diff --git a/app/workers/notify_local_users.rb b/app/workers/notify_local_users.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 18a15886b..000000000
--- a/app/workers/notify_local_users.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
-module Workers
-  class NotifyLocalUsers < Base
-    sidekiq_options queue: :receive_local
-
-    def perform(user_ids, object_klass, object_id, person_id)
-
-      object = object_klass.constantize.find_by_id(object_id)
-
-      users = User.where(:id => user_ids)
-      person = Person.find_by_id(person_id)
-
-      # TODO: users.find_each{|user| Notification.notify(user, object, person) }
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/postzord/dispatcher.rb b/lib/postzord/dispatcher.rb
index ceeb6c151..3677821e8 100644
--- a/lib/postzord/dispatcher.rb
+++ b/lib/postzord/dispatcher.rb
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ class Postzord::Dispatcher
   def post_to_subscribers
     remote_people, local_people = @subscribers.partition{ |person| person.owner_id.nil? }
 
-    if @object.respond_to?(:relayable?) && @sender.owns?(@object.parent)
-      self.notify_local_users(local_people)
-    else
+    unless @object.respond_to?(:relayable?) && @sender.owns?(@object.parent)
       self.deliver_to_local(local_people)
     end
 
@@ -93,14 +91,6 @@ class Postzord::Dispatcher
     @object.subscribers(@sender)
   end
 
-  # @param local_people [Array<People>]
-  # @return [ActiveRecord::Association<User>, Array]
-  def fetch_local_users(people)
-    return [] if people.blank?
-    user_ids = people.map{|x| x.owner_id }
-    User.where(:id => user_ids)
-  end
-
   # @param remote_people [Array<Person>] Recipients of the post on other pods
   def deliver_to_remote(remote_people)
     return if remote_people.blank?
@@ -161,18 +151,5 @@ class Postzord::Dispatcher
       end
     end
   end
-
-  # @param local_people [Array<People>]
-  def notify_local_users(local_people)
-    local_users = fetch_local_users(local_people)
-    self.notify_users(local_users)
-  end
-
-  # @param services [Array<User>]
-  def notify_users(users)
-    return unless users.present? && @object.respond_to?(:persisted?)
-
-    Workers::NotifyLocalUsers.perform_async(users.map(&:id), @object.class.to_s, @object.id, @object.author.id)
-  end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/postzord/dispatcher_spec.rb b/spec/lib/postzord/dispatcher_spec.rb
index a630ab1fa..33c1d9e2c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/postzord/dispatcher_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/postzord/dispatcher_spec.rb
@@ -118,11 +118,6 @@ describe Postzord::Dispatcher do
               expect(@mailman).to receive(:deliver_to_remote).with([@remote_raphael])
               @mailman.post
             end
-
-            it 'calls notify_users' do
-              expect(@mailman).to receive(:notify_users).with([@local_leia])
-              @mailman.post
-            end
           end
         end
 
@@ -142,11 +137,6 @@ describe Postzord::Dispatcher do
             expect(@mailman).to receive(:deliver_to_remote).with([@remote_raphael])
             @mailman.post
           end
-
-          it 'calls notify_users' do
-            expect(@mailman).to receive(:notify_users).with([@local_leia])
-            @mailman.post
-          end
         end
 
         context "local luke" do
@@ -165,11 +155,6 @@ describe Postzord::Dispatcher do
             expect(@mailman).to receive(:deliver_to_remote).with([@remote_raphael])
             @mailman.post
           end
-
-          it 'calls notify_users' do
-            expect(@mailman).to receive(:notify_users).with([@local_leia])
-            @mailman.post
-          end
         end
       end
 
@@ -318,21 +303,6 @@ describe Postzord::Dispatcher do
         expect(Workers::DeletePostFromService).to receive(:perform_async).with(anything, anything)
         mailman.post
       end
-
-    end
-
-    describe '#and_notify_local_users' do
-      it 'calls notifiy_users' do
-        expect(@zord).to receive(:notify_users).with([bob])
-        @zord.send(:notify_local_users, [bob.person])
-      end
-    end
-
-    describe '#notify_users' do
-      it 'enqueues a NotifyLocalUsers job' do
-        expect(Workers::NotifyLocalUsers).to receive(:perform_async).with([bob.id], @zord.object.class.to_s, @zord.object.id, @zord.object.author.id)
-        @zord.send(:notify_users, [bob])
-      end
     end
   end
 end