diff --git a/src/Monitoring/Unread.coffee b/src/Monitoring/Unread.coffee
index 3b8040796..bce6cd10e 100644
--- a/src/Monitoring/Unread.coffee
+++ b/src/Monitoring/Unread.coffee
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ Unread =
         Unread.lastReadPost = ID
       Unread.readCount++
     return if Unread.thread.isDead and !Unread.thread.isArchived
-    Unread.db.forceSync()
     Unread.db.set
       boardID:  Unread.thread.board.ID
       threadID: Unread.thread.ID
diff --git a/src/classes/DataBoard.coffee b/src/classes/DataBoard.coffee
index 7c89a4a8d..0654933aa 100644
--- a/src/classes/DataBoard.coffee
+++ b/src/classes/DataBoard.coffee
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class DataBoard
     @save()
 
   deleteIfEmpty: ({boardID, threadID}) ->
-    $.forceSync @key
     if threadID
       unless Object.keys(@data.boards[boardID][threadID]).length
         delete @data.boards[boardID][threadID]