diff --git a/app/lib/http_signature_draft.rb b/app/lib/http_signature_draft.rb
index fc0d498b29..cb794b223a 100644
--- a/app/lib/http_signature_draft.rb
+++ b/app/lib/http_signature_draft.rb
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
 class HttpSignatureDraft
   REQUEST_TARGET = '(request-target)'
 
-  def initialize(keypair, key_id, full_path: true)
+  def initialize(keypair, key_id)
     @keypair = keypair
     @key_id = key_id
-    @full_path = full_path
   end
 
   def request_target(verb, url)
-    if url.query.nil? || !@full_path
+    if url.query.nil?
       "#{verb} #{url.path}"
     else
       "#{verb} #{url.path}?#{url.query}"
diff --git a/app/lib/request.rb b/app/lib/request.rb
index 03c27c7cea..10a3680484 100644
--- a/app/lib/request.rb
+++ b/app/lib/request.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ class Request
     @url         = Addressable::URI.parse(url).normalize
     @http_client = options.delete(:http_client)
     @allow_local = options.delete(:allow_local)
-    @full_path   = !options.delete(:omit_query_string)
     @options     = {
       follow: {
         max_hops: 3,
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ class Request
 
     key_id = ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.key_uri_for(actor)
     keypair = sign_with.present? ? OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(sign_with) : actor.keypair
-    @signing = HttpSignatureDraft.new(keypair, key_id, full_path: @full_path)
+    @signing = HttpSignatureDraft.new(keypair, key_id)
 
     self
   end
diff --git a/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb b/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
index 46cab6caf9..0e0ba673be 100644
--- a/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/activitypub/fetch_replies_service.rb
@@ -37,20 +37,7 @@ class ActivityPub::FetchRepliesService < BaseService
     return unless @allow_synchronous_requests
     return if non_matching_uri_hosts?(@account.uri, collection_or_uri)
 
-    # NOTE: For backward compatibility reasons, Mastodon signs outgoing
-    # queries incorrectly by default.
-    #
-    # While this is relevant for all URLs with query strings, this is
-    # the only code path where this happens in practice.
-    #
-    # Therefore, retry with correct signatures if this fails.
-    begin
-      fetch_resource_without_id_validation(collection_or_uri, nil, true)
-    rescue Mastodon::UnexpectedResponseError => e
-      raise unless e.response && e.response.code == 401 && Addressable::URI.parse(collection_or_uri).query.present?
-
-      fetch_resource_without_id_validation(collection_or_uri, nil, true, request_options: { omit_query_string: false })
-    end
+    fetch_resource_without_id_validation(collection_or_uri, nil, true)
   end
 
   def filtered_replies