {
                 $id = $notice->insert();