diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 556a14641..2332f08d2 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   ######### Posts and Such ###############
   def retract(target)
-    retraction = Retraction.for(target, self)
+    retraction = Retraction.for(target)
     retraction.defer_dispatch(self)
     retraction.perform
   end
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/federated/retraction.rb b/lib/diaspora/federated/retraction.rb
index a68fcccfa..caa494964 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/federated/retraction.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/federated/retraction.rb
@@ -14,17 +14,9 @@ class Retraction
     @target = target
   end
 
-  def self.for(target, sender=nil)
-    federation_retraction = case target
-                            when Diaspora::Relayable
-                              Diaspora::Federation::Entities.relayable_retraction(target, sender)
-                            when Post
-                              Diaspora::Federation::Entities.signed_retraction(target, sender)
-                            else
-                              Diaspora::Federation::Entities.retraction_data_for(target)
-                            end
-
-    new(federation_retraction, target.subscribers.select(&:remote?), target)
+  def self.for(target)
+    federation_retraction_data = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.retraction_data_for(target)
+    new(federation_retraction_data, target.subscribers.select(&:remote?), target)
   end
 
   def defer_dispatch(user, include_target_author=true)
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/federation/entities.rb b/lib/diaspora/federation/entities.rb
index bab9624b7..8286fef62 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/federation/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/federation/entities.rb
@@ -165,16 +165,6 @@ module Diaspora
         )
       end
 
-      # @deprecated
-      def self.relayable_retraction(target, sender)
-        DiasporaFederation::Entities::RelayableRetraction.new(
-          target_guid: target.guid,
-          target_type: Mappings.entity_name_for(target),
-          target:      related_entity(target),
-          author:      sender.diaspora_handle
-        ).to_h
-      end
-
       def self.reshare(reshare)
         DiasporaFederation::Entities::Reshare.new(
           root_author:           reshare.root_diaspora_id,
@@ -189,10 +179,6 @@ module Diaspora
 
       def self.retraction(retraction)
         case retraction.data[:target_type]
-        when "Comment", "Like", "PollParticipation"
-          DiasporaFederation::Entities::RelayableRetraction.new(retraction.data)
-        when "Post"
-          DiasporaFederation::Entities::SignedRetraction.new(retraction.data)
         when "Contact"
           DiasporaFederation::Entities::Contact.new(retraction.data)
         else
@@ -214,16 +200,6 @@ module Diaspora
         end
       end
 
-      # @deprecated
-      def self.signed_retraction(target, sender)
-        DiasporaFederation::Entities::SignedRetraction.new(
-          target_guid: target.guid,
-          target_type: Mappings.entity_name_for(target),
-          target:      related_entity(target),
-          author:      sender.diaspora_handle
-        ).to_h
-      end
-
       def self.status_message(status_message)
         DiasporaFederation::Entities::StatusMessage.new(
           author:                status_message.diaspora_handle,
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/federation/receive.rb b/lib/diaspora/federation/receive.rb
index 15c3d2caf..6fd7f34bc 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/federation/receive.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/federation/receive.rb
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ module Diaspora
         when Diaspora::Relayable
           if object.parent.author.local?
             parent_author = object.parent.author.owner
-            retraction = Retraction.for(object, parent_author)
+            retraction = Retraction.for(object)
             retraction.defer_dispatch(parent_author, false)
             retraction.perform
           else
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ module Diaspora
         parent_author = relayable.parent.author.owner
         return unless parent_author && parent_author.ignored_people.include?(relayable.author)
 
-        retraction = Retraction.for(relayable, parent_author)
+        retraction = Retraction.for(relayable)
         Diaspora::Federation::Dispatcher.build(parent_author, retraction, subscribers: [relayable.author]).dispatch
 
         raise Diaspora::Federation::AuthorIgnored
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora/federated/retraction_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora/federated/retraction_spec.rb
index ee5e0f485..ff5d11ab8 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora/federated/retraction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora/federated/retraction_spec.rb
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 
 describe Retraction do
   let(:post) { alice.post(:status_message, text: "destroy!", public: true) }
-  let(:retraction) { Retraction.for(post, alice) }
+  let(:retraction) { Retraction.for(post) }
 
   describe "#subscribers" do
     it "contains all remote-subscribers of target object" do
       post = local_luke.post(:status_message, text: "destroy!", public: true)
 
-      retraction = Retraction.for(post, local_luke)
+      retraction = Retraction.for(post)
 
       expect(retraction.subscribers).to eq([remote_raphael])
     end
@@ -18,25 +18,25 @@ describe Retraction do
 
   describe "#data" do
     it "contains the hash with all data from the federation-retraction" do
-      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.signed_retraction(post, alice)
+      federation_retraction_data = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.retraction_data_for(post)
 
