diff --git a/mod/contacts.php b/mod/contacts.php
index 1604f0b660..fb57ce6aee 100644
--- a/mod/contacts.php
+++ b/mod/contacts.php
@@ -168,11 +168,7 @@ function contacts_batch_actions(App $a)
 		info(L10n::tt("%d contact edited.", "%d contacts edited.", $count_actions));
 	}
 
-	if (x($_SESSION, 'return_url')) {
-		goaway('' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
-	} else {
-		goaway('contacts');
-	}
+	goaway('contacts');
 }
 
 function contacts_post(App $a)
@@ -476,20 +472,13 @@ function contacts_content(App $a, $update = 0)
 			}
 			// Now check how the user responded to the confirmation query
 			if (x($_REQUEST, 'canceled')) {
-				if (x($_SESSION, 'return_url')) {
-					goaway('' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
-				} else {
-					goaway('contacts');
-				}
+				goaway('contacts');
 			}
 
 			_contact_drop($orig_record);
 			info(L10n::t('Contact has been removed.') . EOL);
-			if (x($_SESSION, 'return_url')) {
-				goaway('' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
-			} else {
-				goaway('contacts');
-			}
+			
+			goaway('contacts');
 			return; // NOTREACHED
 		}
 		if ($cmd === 'posts') {
diff --git a/mod/follow.php b/mod/follow.php
index f70a8610e4..04c279c5b6 100644
--- a/mod/follow.php
+++ b/mod/follow.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function follow_post(App $a)
 	}
 
 	if (isset($_REQUEST['cancel'])) {
-		goaway($_SESSION['return_url']);
+		goaway('contacts');
 	}
 
 	$uid = local_user();
diff --git a/mod/message.php b/mod/message.php
index d0a583967b..e2380fdb5c 100644
--- a/mod/message.php
+++ b/mod/message.php
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ function message_content(App $a)
 
 		// Now check how the user responded to the confirmation query
 		if (!empty($_REQUEST['canceled'])) {
-			goaway($_SESSION['return_url']);
+			goaway('/message');
 		}
 
 		$cmd = $a->argv[1];
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ function message_content(App $a)
 				info(L10n::t('Message deleted.') . EOL);
 			}
 
-			//goaway(System::baseUrl(true) . '/message' );
-			goaway($_SESSION['return_url']);
+			goaway('/message' );
 		} else {
 			$r = q("SELECT `parent-uri`,`convid` FROM `mail` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 				intval($a->argv[2]),
@@ -184,8 +183,7 @@ function message_content(App $a)
 					info(L10n::t('Conversation removed.') . EOL);
 				}
 			}
-			//goaway(System::baseUrl(true) . '/message' );
-			goaway($_SESSION['return_url']);
+			goaway('/message' );
 		}
 	}