diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index f8fbfa851..ecb4f33e6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
                :page => params[:page], :per_page => 15, :order => sort_order + ' DESC')
       @fakes = PostsFake.new(@posts)
 
-      @contacts = current_user.contacts.includes(:person => :profile)
+      @contact_count = current_user.contacts.count
 
       @aspect = :all unless params[:a_ids]
       @aspect ||= @aspects.first #used in mobile
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_listings.haml b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_listings.haml
index a5ffe04da..836bd6636 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_listings.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_listings.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 %h4
   .right
-    = link_to t('contacts', :count => contacts.count), aspects_manage_path, :title => t('aspects.manage.manage_aspects')
+    = link_to t('contacts', :count => @contact_count), aspects_manage_path, :title => t('aspects.manage.manage_aspects')
 
   = aspects.count
   - if aspects.count == 1
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml b/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
index 64bc11860..24ef5199a 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 .span-15.append-2
-  = render 'aspects/no_contacts_message', :aspect => @aspect, :contact_count => @contacts.count
+  = render 'aspects/no_contacts_message', :aspect => @aspect, :contact_count => @contact_count
 
   #aspect_stream_container
     = render 'aspect_stream',
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 
   #aspect_listings.section
-    = render 'aspects/aspect_listings', :aspects => @aspects, :contacts => @contacts
+    = render 'aspects/aspect_listings', :aspects => @aspects
 
   - if @invites <= 0
     .section.invite_friends
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/index.js.erb b/app/views/aspects/index.js.erb
index 93b55decd..8e1bf9dd6 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/index.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/aspects/index.js.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 $('#aspect_stream_container').html("<%= escape_javascript(render('aspects/aspect_stream', :aspect => @aspect, :aspect_ids => @aspect_ids, :posts => @posts, :fakes => @fakes)) %>");
-$('#aspect_listings').html("<%= escape_javascript(render('aspects/aspect_listings', :aspects => @aspects, :contacts => @contacts)) %>");
+$('#aspect_listings').html("<%= escape_javascript(render('aspects/aspect_listings', :aspects => @aspects)) %>");
 $('a[rel*=facebox]').facebox();
 
 $(document).ready(function() {
diff --git a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
index d060e614c..7db3811bf 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ describe AspectsController do
   end
 
   describe "#index" do
-    it "assigns @contacts to all the user's contacts" do
-      get :index
-      assigns[:contacts].map{|c| c.id}.should == @user.contacts.map{|c| c.id}
-    end
     it "generates a jasmine fixture" do
       get :index
       save_fixture(html_for("body"), "aspects_index")