-      expect(retraction.data).to eq(federation_retraction.to_h)
+      expect(retraction.data).to eq(federation_retraction_data)
     end
   end
 
   describe ".for" do
     it "creates a retraction for a post" do
-      expect(Diaspora::Federation::Entities).to receive(:signed_retraction).with(post, alice)
+      expect(Diaspora::Federation::Entities).to receive(:retraction_data_for).with(post)
 
-      Retraction.for(post, alice)
+      Retraction.for(post)
     end
 
     it "creates a retraction for a relayable" do
       comment = FactoryGirl.create(:comment, author: alice.person, post: post)
 
-      expect(Diaspora::Federation::Entities).to receive(:relayable_retraction).with(comment, alice)
+      expect(Diaspora::Federation::Entities).to receive(:retraction_data_for).with(comment)
 
-      Retraction.for(comment, alice)
+      Retraction.for(comment)
     end
 
     it "creates a retraction for a contact" do
@@ -44,20 +44,21 @@ describe Retraction do
 
       expect(Diaspora::Federation::Entities).to receive(:retraction_data_for).with(contact)
 
-      Retraction.for(contact, contact.user)
+      Retraction.for(contact)
     end
   end
 
   describe ".defer_dispatch" do
     it "queues a job to send the retraction later" do
       post = local_luke.post(:status_message, text: "destroy!", public: true)
-      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.signed_retraction(post, local_luke)
+      retraction = Retraction.for(post)
+      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.retraction(retraction)
 
       expect(Workers::DeferredRetraction).to receive(:perform_async).with(
         local_luke.id, federation_retraction.to_h, [remote_raphael.id], service_types: []
       )
 
-      Retraction.for(post, local_luke).defer_dispatch(local_luke)
+      retraction.defer_dispatch(local_luke)
     end
 
     it "adds service metadata to queued job for deletion" do
@@ -66,47 +67,50 @@ describe Retraction do
       facebook = Services::Facebook.new(access_token: "facebook")
       alice.services << twitter << facebook
 
-      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.signed_retraction(post, alice)
+      retraction = Retraction.for(post)
+      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.retraction(retraction)
 
       expect(Workers::DeferredRetraction).to receive(:perform_async).with(
         alice.id, federation_retraction.to_h, [], service_types: ["Services::Twitter"], tweet_id: "123"
       )
 
-      Retraction.for(post, alice).defer_dispatch(alice)
+      retraction.defer_dispatch(alice)
     end
 
     it "queues also a job if subscribers is empty" do
-      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.signed_retraction(post, alice)
+      retraction = Retraction.for(post)
+      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.retraction(retraction)
 
       expect(Workers::DeferredRetraction).to receive(:perform_async).with(
         alice.id, federation_retraction.to_h, [], service_types: []
       )
 
-      Retraction.for(post, alice).defer_dispatch(alice)
+      retraction.defer_dispatch(alice)
     end
 
     it "queues a job with empty opts for non-StatusMessage" do
       post = local_luke.post(:status_message, text: "hello", public: true)
       comment = local_luke.comment!(post, "destroy!")
-      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.relayable_retraction(comment, local_luke)
+      retraction = Retraction.for(comment)
+      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.retraction(retraction)
 
       expect(Workers::DeferredRetraction).to receive(:perform_async).with(
         local_luke.id, federation_retraction.to_h, [remote_raphael.id], {}
       )
 
-      Retraction.for(comment, local_luke).defer_dispatch(local_luke)
+      retraction.defer_dispatch(local_luke)
     end
 
     it "uses the author of the target parent as sender for a comment-retraction if the parent is local" do
       post = local_luke.post(:status_message, text: "hello", public: true)
       comment = local_leia.comment!(post, "destroy!")
-      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.relayable_retraction(comment, local_leia)
+      federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.retraction(comment)
 
       expect(Workers::DeferredRetraction).to receive(:perform_async).with(
         local_luke.id, federation_retraction.to_h, [remote_raphael.id], {}
       )
 
-      Retraction.for(comment, local_leia).defer_dispatch(local_leia)
+      Retraction.for(comment).defer_dispatch(local_leia)
     end
 
     context "relayable" do
@@ -114,23 +118,25 @@ describe Retraction do
       let(:comment) { FactoryGirl.create(:comment, post: post, author: remote_raphael) }
 
       it "sends retraction to target author if deleted by parent author" do
-        federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.relayable_retraction(comment, local_luke)
+        retraction = Retraction.for(comment)
+        federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.retraction(retraction)
 
         expect(Workers::DeferredRetraction).to receive(:perform_async).with(
           local_luke.id, federation_retraction.to_h, [remote_raphael.id], {}
         )
 
