diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index eae7fd7274..0a8f5cfc31 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -888,7 +888,8 @@ function conversation_fetch_items(array $parent, array $items, array $condition,
 	return $items;
 }
 
-function item_photo_menu($item) {
+function item_photo_menu($item)
+{
 	$sub_link = '';
 	$poke_link = '';
 	$contact_url = '';
@@ -929,8 +930,8 @@ function item_photo_menu($item) {
 	if (!empty($pcid)) {
 		$contact_url = 'contact/' . $pcid;
 		$posts_link  = $contact_url . '/posts';
-		$block_link  = $contact_url . '/block';
-		$ignore_link = $contact_url . '/ignore';
+		$block_link  = $item['self'] ? '' : $contact_url . '/block';
+		$ignore_link = $item['self'] ? '' : $contact_url . '/ignore';
 	}
 
 	if ($cid && !$item['self']) {
@@ -983,7 +984,7 @@ function item_photo_menu($item) {
 		if (strpos($v, 'javascript:') === 0) {
 			$v = substr($v, 11);
 			$o .= '<li role="menuitem"><a onclick="' . $v . '">' . $k . '</a></li>' . PHP_EOL;
-		} elseif ($v!='') {
+		} elseif ($v) {
 			$o .= '<li role="menuitem"><a href="' . $v . '">' . $k . '</a></li>' . PHP_EOL;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/Object/Post.php b/src/Object/Post.php
index 45b53112bc..6973fd236a 100644
--- a/src/Object/Post.php
+++ b/src/Object/Post.php
@@ -223,9 +223,12 @@ class Post
 			$drop = [
 				'dropping' => $dropping,
 				'pagedrop' => $item['pagedrop'],
-				'select'   => DI::l10n()->t('Select'),
-				'delete'   => $delete,
+				'select' => DI::l10n()->t('Select'),
+				'delete' => $delete,
 			];
+		}
+
+		if (!$item['self']) {
 			$block = [
 				'blocking' => true,
 				'block'   => DI::l10n()->t('Block %s', $item['author-name']),