diff --git a/files/routes/votes.py b/files/routes/votes.py
index 3732453938..18fc7ec85c 100644
--- a/files/routes/votes.py
+++ b/files/routes/votes.py
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ def vote_post_comment(target_id, new, v, cls, vote_cls):
 	# this is hacky but it works, we should probably do better later
 	def get_vote_count(dir, real_instead_of_dir):
 		votes = g.db.query(vote_cls)
-		votes = votes.filter_by(vote_type=dir)
 		if real_instead_of_dir:
 			votes = votes.filter_by(real=True)
 		else: