diff --git a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
index e86fe1430d..bfac176f73 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
+++ b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ p a {
 		<li>[Fix] Made Custom BBCode validation more strict (Bug #11335)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Proper sync of data on topic copy (Bug #11335)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Introduced ORDER BY clauses to converter queries (Bug #10697)</li>
-		<li>[Fix] added a sync to post counts during conversion (Bug #11421)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Stopped bots from getting added to the registered users group during conversion (Bug #11283)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Filled "SMILIEYS_DISABLED" template variable (Bug #11257)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Properly escaped the delimiter in disallowed username comparisons (Bug #11339)</li>
diff --git a/phpBB/install/convertors/functions_phpbb20.php b/phpBB/install/convertors/functions_phpbb20.php
index badac08999..4346c6f4d1 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/convertors/functions_phpbb20.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/convertors/functions_phpbb20.php
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ function phpbb_insert_forums()
 
 	$max_forum_id++;
 
+	// pruning disabled globally?
+	$sql = "SELECT config_value
+		FROM {$convert->src_table_prefix}config
+		WHERE config_name = 'prune_enable'";
+	$result = $src_db->sql_query($sql);
+	$prune_enabled = (int) $src_db->sql_fetchfield('config_value');
+	$src_db->sql_freeresult($result);
+	
+	
 	// Insert categories
 	$sql = 'SELECT cat_id, cat_title
 		FROM ' . $convert->src_table_prefix . 'categories
@@ -84,13 +93,7 @@ function phpbb_insert_forums()
 		break;
 	}
 	
-	// pruning disabled globally?
-	$sql = "SELECT config_value
-		FROM {$convert->src_table_prefix}config
-		WHERE config_name = 'prune_enable'";
-	$result = $src_db->sql_query($sql);
-	$prune_enabled = (int) $src_db->sql_fetchfield('config_value');
-	$src_db->sql_freeresult($result);
+
 
 	$cats_added = array();
 	while ($row = $src_db->sql_fetchrow($result))
diff --git a/phpBB/install/install_convert.php b/phpBB/install/install_convert.php
index 69ca75c9da..0ef32b1921 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/install_convert.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/install_convert.php
@@ -783,16 +783,8 @@ class install_convert extends module
 		$jump = request_var('jump', 0);
 		$final_jump = request_var('final_jump', 0);
 		$sync_batch = request_var('sync_batch', -1);
-		$sync_post_count = request_var('sync_post_count', -1);
 		$last_statement = request_var('last', 0);
 
-		// We are running sync...
-		if ($sync_post_count >= 0)
-		{
-			$this->sync_user_posts($sync_post_count);
-			return;
-		}
-
 		// We are running sync...
 		if ($sync_batch >= 0)
 		{
@@ -1171,12 +1163,10 @@ class install_convert extends module
 			$sql .= (!empty($schema['having'])) ? "\nHAVING " . $schema['having'] : '';
 
 			// Order By
-			
 			if (empty($schema['order_by']) && !empty($schema['primary']))
 			{
 				$schema['order_by'] = $schema['primary'];
 			}
-
 			$sql .= (!empty($schema['order_by'])) ? "\nORDER BY " . $schema['order_by'] : '';
 
 			// Counting basically holds the amount of rows processed.
@@ -1412,78 +1402,6 @@ class install_convert extends module
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	* Sync function being executed at the middle, some functions need to be executed after a successful sync.
-	*/
-	function sync_user_posts($sync_batch)
-	{
-		global $db, $template, $user;
-		global $convert;
-
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-			'S_LEGEND'	=> true,
-			'LEGEND'	=> $user->lang['SYNC_POST_COUNT'],
-		));
-
-		$batch_size = $convert->batch_size;
-
-		$sql = 'SELECT COUNT(user_id) AS max_value
-			FROM ' . USERS_TABLE;
-		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
-		$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
-		$db->sql_freeresult($result);
-
-		// Set values of minimum/maximum primary value for this table.
-		$primary_min = 0;
-		$primary_max = $row['max_value'];
-
-		if ($sync_batch == 1)
-		{
-			$sync_batch = (int) $primary_min;
-		}
-		// Fetch a batch of rows, process and insert them.
-		while ($sync_batch <= $primary_max && still_on_time())
-		{
-			$end = ($sync_batch + $batch_size - 1);
-			
-
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-				'TITLE'		=> sprintf($user->lang['SYNC_POST_COUNT_ID'], $sync_batch, ($sync_batch + $batch_size)) . ((defined('DEBUG_EXTRA') && function_exists('memory_get_usage')) ? ' [' . ceil(memory_get_usage()/1024) . ' KB]' : ''),
-				'RESULT'	=> $user->lang['DONE'],
-			));
-
-			$sync_batch += $batch_size;
-		}
-
-		if ($sync_batch >= $primary_max)
-		{
-			sync_post_count($sync_batch, $batch_size);
-			$url = $this->save_convert_progress('&amp;sync_batch=0');
-			
-			$template->assign_vars(array(
-				'L_SUBMIT'		=> $user->lang['CONTINUE_CONVERT'],
-				'U_ACTION'		=> $url,
-			));
-
-			$this->meta_refresh($url);
-			return;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			$sync_batch--;
-		}
-
-		$url = $this->save_convert_progress('&amp;sync_post_count=' . $sync_batch);
-
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
-			'L_SUBMIT'		=> $user->lang['CONTINUE_CONVERT'],
-			'U_ACTION'		=> $url,
-		));
-
-		$this->meta_refresh($url);
-		return;
-	}
-	
 	/**
 	* Sync function being executed at the middle, some functions need to be executed after a successful sync.
 	*/
@@ -1801,8 +1719,9 @@ class install_convert extends module
 				'RESULT'	=> $user->lang['DONE'],
 			));
 
-			// Continue with synchronizing the post counts...
-			$url = $this->save_convert_progress('&amp;sync_post_count=0');
+			// Continue with synchronizing the forums...
+			$url = $this->save_convert_progress('&amp;sync_batch=0');
+
 			$template->assign_vars(array(
 				'L_SUBMIT'		=> $user->lang['CONTINUE_CONVERT'],
 				'U_ACTION'		=> $url,