diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 572b065c3180ad370cd2d1c62005998fab7329cc..b8acc3c67410955045c405ffefb9de1d0f0837de 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Refactor
 * Use Bootstrap modal for new aspect pane [#5850](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5850)
 * Use asset helper instead of .css.erb [#5886](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5886)
+* Dropped db/seeds.rb [#5896](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5896)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * Disable auto follow back on aspect deletion [#5846](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5846)
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 64616f5fb0c7f664930f32214ae03c73beb18031..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-#   Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
-# This file should contain all the record creation needed to seed the database with its default values.
-# The data can then be loaded with the rake db:seed (or created alongside the db with db:setup).
-#
-# Examples:
-#
-#   cities = City.create([{ :name => 'Chicago' }, { :name => 'Copenhagen' }])
-#   Mayor.create(:name => 'Daley', :city => citie
-
-require Rails.root.join('config', 'environment')
-require 'factory_girl_rails'
-require Rails.root.join('spec', 'helper_methods')
-include HelperMethods
-
-alice = FactoryGirl.create(:user_with_aspect, :username => "alice", :password => 'evankorth')
-bob   = FactoryGirl.create(:user_with_aspect, :username => "bob", :password => 'evankorth')
-eve   = FactoryGirl.create(:user_with_aspect, :username => "eve", :password => 'evankorth')
-
-def url_hash(name)
-  image_url = "/assets/user/#{name}.jpg"
-  {
-    :image_url => image_url,
-    :image_url_small => image_url,
-    :image_url_medium => image_url
-  }
-end
-
-
-print "Creating seeded users... "
-alice.person.profile.update_attributes({:first_name => "Alice", :last_name => "Smith"}.merge(url_hash('uma')))
-bob.person.profile.update_attributes({:first_name => "Bob", :last_name => "Grimm"}.merge(url_hash('wolf')))
-eve.person.profile.update_attributes({:first_name => "Eve", :last_name => "Doe"}.merge(url_hash('angela')))
-puts "done!"
-
-
-print "Connecting users... "
-connect_users(bob, bob.aspects.first, alice, alice.aspects.first)
-connect_users(bob, bob.aspects.first, eve, eve.aspects.first)
-puts "done!"
-
-print "making Bob an admin... "
-Role.add_admin(bob.person)
-puts "done!"
-
-
-require 'sidekiq/testing/inline'
-require Rails.root.join('spec', 'support', 'user_methods')
-
-print "Seeding post data..."
-time_interval = 1000
-(1..23).each do |n|
-  [alice, bob, eve].each do |u|
-    print '.'
-    if(n%2==0)
-      post = u.post :status_message, :text => "#{u.username} - #{n} - #seeded", :to => u.aspects.first.id
-    else
-      post = u.post(:reshare, :root_guid => FactoryGirl.create(:status_message, :public => true).guid, :to => 'all')
-    end
-
-    post.created_at = post.created_at - time_interval
-    post.updated_at = post.updated_at - time_interval
-    post.save
-    time_interval += 1000
-  end
-end
-puts " done!"
-
-puts "Successfully seeded the db with users eve, bob, and alice (password: 'evankorth')"
-puts ""
diff --git a/spec/helper_methods.rb b/spec/helper_methods.rb
index 494f15407a27ce89eaa6c92d3042b96b6bc81704..e0df90faa383ff051a1e4ce1faa35c3a6ac14c04 100644
--- a/spec/helper_methods.rb
+++ b/spec/helper_methods.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+require Rails.root.join("spec", "support", "inlined_jobs")
+
 module HelperMethods
   def connect_users_with_aspects(u1, u2)
     aspect1 = u1.aspects.length == 1 ? u1.aspects.first : u1.aspects.where(:name => "Besties").first
diff --git a/spec/support/user_methods.rb b/spec/support/user_methods.rb
index 85f0068f7dba604f13b78a6f8910822616453fe3..3909c1645a275bc4a8fd0a519a232eb27db95027 100644
--- a/spec/support/user_methods.rb
+++ b/spec/support/user_methods.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ class User
         self.aspects.reload
 
         add_to_streams(p, aspects)
-        dispatch_opts = {url: Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.post_url(p), to: opts[:to]}
+        dispatch_opts = {
+          url: Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.post_url(
+            p,
+            host: AppConfig.pod_uri.to_s
+          ),
+          to:  opts[:to]}
         dispatch_opts.merge!(:additional_subscribers => p.root.author) if class_name == :reshare
         dispatch_post(p, dispatch_opts)
       end