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 c2a2ebe6b..4b7d5bb28 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncService.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/actfm/sync/ActFmSyncService.java
@@ -1146,11 +1146,7 @@ public final class ActFmSyncService {
         invokeFetchList("task", manual, null, new TaskListItemProcessor(manual) {
             @Override
             protected void deleteExtras(Long[] localIds) {
-                taskService.deleteWhere(Criterion.and(
-                        TagService.memberOfTagData(tagData.getValue(TagData.REMOTE_ID)),
-                        TaskCriteria.activeAndVisible(),
-                        Task.REMOTE_ID.isNotNull(),
-                        Criterion.not(Task.ID.in(localIds))));
+                //
             }
         }, done, "tasks:" + tagData.getId(), "tag_id", tagData.getValue(TagData.REMOTE_ID));
     }
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagCaseMigrator.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagCaseMigrator.java
index c33724319..856d92070 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagCaseMigrator.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagCaseMigrator.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import com.todoroo.andlib.sql.Criterion;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.sql.Join;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.sql.Query;
 import com.todoroo.andlib.utility.Preferences;
+import com.todoroo.astrid.dao.MetadataDao.MetadataCriteria;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Metadata;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.TagData;
 import com.todoroo.astrid.data.Task;
@@ -107,9 +108,16 @@ public class TagCaseMigrator {
         addTasksToTargetTag(renameMap.get(tag), targetNameForTag(tag));
     }
 
+    @Deprecated
+    private static Criterion tagEq(String tag, Criterion additionalCriterion) {
+        return Criterion.and(
+                MetadataCriteria.withKey(TagMetadata.KEY), TagMetadata.TAG_NAME.eq(tag),
+                additionalCriterion);
+    }
+
     private void addTasksToTargetTag(String tag, String target) {
         TodorooCursor<Task> tasks = taskService.query(Query.select(Task.ID).join(Join.inner(Metadata.TABLE,
-                    Task.ID.eq(Metadata.TASK))).where(TagService.tagEq(tag, Criterion.all)));
+                    Task.ID.eq(Metadata.TASK))).where(tagEq(tag, Criterion.all)));
         try {
             for (tasks.moveToFirst(); !tasks.isAfterLast(); tasks.moveToNext()) {
                 Task curr = new Task(tasks);
diff --git a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
index e3453bfb7..0ce17fa06 100644
--- a/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
+++ b/astrid/plugin-src/com/todoroo/astrid/tags/TagService.java
@@ -161,12 +161,8 @@ public final class TagService {
 
     }
 
-    public static Criterion memberOfTagData(long tagDataUUID) {
-        return Task.ID.in(Query.select(Metadata.TASK).from(Metadata.TABLE).where(
-                Criterion.and(Metadata.KEY.eq(TagMetadata.KEY), TagMetadata.TAG_UUID.eq(tagDataUUID))));
-    }
-
-    public static Criterion tagEq(String tag, Criterion additionalCriterion) {
+    @Deprecated
+    private static Criterion tagEq(String tag, Criterion additionalCriterion) {
         return Criterion.and(
                 MetadataCriteria.withKey(TagMetadata.KEY), TagMetadata.TAG_NAME.eq(tag),
                 additionalCriterion);
@@ -179,7 +175,7 @@ public final class TagService {
     }
 
     public QueryTemplate untaggedTemplate() {
-        Long[] emergentTags = getEmergentTagIds();
+        String[] emergentTags = getEmergentTagIds();
 
         return new QueryTemplate().where(Criterion.and(
                 Criterion.not(Task.UUID.in(Query.select(TagMetadata.TASK_UUID).from(Metadata.TABLE)
@@ -222,18 +218,20 @@ public final class TagService {
         }
     }
 
-    public Long[] getEmergentTagIds() {
-        TodorooCursor<TagData> emergent = tagDataService.query(Query.select(TagData.ID)
+    public String[] getEmergentTagIds() {
+        TodorooCursor<TagData> emergent = tagDataService.query(Query.select(TagData.UUID)
                 .where(Functions.bitwiseAnd(TagData.FLAGS, TagData.FLAG_EMERGENT).gt(0)));
         try {
-            Long[] tags = new Long[emergent.getCount()];
+            ArrayList<String> tags = new ArrayList<String>();
             TagData data = new TagData();
             for (int i = 0; i < emergent.getCount(); i++) {
                 emergent.moveToPosition(i);
                 data.readFromCursor(emergent);
-                tags[i] = data.getId();
+                String uuid = data.getValue(TagData.UUID);
+                if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(uuid) && !"0".equals(uuid))
+                    tags.add(uuid);
             }
-            return tags;
+            return tags.toArray(new String[tags.size()]);
         } finally {
             emergent.close();
         }
@@ -337,7 +335,7 @@ public final class TagService {
                         Metadata.DELETION_DATE.eq(0),
                         Metadata.TASK.eq(taskId))));
         if (!includeEmergent)
-            criterion = Criterion.and(Criterion.not(TagData.ID.in(getEmergentTagIds())), criterion);
+            criterion = Criterion.and(Criterion.not(TagData.UUID.in(getEmergentTagIds())), criterion);
 
         return tagDataService.query(Query.select(properties).where(criterion));
     }
diff --git a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
index c89b7d8ea..3ef1cce24 100644
--- a/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
+++ b/astrid/src/com/todoroo/astrid/activity/TaskListFragment.java
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ public class TaskListFragment extends ListFragment implements OnScrollListener,
         if (getActiveTagData() != null)
             tagName = getActiveTagData().getValue(TagData.NAME);
 
-        Long[] emergentTagIds = TagService.getInstance().getEmergentTagIds();
+        String[] emergentTagIds = TagService.getInstance().getEmergentTagIds();
         StringProperty tagProperty = new StringProperty(null, TAGS_METADATA_JOIN + "." + TagMetadata.TAG_UUID.name);
 
         Criterion tagsJoinCriterion = Criterion.and(