diff --git a/Frameworks/Account/Account.swift b/Frameworks/Account/Account.swift
index ccf0e0654..953e59677 100644
--- a/Frameworks/Account/Account.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/Account/Account.swift
@@ -807,12 +807,6 @@ public final class Account: DisplayNameProvider, UnreadCountProvider, Container,
 		mark(articleIDs: articleIDs, statusKey: .starred, flag: false)
 	}
 
-	/// Fetch statuses for the specified articleIDs. The completion handler will get nil if the app is suspended.
-	/// To update the properties in the database, call the update method that takes Set<ArticleStatus> as first parameter.
-	func fetchStatuses(articleIDs: Set<String>, createIfNeeded: Bool, completion: @escaping ArticleStatusesResultBlock) {
-		database.fetchStatuses(articleIDs: articleIDs, createIfNeeded: createIfNeeded, completion: completion)
-	}
-
 	/// Empty caches that can reasonably be emptied. Call when the app goes in the background, for instance.
 	func emptyCaches() {
 		database.emptyCaches()
diff --git a/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabase.swift b/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabase.swift
index 39ef87369..3fca7e321 100644
--- a/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabase.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesDatabase.swift
@@ -188,10 +188,6 @@ public final class ArticlesDatabase {
 		articlesTable.mark(articleIDs, statusKey, flag, completion)
 	}
 
-	public func fetchStatuses(articleIDs: Set<String>, createIfNeeded: Bool, completion: @escaping ArticleStatusesResultBlock) {
-		articlesTable.fetchStatuses(articleIDs, createIfNeeded, completion)
-	}
-
 	// MARK: - Suspend and Resume (for iOS)
 
 	/// Close the database and stop running database calls.
diff --git a/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesTable.swift b/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesTable.swift
index 1140125a5..288aca756 100644
--- a/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesTable.swift
+++ b/Frameworks/ArticlesDatabase/ArticlesTable.swift
@@ -236,34 +236,6 @@ final class ArticlesTable: DatabaseTable {
 		}
 	}
 
-	func fetchStatuses(_ articleIDs: Set<String>, _ createIfNeeded: Bool, _ completion: @escaping ArticleStatusesResultBlock) {
-		queue.runInTransaction { databaseResult in
-
-			func makeDatabaseCalls(_ database: FMDatabase) {
-				var statusesDictionary = [String: ArticleStatus]()
-				if createIfNeeded {
-					statusesDictionary = self.statusesTable.ensureStatusesForArticleIDs(articleIDs, false, database)
-				}
-				else {
-					statusesDictionary = self.statusesTable.existingStatusesForArticleIDs(articleIDs, database)
-				}
-				let statuses = Set(statusesDictionary.values)
-				DispatchQueue.main.async {
-					completion(.success(statuses))
-				}
-			}
-
-			switch databaseResult {
-			case .success(let database):
-				makeDatabaseCalls(database)
-			case .failure(let databaseError):
-				DispatchQueue.main.async {
-					completion(.failure(databaseError))
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	// MARK: - Unread Counts
 	
 	func fetchUnreadCounts(_ webFeedIDs: Set<String>, _ completion: @escaping UnreadCountDictionaryCompletionBlock) {