diff --git a/app/services/activitypub/process_status_update_service.rb b/app/services/activitypub/process_status_update_service.rb
index 0da1335b5cc..362be0c8772 100644
--- a/app/services/activitypub/process_status_update_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/activitypub/process_status_update_service.rb
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class ActivityPub::ProcessStatusUpdateService < BaseService
           @quote_changed = true
         else
           quote = @status.quote
-          quote.update(approval_uri: approval_uri, state: :pending, legacy: @status_parser.legacy_quote?) if quote.approval_uri != @status_parser.quote_approval_uri
+          quote.update(approval_uri: approval_uri, state: :pending, legacy: @status_parser.legacy_quote?) if quote.approval_uri != approval_uri
         end
       else
         quote = Quote.create(status: @status, approval_uri: approval_uri, legacy: @status_parser.legacy_quote?)
diff --git a/app/services/activitypub/verify_quote_service.rb b/app/services/activitypub/verify_quote_service.rb
index 2b10de9d9b3..2badadd425f 100644
--- a/app/services/activitypub/verify_quote_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/activitypub/verify_quote_service.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class ActivityPub::VerifyQuoteService < BaseService
     @fetching_error = nil
 
     fetch_quoted_post_if_needed!(fetchable_quoted_uri, prefetched_body: prefetched_quoted_object)
-    return handle_local_quote! if quote.quoted_account&.local?
+    return if quote.quoted_account&.local?
     return if fast_track_approval! || quote.approval_uri.blank?
 
     @json = fetch_approval_object(quote.approval_uri, prefetched_body: prefetched_approval)
@@ -35,15 +35,6 @@ class ActivityPub::VerifyQuoteService < BaseService
 
   private
 
-  def handle_local_quote!
-    @quote.update!(approval_uri: nil)
-    if StatusPolicy.new(@quote.account, @quote.quoted_status).quote?
-      @quote.accept!
-    else
-      @quote.reject!
-    end
-  end
-
   # FEP-044f defines rules that don't require the approval flow
   def fast_track_approval!
     return false if @quote.quoted_status_id.blank?