diff --git a/includes/class-comments.php b/includes/class-comments.php
index c9ae124..b6040ca 100644
--- a/includes/class-comments.php
+++ b/includes/class-comments.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ class Comments {
 		\add_filter( 'comment_excerpt', array( self::class, 'comment_excerpt' ), 10, 3 );
 		\add_filter( 'comment_text', array( self::class, 'comment_content_filter' ), 10, 3 );
 		\add_filter( 'comment_post', array( self::class, 'postprocess_comment' ), 10, 3 );
-		\add_filter( 'comment_reply_link', array( self::class, 'comment_reply_link' ), 10, 4 );
 		\add_action( 'edit_comment', array( self::class, 'edit_comment' ), 20, 2 ); //schedule_admin_comment_activity
 	}
 
@@ -102,22 +101,6 @@ class Comments {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Add reply recipients to comment_reply_link
-	 *
-	 * https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/comment_reply_link/
-	 * @param string $comment_reply_link
-	 * @param array $args
-	 * @param WP_Comment $comment
-	 * @param WP_Post $post
-	 * @return $comment_reply_link
-	 */
-	public static function comment_reply_link( $comment_reply_link, $args, $comment, $post ) {
-		$recipients = \Activitypub\reply_recipients( $comment->comment_ID );
-		$comment_reply_link = str_replace( "class='comment-reply-link'", "class='comment-reply-link' data-recipients='${recipients}'", $comment_reply_link );
-		return $comment_reply_link;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * edit_comment()
 	 *
diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index 4bac543..e404641 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -309,48 +309,6 @@ function is_comment() {
 	return null;
 }
 
-/**
- * Get recipients to insert/tag in reply tag from received AP object meta
- * @param string $object_id a comment_id to search
- * @param boolean $post defaults to searching a comment_id
- * @return string space separated webfinger of tagged users
- */
-function reply_recipients( $object_id, $post = null ) {
-	$recipients = null;
-	if ( $post ) {
-		//post
-		$ap_object = \unserialize( \get_post_meta( $object_id, 'ap_object', true ) );
-	} else {
-		//comment
-		$ap_object = \unserialize( \get_comment_meta( $object_id, 'ap_object', true ) );
-	}
-
-	if ( ! empty( $ap_object ) ) {
-		// Replying to remote comments.
-		$recipients[] = \ActivityPub\url_to_webfinger( $ap_object['actor'] ); // Reply to Object actor!
-
-		if ( ! empty( $ap_object['object']['tag'] ) ) { // Reply to other tagged users.
-			if ( isset( $ap_object['user_id'] ) ) {
-				$author_post_url = \get_author_posts_url( $ap_object['user_id'] );// ignore self tag.
-				foreach ( $ap_object['object']['tag'] as $tag ) { // Other tagged users
-					if ( $author_post_url === $tag['href'] ) {
-						continue;
-					}
-					if ( in_array( 'Mention', $tag ) ) {
-						$recipients[] = $tag['name'];
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return implode( ' ', $recipients );
-	} else {
-		// Replying to self with others.
-		$comment = \get_comment( $object_id );
-		preg_match_all( '/@' . ACTIVITYPUB_USERNAME_REGEXP . '/', $comment->comment_content, $recipients );
-		return implode( ' ', $recipients[0] );
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * @param string $user_url
  * @return string $webfinger