diff --git a/templates/zerver/api_content.json b/templates/zerver/api_content.json
index d180fac70e..ab5360a195 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/api_content.json
+++ b/templates/zerver/api_content.json
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
       'avatar_url': 'https://url/for/othello-bots/avatar',
       'timestamp': 1375978404,
       'display_recipient': [{'full_name': 'Hamlet of Denmark',
-                             'domain': 'example.com',
                              'email': 'hamlet@example.com',
                              'short_name': 'hamlet',
                              'id': 31572}],
diff --git a/zerver/lib/actions.py b/zerver/lib/actions.py
index fcee7a87cb..5842f1e8b5 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/actions.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/actions.py
@@ -703,9 +703,8 @@ def get_recipient_user_profiles(recipient, sender_id):
             'user_profile__email',
             'user_profile__enable_online_push_notifications',
             'user_profile__is_active',
-            'user_profile__realm__domain'
         ]
-        query = Subscription.objects.select_related("user_profile", "user_profile__realm").only(*fields).filter(
+        query = Subscription.objects.select_related("user_profile").only(*fields).filter(
             recipient=recipient, active=True)
         recipients = [s.user_profile for s in query]
     else:
@@ -2846,7 +2845,7 @@ def gather_subscriptions_helper(user_profile, include_subscribers=True):
     stream_ids = set([sub["recipient__type_id"] for sub in sub_dicts])
     all_streams = get_active_streams(user_profile.realm).select_related(
         "realm").values("id", "name", "invite_only", "realm_id",
-                        "realm__domain", "email_token", "description")
+                        "email_token", "description")
 
     stream_dicts = [stream for stream in all_streams if stream['id'] in stream_ids]
     stream_hash = {}
diff --git a/zerver/lib/message.py b/zerver/lib/message.py
index 8681296144..47316ffa37 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/message.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/message.py
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ class MessageDict(object):
                 # add the sender in if this isn't a message between
                 # someone and his self, preserving ordering
                 recip = {'email': sender_email,
-                         'domain': sender_realm_domain,
                          'full_name': sender_full_name,
                          'short_name': sender_short_name,
                          'id': sender_id,
diff --git a/zerver/models.py b/zerver/models.py
index 2e9b16f0ce..b05c68a92a 100644
--- a/zerver/models.py
+++ b/zerver/models.py
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ def get_display_recipient_remote_cache(recipient_id, recipient_type, recipient_t
                                             .select_related()
                                             .order_by('email'))
     return [{'email': user_profile.email,
-             'domain': user_profile.realm.domain,
              'full_name': user_profile.full_name,
              'short_name': user_profile.short_name,
              'id': user_profile.id,