diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2713461ed..069974e44 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ### Fixed
 - Not being able to pin unlisted posts
+- Objects being re-embedded to activities after being updated (e.g faved/reposted). Running 'mix pleroma.database prune_objects' again is advised.
 - Metadata rendering errors resulting in the entire page being inaccessible
 - Federation/MediaProxy not working with instances that have wrong certificate order
 - Mastodon API: Handling of search timeouts (`/api/v1/search` and `/api/v2/search`)
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
index 2877c029e..1a279a7df 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
@@ -749,8 +749,8 @@ defp restrict_state(query, _), do: query
 
   defp restrict_favorited_by(query, %{"favorited_by" => ap_id}) do
     from(
-      activity in query,
-      where: fragment(~s(? <@ (? #> '{"object","likes"}'\)), ^ap_id, activity.data)
+      [_activity, object] in query,
+      where: fragment("(?)->'likes' \\? (?)", object.data, ^ap_id)
     )
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/utils.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/utils.ex
index 39074888b..fc5305c58 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/utils.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/utils.ex
@@ -251,20 +251,6 @@ def insert_full_object(%{"object" => %{"type" => type} = object_data} = map)
 
   def insert_full_object(map), do: {:ok, map, nil}
 
-  def update_object_in_activities(%{data: %{"id" => id}} = object) do
-    # TODO
-    # Update activities that already had this. Could be done in a seperate process.
-    # Alternatively, just don't do this and fetch the current object each time. Most
-    # could probably be taken from cache.
-    relevant_activities = Activity.get_all_create_by_object_ap_id(id)
-
-    Enum.map(relevant_activities, fn activity ->
-      new_activity_data = activity.data |> Map.put("object", object.data)
-      changeset = Changeset.change(activity, data: new_activity_data)
-      Repo.update(changeset)
-    end)
-  end
-
   #### Like-related helpers
 
   @doc """
@@ -347,8 +333,7 @@ def update_element_in_object(property, element, object) do
            |> Map.put("#{property}_count", length(element))
            |> Map.put("#{property}s", element),
          changeset <- Changeset.change(object, data: new_data),
-         {:ok, object} <- Object.update_and_set_cache(changeset),
-         _ <- update_object_in_activities(object) do
+         {:ok, object} <- Object.update_and_set_cache(changeset) do
       {:ok, object}
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/activity_representer.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/activity_representer.ex
index 760345301..8e55b9f0b 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/activity_representer.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/activity_representer.ex
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ def to_simple_form(%{data: %{"type" => "Announce"}} = activity, user, with_autho
     author = if with_author, do: [{:author, UserRepresenter.to_simple_form(user)}], else: []
 
     retweeted_activity = Activity.get_create_by_object_ap_id(activity.data["object"])
+    retweeted_object = Object.normalize(retweeted_activity)
     retweeted_user = User.get_cached_by_ap_id(retweeted_activity.data["actor"])
 
     retweeted_xml = to_simple_form(retweeted_activity, retweeted_user, true)
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ def to_simple_form(%{data: %{"type" => "Announce"}} = activity, user, with_autho
       {:"activity:verb", ['http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/share']},
       {:id, h.(activity.data["id"])},
       {:title, ['#{user.nickname} repeated a notice']},
-      {:content, [type: 'html'], ['RT #{retweeted_activity.data["object"]["content"]}']},
+      {:content, [type: 'html'], ['RT #{retweeted_object.data["content"]}']},
       {:published, h.(inserted_at)},
       {:updated, h.(updated_at)},
       {:"ostatus:conversation", [ref: h.(activity.data["context"])],
diff --git a/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_test.exs b/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_test.exs
index 3d9a678dd..d723f331f 100644
--- a/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_test.exs
@@ -677,14 +677,8 @@ test "adds a like activity to the db" do
       assert object.data["likes"] == [user.ap_id]
       assert object.data["like_count"] == 1
 
-      [note_activity] = Activity.get_all_create_by_object_ap_id(object.data["id"])
-      assert note_activity.data["object"]["like_count"] == 1
-
       {:ok, _like_activity, object} = ActivityPub.like(user_two, object)
       assert object.data["like_count"] == 2
-
-      [note_activity] = Activity.get_all_create_by_object_ap_id(object.data["id"])
-      assert note_activity.data["object"]["like_count"] == 2
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/web/ostatus/ostatus_test.exs b/test/web/ostatus/ostatus_test.exs
index f8d389020..803a97695 100644
--- a/test/web/ostatus/ostatus_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/ostatus/ostatus_test.exs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ test "handle incoming retweets - GS, subscription - local message" do
     assert retweeted_activity.data["type"] == "Create"
     assert retweeted_activity.data["actor"] == user.ap_id
     assert retweeted_activity.local
-    assert retweeted_activity.data["object"]["announcement_count"] == 1
+    assert Object.normalize(retweeted_activity).data["announcement_count"] == 1
   end
 
   test "handle incoming retweets - Mastodon, salmon" do