diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a7575b3b5..56a606d617 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@
     "nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone": "0.5.1",
     "nodebb-rewards-essentials": "0.0.9",
     "nodebb-theme-lavender": "4.0.5",
-    "nodebb-theme-persona": "5.0.28",
+    "nodebb-theme-persona": "5.0.29",
     "nodebb-theme-slick": "1.1.0",
-    "nodebb-theme-vanilla": "6.0.22",
+    "nodebb-theme-vanilla": "6.0.23",
     "nodebb-widget-essentials": "3.0.1",
     "nodemailer": "2.6.4",
     "nodemailer-sendmail-transport": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/public/src/modules/notifications.js b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
index ea78918c1b..f99e1b8de4 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/notifications.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
@@ -20,23 +20,19 @@ define('notifications', ['sounds', 'translator', 'components', 'navigator'], fun
 			Notifications.loadNotifications(notifList);
 		});
 
-		notifList.on('click', '[data-nid]', function (e) {
-			// Scroll to index if already in topic (gh#5873)
-			var index = $(this).attr('data-index');
-			var tid = $(this).attr('data-tid');
-			if (index && ajaxify.data.template.topic && parseInt(ajaxify.data.tid, 10) === parseInt(tid, 10)) {
-				e.stopPropagation();
-				e.preventDefault();
-
-				navigator.scrollToIndex(index, true);
+		notifList.on('click', '[data-nid]', function (ev) {
+			var notifEl = $(this);
+			if (scrollToPostIndexIfOnPage(notifEl)) {
+				ev.stopPropagation();
+				ev.preventDefault();
 				notifTrigger.dropdown('toggle');
 			}
 
-			var unread = $(this).hasClass('unread');
+			var unread = notifEl.hasClass('unread');
 			if (!unread) {
 				return;
 			}
-			var nid = $(this).attr('data-nid');
+			var nid = notifEl.attr('data-nid');
 			socket.emit('notifications.markRead', nid, function (err) {
 				if (err) {
 					return app.alertError(err.message);
@@ -118,6 +114,19 @@ define('notifications', ['sounds', 'translator', 'components', 'navigator'], fun
 		});
 	};
 
+	function scrollToPostIndexIfOnPage(notifEl) {
+		// Scroll to index if already in topic (gh#5873)
+		var pid = notifEl.attr('data-pid');
+		var tid = notifEl.attr('data-tid');
+		var path = notifEl.attr('data-path');
+		var postEl = components.get('post', 'pid', pid);
+		if (path.startsWith(config.relative_path + '/post/') && pid && postEl.length && ajaxify.data.template.topic && parseInt(ajaxify.data.tid, 10) === parseInt(tid, 10)) {
+			navigator.scrollToIndex(postEl.attr('data-index'), true);
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	Notifications.loadNotifications = function (notifList) {
 		socket.emit('notifications.get', null, function (err, data) {
 			if (err) {
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 715f4cf264..098efe5d9f 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ var groups = require('./groups');
 var meta = require('./meta');
 var batch = require('./batch');
 var plugins = require('./plugins');
-var posts = require('./posts');
 var utils = require('./utils');
 
 var Notifications = module.exports;
@@ -23,19 +22,13 @@ Notifications.startJobs = function () {
 	new cron('*/30 * * * *', Notifications.prune, null, true);
 };
 
-Notifications.get = function (nid, uid, callback) {
-	Notifications.getMultiple([nid], uid, function (err, notifications) {
+Notifications.get = function (nid, callback) {
+	Notifications.getMultiple([nid], function (err, notifications) {
 		callback(err, Array.isArray(notifications) && notifications.length ? notifications[0] : null);
 	});
 };
 
-Notifications.getMultiple = function (nids, uid, callback) {
-	if (typeof uid === 'function' && !callback) {
-		// no uid passed in
-		callback = uid;
-		uid = undefined;
-	}
-
+Notifications.getMultiple = function (nids, callback) {
 	if (!Array.isArray(nids) || !nids.length) {
 		return setImmediate(callback, null, []);
 	}
@@ -44,19 +37,8 @@ Notifications.getMultiple = function (nids, uid, callback) {
 	});
 
 	var notifications;
-	var userSettings;
 
 	async.waterfall([
-		function (next) {
-			if (!uid) {
-				return setImmediate(next);
-			}
-
-			User.getSettings(uid, function (err, settings) {
-				userSettings = settings;
-				next(err);
-			});
-		},
 		function (next) {
 			db.getObjects(keys, next);
 		},
@@ -69,7 +51,7 @@ Notifications.getMultiple = function (nids, uid, callback) {
 			User.getUsersFields(userKeys, ['username', 'userslug', 'picture'], next);
 		},
 		function (usersData, next) {
-			async.eachOf(notifications, function (notification, index, next) {
+			notifications.forEach(function (notification, index) {
 				if (notification) {
 					notification.datetimeISO = utils.toISOString(notification.datetime);
 
@@ -86,19 +68,9 @@ Notifications.getMultiple = function (nids, uid, callback) {
 					} else if (notification.image === 'brand:logo' || !notification.image) {
 						notification.image = meta.config['brand:logo'] || nconf.get('relative_path') + '/logo.png';
 					}
-
-					if (notification.path.startsWith('/post/')) {
-						posts.getPidIndex(notification.pid, notification.tid, userSettings.topicPostSort, function (err, index) {
-							notification.index = index;
-							next(err);
-						});
-					} else {
-						next();
-					}
 				}
-			}, function (err) {
-				next(err, notifications);
 			});
+			next(null, notifications);
 		},
 	], callback);
 };
diff --git a/src/user/notifications.js b/src/user/notifications.js
index cb3f208e0f..4e2dcba7e8 100644
--- a/src/user/notifications.js
+++ b/src/user/notifications.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ UserNotifications.getNotifications = function (nids, uid, callback) {
 		function (next) {
 			async.parallel({
 				notifications: function (next) {
-					notifications.getMultiple(nids, uid, next);
+					notifications.getMultiple(nids, next);
 				},
 				hasRead: function (next) {
 					db.isSortedSetMembers('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', nids, next);