diff --git a/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb b/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
index 633eaf1a1..e1b0a29b6 100644
--- a/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
+++ b/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ class PostQueryBuilder
   end
 
   def tags_match(tags, relation)
-    tsquery = []
-
     negated_wildcard_tags, negated_tags = tags.select(&:negated).partition(&:wildcard)
     optional_wildcard_tags, optional_tags = tags.select(&:optional).partition(&:wildcard)
     required_wildcard_tags, required_tags = tags.reject(&:negated).reject(&:optional).partition(&:wildcard)
@@ -191,7 +189,7 @@ class PostQueryBuilder
     when "ordfav"
       ordfav_matches(value)
     when "unaliased"
-      unaliased_matches(value)
+      tags_include(value)
     when "exif"
       exif_matches(value)
     when "user"
@@ -234,15 +232,6 @@ class PostQueryBuilder
     Post.where_array_includes_all("string_to_array(posts.tag_string, ' ')", tags)
   end
 
-  def unaliased_matches(tag)
-    # don't let users use unaliased:fav:1 to view private favorites
-    if tag =~ /\Afav:\d+\z/
-      Post.none
-    else
-      tags_include(tag)
-    end
-  end
-
   def exif_matches(string)
     # string = exif:File:ColorComponents=3
     if string.include?("=")