diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c0edf2dcf..d1895ed8d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ checksum = "8f27d075294830fcab6f66e320dab524bc6d048f4a151698e153205559113772"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "activitypub_federation"
-version = "0.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a028034c642d3ed16b535f98f48b3df30397833c183d68852d79de16650d5ed5"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/LemmyNet/activitypub-federation-rust.git?branch=object-id-is-local#579319e75595a7d9ffbc616854fefc7aa9dadc67"
 dependencies = [
  "activitystreams-kinds",
  "actix-web",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 554448d02..8cc13efc0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ lemmy_db_views = { version = "=0.19.4-beta.2", path = "./crates/db_views" }
 lemmy_db_views_actor = { version = "=0.19.4-beta.2", path = "./crates/db_views_actor" }
 lemmy_db_views_moderator = { version = "=0.19.4-beta.2", path = "./crates/db_views_moderator" }
 lemmy_federate = { version = "=0.19.4-beta.2", path = "./crates/federate" }
-activitypub_federation = { version = "0.5.2", default-features = false, features = [
+activitypub_federation = { git = "https://github.com/LemmyNet/activitypub-federation-rust.git", branch = "object-id-is-local", default-features = false, features = [
   "actix-web",
 ] }
 diesel = "2.1.4"
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs
index 364583865..291390bc7 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl Object for ApubComment {
     let community = note.community(context).await?;
 
     check_apub_id_valid_with_strictness(note.id.inner(), community.local, context).await?;
-    verify_is_remote_object(note.id.inner(), context.settings())?;
+    verify_is_remote_object(&note.id, context)?;
     verify_person_in_community(&note.attributed_to, &community, context).await?;
     let (post, _) = note.get_parents(context).await?;
     let creator = note.attributed_to.dereference(context).await?;
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ impl Object for ApubComment {
   /// If the parent community, post and comment(s) are not known locally, these are also fetched.
   #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
   async fn from_json(note: Note, context: &Data<LemmyContext>) -> Result<ApubComment, LemmyError> {
-    // Dont allow overwriting local object
-    if note.id.inner().domain() == Some(context.domain()) {
+    // Avoid overwriting local object
+    if note.id.is_local(context) {
       return note.id.dereference_local(context).await;
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/community.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/community.rs
index 8a1fa9a71..07cd321aa 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/community.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/community.rs
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ impl Object for ApubCommunity {
     group: Group,
     context: &Data<Self::DataType>,
   ) -> Result<ApubCommunity, LemmyError> {
-    // Dont allow overwriting local object
-    if group.id.inner().domain() == Some(context.domain()) {
+    // Avoid overwriting local object
+    if group.id.is_local(context) {
       return group.id.dereference_local(context).await;
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/instance.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/instance.rs
index c50bce28e..13aee45d7 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/instance.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/instance.rs
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ impl Object for ApubSite {
 
   #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
   async fn from_json(apub: Self::Kind, context: &Data<Self::DataType>) -> Result<Self, LemmyError> {
-    // Dont allow overwriting local object
-    if apub.id.inner().domain() == Some(context.domain()) {
+    // Avoid overwriting local object
+    if apub.id.is_local(context) {
       return apub.id.dereference_local(context).await;
     }
     let domain = apub.id.inner().domain().expect("group id has domain");
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/mod.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/mod.rs
index cabd07e6d..1e8576688 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 use crate::protocol::Source;
-use activitypub_federation::protocol::values::MediaTypeMarkdownOrHtml;
+use activitypub_federation::{
+  config::Data,
+  fetch::object_id::ObjectId,
+  protocol::values::MediaTypeMarkdownOrHtml,
+};
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use html2md::parse_html;
-use lemmy_utils::{error::LemmyError, settings::structs::Settings};
-use url::Url;
+use lemmy_api_common::context::LemmyContext;
+use lemmy_utils::error::LemmyError;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 pub mod comment;
 pub mod community;
@@ -43,9 +48,15 @@ pub(crate) fn read_from_string_or_source_opt(
 /// wrapped in Announce. If we simply receive this like any other federated object, overwrite the
 /// existing, local Post. In particular, it will set the field local = false, so that the object
 /// can't be fetched from the Activitypub HTTP endpoint anymore (which only serves local objects).
-pub(crate) fn verify_is_remote_object(id: &Url, settings: &Settings) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
-  let local_domain = settings.get_hostname_without_port()?;
-  if id.domain() == Some(&local_domain) {
+pub(crate) fn verify_is_remote_object<T>(
+  id: &ObjectId<T>,
+  context: &Data<LemmyContext>,
+) -> Result<(), LemmyError>
+where
+  T: activitypub_federation::traits::Object<DataType = LemmyContext> + Debug + Send + 'static,
+  for<'de2> <T as activitypub_federation::traits::Object>::Kind: serde::Deserialize<'de2>,
+{
+  if !id.is_local(context) {
     Err(anyhow!("cant accept local object from remote instance").into())
   } else {
     Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/person.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/person.rs
index 8950f05e6..598ec4485 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/person.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/person.rs
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ impl Object for ApubPerson {
     person: Person,
     context: &Data<Self::DataType>,
   ) -> Result<ApubPerson, LemmyError> {
-    // Dont allow overwriting local object
-    if person.id.inner().domain() == Some(context.domain()) {
+    // Avoid overwriting local object
+    if person.id.is_local(context) {
       return person.id.dereference_local(context).await;
     }
     let instance_id = fetch_instance_actor_for_object(&person.id, context).await?;
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
index c02b34768..f50100a21 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/post.rs
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ impl Object for ApubPost {
     // instance from the post author.
     if !page.is_mod_action(context).await? {
       verify_domains_match(page.id.inner(), expected_domain)?;
-      verify_is_remote_object(page.id.inner(), context.settings())?;
+      verify_is_remote_object(&page.id, context)?;
     };
 
     let community = page.community(context).await?;
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ impl Object for ApubPost {
 
   #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
   async fn from_json(page: Page, context: &Data<Self::DataType>) -> Result<ApubPost, LemmyError> {
-    // Dont allow overwriting local object
-    if page.id.inner().domain() == Some(context.domain()) {
+    // Avoid overwriting local object
+    if page.id.is_local(context) {
       return page.id.dereference_local(context).await;
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/private_message.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/private_message.rs
index a1cecfe1e..3d807ea3b 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/private_message.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/private_message.rs
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ impl Object for ApubPrivateMessage {
     note: ChatMessage,
     context: &Data<Self::DataType>,
   ) -> Result<ApubPrivateMessage, LemmyError> {
-    // Dont allow overwriting local object
-    if note.id.inner().domain() == Some(context.domain()) {
+    // Avoid overwriting local object
+    if note.id.is_local(context) {
       return note.id.dereference_local(context).await;
     }