diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index f6e7acc7..e1cc82a1 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@
 			// in prefetch mode we only output requested cids, main article 
 			// just gets marked as read (it already exists in client cache)
 
-			$feed_id = false;
-
 			if ($mode == "") {
 				outputArticleXML($link, $id, false);
 			} else if ($mode == "zoom") {
diff --git a/offline.js b/offline.js
index 2650515f..ca2ae099 100644
--- a/offline.js
+++ b/offline.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var articles_synced = 0;
 var sync_in_progress = false;
 var sync_timer = false;
 
-function view_offline(id, feed_id) {
+function view_offline(id) {
 	try {
 
 		enableHotkeys();
@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ function viewfeed_offline(feed_id, subop, is_cat, subop_param, skip_history, off
 					
 					tmp += "<td class='hlMarkedPic'>"+marked_pic+"</td>";
 		
-					tmp += "<td onclick='view("+id+","+feed_id+")' "+
+					tmp += "<td onclick='view("+id+")' "+
 						"class='hlContent' valign='middle'>";
 		
 					tmp += "<a target=\"_blank\" id=\"RTITLE-"+id+"\" href=\"" + 
 						rs.fieldByName("link") + "\"" +
-						"onclick=\"return view("+id+","+feed_id+");\">"+
+						"onclick=\"return view("+id+");\">"+
 						rs.fieldByName("title");
 	
 					tmp += "<span class=\"contentPreview\"> - "+content_preview+"</span>";
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ function viewfeed_offline(feed_id, subop, is_cat, subop_param, skip_history, off
 
 					tmp += "</td>";
 
-					tmp += "<td class=\"hlUpdated\" onclick='view("+id+","+feed_id+")'>"+
+					tmp += "<td class=\"hlUpdated\" onclick='view("+id+")'>"+
 						"<nobr>"+rs.fieldByName("updated").substring(0,16)+
 						"</nobr></td>";
 	
diff --git a/viewfeed.js b/viewfeed.js
index d0c325d2..99bab234 100644
--- a/viewfeed.js
+++ b/viewfeed.js
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ function showArticleInHeadlines(id) {
 	}
 }
 
-function article_callback2(transport, id, feed_id) {
+function article_callback2(transport, id) {
 	try {
 		debug("article_callback2 " + id);
 
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ function article_callback2(transport, id, feed_id) {
 				return;
 			}
 
-			active_real_feed_id = feed_id;
 			active_post_id = id; 
 
 			debug("looking for articles to cache...");
@@ -457,13 +456,11 @@ function article_callback2(transport, id, feed_id) {
 	}
 }
 
-function view(id, feed_id) {
+function view(id) {
 	try {
-		if (!feed_id) feed_id = 0;
+		debug("loading article: " + id);
 
-		debug("loading article: " + id + "/" + feed_id);
-
-		if (offline_mode) return view_offline(id, feed_id);
+		if (offline_mode) return view_offline(id);
 
 		var cached_article = cache_find(id);
 
@@ -472,10 +469,7 @@ function view(id, feed_id) {
 		enableHotkeys();
 		hideAuxDlg();
 
-		//setActiveFeedId(feed_id);
-
-		var query = "?op=view&id=" + param_escape(id) +
-			"&feed=" + param_escape(feed_id);
+		var query = "?op=view&id=" + param_escape(id);
 
 		var date = new Date();
 
@@ -559,7 +553,7 @@ function view(id, feed_id) {
 		new Ajax.Request("backend.php", {
 			parameters: query,
 			onComplete: function(transport) { 
-				article_callback2(transport, id, feed_id); 
+				article_callback2(transport, id); 
 			} });
 
 		return false;