-        Retraction.for(comment, local_luke).defer_dispatch(local_luke)
+        retraction.defer_dispatch(local_luke)
       end
 
       it "don't sends retraction back to target author if relayed by parent author" do
-        federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.relayable_retraction(comment, local_luke)
+        retraction = Retraction.for(comment)
+        federation_retraction = Diaspora::Federation::Entities.retraction(retraction)
 
         expect(Workers::DeferredRetraction).to receive(:perform_async).with(
           local_luke.id, federation_retraction.to_h, [], {}
         )
 
-        Retraction.for(comment, local_luke).defer_dispatch(local_luke, false)
+        retraction.defer_dispatch(local_luke, false)
       end
     end
   end
@@ -138,29 +144,29 @@ describe Retraction do
   describe "#perform" do
     it "destroys the target object" do
       expect(post).to receive(:destroy!)
-      Retraction.for(post, alice).perform
+      Retraction.for(post).perform
     end
   end
 
   describe "#public?" do
     it "returns true for a public post" do
-      expect(Retraction.for(post, alice).public?).to be_truthy
+      expect(Retraction.for(post).public?).to be_truthy
     end
 
     it "returns true for a public comment if parent post is local" do
       comment = bob.comment!(post, "destroy!")
-      expect(Retraction.for(comment, bob).public?).to be_truthy
+      expect(Retraction.for(comment).public?).to be_truthy
     end
 
     it "returns false for a public comment if parent post is not local" do
       remote_post = FactoryGirl.create(:status_message, author: remote_raphael)
       comment = alice.comment!(remote_post, "destroy!")
-      expect(Retraction.for(comment, alice).public?).to be_falsey
+      expect(Retraction.for(comment).public?).to be_falsey
     end
 
     it "returns false for a private target" do
       private_post = alice.post(:status_message, text: "destroy!", to: alice.aspects.first.id)
-      expect(Retraction.for(private_post, alice).public?).to be_falsey
+      expect(Retraction.for(private_post).public?).to be_falsey
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/receive_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/receive_spec.rb
index 3da798df1..1bff8ddad 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/receive_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora/federation/receive_spec.rb
@@ -507,9 +507,9 @@ describe Diaspora::Federation::Receive do
           target_type: "Comment"
         )
 
-        comment_retraction = Retraction.for(remote_comment, alice)
+        comment_retraction = Retraction.for(remote_comment)
 
-        expect(Retraction).to receive(:for).with(instance_of(Comment), alice).and_return(comment_retraction)
+        expect(Retraction).to receive(:for).with(instance_of(Comment)).and_return(comment_retraction)
         expect(comment_retraction).to receive(:defer_dispatch).with(alice, false)
         expect(comment_retraction).to receive(:perform).and_call_original
         expect_any_instance_of(Comment).to receive(:destroy!).and_call_original
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index f12f0390c..719129c78 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ describe User, :type => :model do
 
     context "posts" do
       it "sends a retraction" do
-        expect(Retraction).to receive(:for).with(post, bob).and_return(retraction)
+        expect(Retraction).to receive(:for).with(post).and_return(retraction)
         expect(retraction).to receive(:defer_dispatch).with(bob)
         expect(retraction).to receive(:perform)
 
diff --git a/spec/shared_behaviors/dispatcher.rb b/spec/shared_behaviors/dispatcher.rb
index 1d87d8c24..b168465d8 100644
--- a/spec/shared_behaviors/dispatcher.rb
+++ b/spec/shared_behaviors/dispatcher.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ shared_examples "a dispatcher" do
         opts = {service_types: "Services::Twitter", tweet_id: "123"}
         expect(Workers::DeletePostFromService).to receive(:perform_async).with(twitter.id, opts)
 
-        retraction = Retraction.for(post, alice)
+        retraction = Retraction.for(post)
         Diaspora::Federation::Dispatcher.build(alice, retraction, opts).dispatch
       end
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ shared_examples "a dispatcher" do
       it "does not deliver a Retraction of a Comment to services" do
         expect(Workers::DeletePostFromService).not_to receive(:perform_async)
 
-        retraction = Retraction.for(comment, alice)
+        retraction = Retraction.for(comment)
         Diaspora::Federation::Dispatcher.build(alice, retraction).dispatch
       end
     end