diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index 93d2c87e54..388414f54f 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -66,24 +66,6 @@ Categories.isIgnored = function (cids, uid, callback) {
 	db.isSortedSetMembers('uid:' + uid + ':ignored:cids', cids, callback);
 };
 
-Categories.getPageCount = function (cid, uid, callback) {
-	async.waterfall([
-		function (next) {
-			async.parallel({
-				topicCount: async.apply(Categories.getCategoryField, cid, 'topic_count'),
-				settings: async.apply(user.getSettings, uid),
-			}, next);
-		},
-		function (results, next) {
-			if (!parseInt(results.topicCount, 10)) {
-				return next(null, 1);
-			}
-
-			next(null, Math.ceil(parseInt(results.topicCount, 10) / results.settings.topicsPerPage));
-		},
-	], callback);
-};
-
 Categories.getAllCategories = function (uid, callback) {
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {
diff --git a/src/socket.io/categories.js b/src/socket.io/categories.js
index 97bdc7d44c..72a5785a55 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/categories.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/categories.js
@@ -123,10 +123,6 @@ SocketCategories.loadMore = function (socket, data, callback) {
 	], callback);
 };
 
-SocketCategories.getPageCount = function (socket, cid, callback) {
-	categories.getPageCount(cid, socket.uid, callback);
-};
-
 SocketCategories.getTopicCount = function (socket, cid, callback) {
 	categories.getCategoryField(cid, 'topic_count', callback);
 };
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 7c7a902a5a..52f08c9ca7 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -37,25 +37,6 @@ Topics.exists = function (tid, callback) {
 	db.isSortedSetMember('topics:tid', tid, callback);
 };
 
-Topics.getPageCount = function (tid, uid, callback) {
-	var postCount;
-	async.waterfall([
-		function (next) {
-			Topics.getTopicField(tid, 'postcount', next);
-		},
-		function (_postCount, next) {
-			if (!parseInt(_postCount, 10)) {
-				return callback(null, 1);
-			}
-			postCount = _postCount;
-			user.getSettings(uid, next);
-		},
-		function (settings, next) {
-			next(null, Math.ceil(parseInt(postCount, 10) / settings.postsPerPage));
-		},
-	], callback);
-};
-
 Topics.getTopicsFromSet = function (set, uid, start, stop, callback) {
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {
diff --git a/test/categories.js b/test/categories.js
index 04723eb28f..3f7468d24d 100644
--- a/test/categories.js
+++ b/test/categories.js
@@ -238,14 +238,6 @@ describe('Categories', function () {
 			});
 		});
 
-		it('should load page count', function (done) {
-			socketCategories.getPageCount({ uid: posterUid }, categoryObj.cid, function (err, pageCount) {
-				assert.ifError(err);
-				assert.equal(pageCount, 1);
-				done();
-			});
-		});
-
 		it('should load topic count', function (done) {
 			socketCategories.getTopicCount({ uid: posterUid }, categoryObj.cid, function (err, topicCount) {
 				assert.ifError(err);