diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncService.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncService.java
index 03a69d4c0..7389b944c 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncService.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncService.java
@@ -778,12 +778,12 @@ public final class ActFmSyncService {
         return result.optInt("time", 0);
     }
 
-    public int fetchUsers(int serverTime) throws JSONException, IOException {
+    public int fetchUsers() throws JSONException, IOException {
         if (!checkForToken())
             return 0;
 
         JSONObject result = actFmInvoker.invoke("user_list",
-                "token", token, "modified_after", serverTime);
+                "token", token);
         JSONArray users = result.getJSONArray("list");
         HashSet<Long> ids = new HashSet<Long>();
         if (users.length() > 0)
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java
index 9f3ac3e25..e26809ef8 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncV2Provider.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class ActFmSyncV2Provider extends SyncV2Provider {
             public void run() {
                 int time = Preferences.getInt(LAST_USERS_FETCH_TIME, 0);
                 try {
-                    time = actFmSyncService.fetchUsers(time);
+                    time = actFmSyncService.fetchUsers();
                     Preferences.setInt(LAST_USERS_FETCH_TIME, time);
                 } catch (JSONException e) {
                     handler.handleException("actfm-sync", e, e.toString()); //$NON-NLS-1$