diff --git a/files/helpers/get.py b/files/helpers/get.py
index b2df1f5a7..cb55cb16f 100644
--- a/files/helpers/get.py
+++ b/files/helpers/get.py
@@ -11,28 +11,6 @@ def sanitize_username(username):
 	if not username: return username
 	return username.replace('\\', '').replace('_', '\_').replace('%', '').replace('(', '').replace(')', '').strip()
 
-def get_id(username, graceful=False):
-	username = sanitize_username(username)
-	if not username:
-		if graceful: return None
-		abort(400, "Empty username.")
-
-	user = g.db.query(
-		User.id
-		).filter(
-		or_(
-			User.username.ilike(username),
-			User.original_username.ilike(username),
-			User.prelock_username.ilike(username),
-			)
-		).one_or_none()
-
-	if not user:
-		if graceful: return None
-		abort(404, "User not found.")
-
-	return user[0]
-
 def get_user(username, v=None, graceful=False, include_blocks=False, attributes=None):
 	if not username:
 		if graceful: return None
diff --git a/files/routes/static.py b/files/routes/static.py
index 317521d70..c07a5006f 100644
--- a/files/routes/static.py
+++ b/files/routes/static.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def log(v):
 	page = get_page()
 
 	admin = request.values.get("admin")
-	if admin: admin_id = get_id(admin)
+	if admin: admin_id = get_user(admin, attributes=[User.id]).id
 	else: admin_id = 0
 
 	kind = request.values.get("kind")
diff --git a/files/routes/subs.py b/files/routes/subs.py
index d4e5654c3..dfc80cac1 100644
--- a/files/routes/subs.py
+++ b/files/routes/subs.py
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ def hole_log(v, sub):
 	page = get_page()
 
 	mod = request.values.get("mod")
-	if mod: mod_id = get_id(mod)
+	if mod: mod_id = get_user(mod, attributes=[User.id]).id
 	else: mod_id = 0
 
 	kind = request.values.get("kind")