diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index bd3abe67f..d7dce5d80 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -99,13 +99,10 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def public
-    if user = User.find_by_username(params[:username])
+    if @user = User.find_by_username(params[:username])
       respond_to do |format|
         format.atom do
-          posts = StatusMessage.where(:author_id => user.person.id, :public => true).order('created_at DESC').limit(25)
-          director = Diaspora::Director.new
-          ostatus_builder = Diaspora::OstatusBuilder.new(user, posts)
-          render :xml => director.build(ostatus_builder), :content_type => 'application/atom+xml'
+          @posts = StatusMessage.where(:author_id => @user.person.id, :public => true).order('created_at DESC').limit(25)
         end
 
         format.any { redirect_to person_path(user.person) }