diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/MediaTagController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/MediaTagController.php
index 3b583f95d..73853ac59 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/MediaTagController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/MediaTagController.php
@@ -20,44 +20,7 @@ class MediaTagController extends Controller
 
     public function usernameLookup(Request $request)
     {
-    	abort_if(!$request->user(), 403);
-
-    	$this->validate($request, [
-    		'q' => 'required|string|min:1|max:50'
-    	]);
-
-    	$q = $request->input('q');
-
-    	if(Str::of($q)->startsWith('@')) {
-    		if(strlen($q) < 3) {
-    			return [];
-    		}
-    		$q = mb_substr($q, 1);
-    	}
-
-    	$blocked = UserFilter::whereFilterableType('App\Profile')
-    		->whereFilterType('block')
-    		->whereFilterableId($request->user()->profile_id)
-    		->pluck('user_id');
-
-    	$blocked->push($request->user()->profile_id);
-
-    	$results = Profile::select('id','domain','username')
-    		->whereNotIn('id', $blocked)
-    		->whereNull('domain')
-    		->where('username','like','%'.$q.'%')
-    		->limit(15)
-    		->get()
-    		->map(function($r) {
-    			return [
-    				'id' => (string) $r->id,
-    				'name' => $r->username,
-    				'privacy' => true,
-    				'avatar' => $r->avatarUrl()
-    			];
-    		});
-
-    	return $results;
+        abort(404);
     }
 
     public function untagProfile(Request $request)