diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 690095d5c..38c318ebc 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Ruby 2.0 is no longer officially supported.
 * Improve invoking mobile site in the testsuite [#5915](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5915)
 * Do not retry a couple of unrecoverable job failures [#5938](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5938) [#5942](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5943)
 * Remove some old temporary workarounds [#5964](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5964)
+* Remove unused `hasPhotos` and `hasText` functions [#5969](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5969)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * Disable auto follow back on aspect deletion [#5846](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5846)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post.js
index 30da8f71c..8335f5a0d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/post.js
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@ app.models.Post = Backbone.Model.extend(_.extend({}, app.models.formatDateMixin,
   preloadOrFetch : function(){
     var action = app.hasPreload("post") ? this.set(app.parsePreload("post")) : this.fetch();
     return $.when(action);
-  },
-
-  hasPhotos : function(){
-    return this.get("photos") && this.get("photos").length > 0;
-  },
-
-  hasText : function(){
-    return $.trim(this.get("text")) !== "";
   }
 }));
 // @license-end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/models/post_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/models/post_spec.js
index b644e26be..dc03245a3 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/models/post_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/models/post_spec.js
@@ -36,28 +36,4 @@ describe("app.models.Post", function() {
       expect(this.post.createdAt()).toEqual(+date);
     });
   });
-
-  describe("hasPhotos", function(){
-    it('returns true if the model has more than one photo', function(){
-      this.post.set({photos : [1,2]});
-      expect(this.post.hasPhotos()).toBeTruthy();
-    });
-
-    it('returns false if the model does not have any photos', function(){
-      this.post.set({photos : []});
-      expect(this.post.hasPhotos()).toBeFalsy();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("hasText", function(){
-    it('returns true if the model has text', function(){
-      this.post.set({text : "hella"});
-      expect(this.post.hasText()).toBeTruthy();
-    });
-
-    it('returns false if the model does not have text', function(){
-      this.post.set({text : "    "});
-      expect(this.post.hasText()).toBeFalsy();
-    });
-  });
 });