diff --git a/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb
index 91f2ea9ec..9f5b16285 100644
--- a/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/counts_controller.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ class CountsController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :xml, :json
 
   def posts
-    @count = Post.fast_count(params[:tags], :statement_timeout => CurrentUser.user.statement_timeout)
+    @count = Post.fast_count(params[:tags])
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index 8708a6adf..028214ed2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def random
-    count = Post.fast_count(params[:tags], :statement_timeout => CurrentUser.user.statement_timeout)
     @post = Post.tag_match(params[:tags]).random
     raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound if @post.nil?
     respond_with(@post) do |format|