diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/recommended-timeline.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/recommended-timeline.ts
index d0354199eb..0505cba287 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/recommended-timeline.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/recommended-timeline.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Brackets } from 'typeorm';
 import { fetchMeta } from '@/misc/fetch-meta.js';
-import { Notes, Metas } from '@/models/index.js';
+import { Notes, Users } from '@/models/index.js';
 import { activeUsersChart } from '@/services/chart/index.js';
 import define from '../../define.js';
 import { ApiError } from '../../error.js';
@@ -67,14 +67,10 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, user) => {
 
 	// .andWhere('(note.userHost IN (:instances)) OR (note.userHost IS NULL)', { instances: instances })
 	//#region Construct query
-	const recommendedQuery = Metas.createQueryBuilder('meta')
-		.select('meta.recommendedInstances')
-		.where('meta.recommendedInstances = ANY');
-
 	const query = makePaginationQuery(Notes.createQueryBuilder('note'),
 		ps.sinceId, ps.untilId, ps.sinceDate, ps.untilDate)
 		.andWhere(new Brackets(qb => {
-			qb.where(`note.userHost IN (${recommendedQuery.getQuery()})`)
+			qb.where('note.userHost IN :instances', { instances: m.recommendedInstances })
 			.orWhere('note.userHost IS NULL');
 		}))
 		.andWhere('(note.visibility = \'public\')')