diff --git a/src/posts/delete.js b/src/posts/delete.js
index c2edb7992b..3fe36abf8e 100644
--- a/src/posts/delete.js
+++ b/src/posts/delete.js
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@ module.exports = function(Posts) {
 				},
 				function(next) {
 					db.sortedSetRemove('uid:' + postData.uid + ':posts', pid, next);
-				},
-				function(next) {
-					db.setCount('tid:' + postData.tid + ':posts', function(err, count) {
-						if (count === 0) {
-							topics.purge(postData.tid, next);
-						} else {
-							next();
-						}
-					});
 				}
 			], function(err) {
 				if (err) {