diff --git a/classes/Profile.php b/classes/Profile.php
index c4fb3a5439..6ad0e7a3a3 100644
--- a/classes/Profile.php
+++ b/classes/Profile.php
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ class Profile extends Memcached_DataObject
     /* the code above is auto generated do not remove the tag below */
     ###END_AUTOCODE
 
-    function &pkeyGet($kv)
-    {
-        return Memcached_DataObject::pkeyGet('Profile', $kv);
-    }
-
     function getAvatar($width, $height=null)
     {
         if (is_null($height)) {
diff --git a/plugins/Autocomplete/autocomplete.php b/plugins/Autocomplete/autocomplete.php
index 96d54af8d1..4379a86f28 100644
--- a/plugins/Autocomplete/autocomplete.php
+++ b/plugins/Autocomplete/autocomplete.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class AutocompleteAction extends Action
             $user->whereAdd('nickname like \'' . trim($user->escape($q), '\'') . '%\'');
             $user->find();
             while($user->fetch()) {
-                $profile = Profile::pkeyGet(array('id' => $user->id));
+                $profile = Profile::staticGet($user->id);
                 $this->results[]=array('nickname' => $user->nickname, 'fullname'=> $profile->fullname, 'type'=>'user');
             }
         }