diff --git a/person.py b/person.py
index c80d93a87..7c3e4c044 100644
--- a/person.py
+++ b/person.py
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ def createPersonBase(baseDir: str,nickname: str,domain: str,port: int, \
                                'manuallyApprovesFollowers': 'as:manuallyApprovesFollowers',
                                'movedTo': {'@id': 'as:movedTo', '@type': '@id'},
                                'schema': 'http://schema.org#',
-                               'toot': 'http://joinmastodon.org/ns#',
                                'value': 'schema:value'}],
                  'attachment': [],
                  'endpoints': {
diff --git a/posts.py b/posts.py
index 561f69099..968e242a3 100644
--- a/posts.py
+++ b/posts.py
@@ -447,8 +447,6 @@ def createPostBase(baseDir: str,nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, \
                     hashtagsDict)
     
     statusNumber,published = getStatusNumber()
-    conversationDate=published.split('T')[0]
-    conversationId=statusNumber
     postTo='https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public'
     postCC=httpPrefix+'://'+domain+'/users/'+nickname+'/followers'
     if followersOnly:
@@ -524,7 +522,6 @@ def createPostBase(baseDir: str,nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, \
                 'sensitive': sensitive,
                 'atomUri': newPostId,
                 'inReplyToAtomUri': inReplyToAtomUri,
-                'conversation': 'tag:'+domain+','+conversationDate+':objectId='+conversationId+':objectType=Conversation',
                 'content': content,
                 'contentMap': {
                     'en': content
@@ -562,7 +559,6 @@ def createPostBase(baseDir: str,nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, \
             'sensitive': sensitive,
             'atomUri': newPostId,
             'inReplyToAtomUri': inReplyToAtomUri,
-            'conversation': 'tag:'+domain+','+conversationDate+':objectId='+conversationId+':objectType=Conversation',
             'content': content,
             'contentMap': {
                 'en': content
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index d4ec8ca54..f1282bf77 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def getStatusNumber() -> (str,str):
     # status is the number of seconds since epoch
     statusNumber=str(((daysSinceEpoch*24*60*60) + (currTime.hour*60*60) + (currTime.minute*60) + currTime.second)*1000000 + currTime.microsecond)
     published=currTime.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
-    conversationDate=currTime.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
     return statusNumber,published
 
 def createPersonDir(nickname: str,domain: str,baseDir: str,dirname: str) -> str: