diff --git a/lib/Views/aggregator/Plugin/views/argument/CategoryCid.php b/lib/Views/aggregator/Plugin/views/argument/CategoryCid.php
index 2be3fdd..06c16f5 100644
--- a/lib/Views/aggregator/Plugin/views/argument/CategoryCid.php
+++ b/lib/Views/aggregator/Plugin/views/argument/CategoryCid.php
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ class CategoryCid extends Numeric {
   function title_query() {
     $titles = array();
 
-    $query = db_select('aggregator_category', 'c');
-    $query->addField('c', 'title');
-    $query->condition('c.cid', $this->value);
-    $result = $query->execute();
+    $result = db_query('SELECT title from {aggregator_category} WHERE cid = :cid', array(':cid' => $this->value));
     foreach ($result as $term) {
       $titles[] = check_plain($term->title);
     }
diff --git a/lib/Views/aggregator/Plugin/views/argument/Fid.php b/lib/Views/aggregator/Plugin/views/argument/Fid.php
index 2561098..a68bccf 100644
--- a/lib/Views/aggregator/Plugin/views/argument/Fid.php
+++ b/lib/Views/aggregator/Plugin/views/argument/Fid.php
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ class Fid extends Numeric {
     $titles = array();
 
     $result = db_query("SELECT f.title FROM {aggregator_feed} f WHERE f.fid IN (:fids)", array(':fids' => $this->value));
-    $query = db_select('aggregator_feed', 'f');
-    $query->addField('f', 'title');
-    $query->condition('f.fid', $this->value);
-    $result = $query->execute();
     foreach ($result as $term) {
       $titles[] = check_plain($term->title);
     }
diff --git a/lib/Views/comment/Plugin/views/field/NodeNewComments.php b/lib/Views/comment/Plugin/views/field/NodeNewComments.php
index fbc4979..96ec82d 100644
--- a/lib/Views/comment/Plugin/views/field/NodeNewComments.php
+++ b/lib/Views/comment/Plugin/views/field/NodeNewComments.php
@@ -78,15 +78,8 @@ class NodeNewComments extends Numeric {
     }
 
     if ($nids) {
-      $query = db_select('node', 'n');
-      $query->addField('n', 'nid');
-      $query->innerJoin('comment', 'c', 'n.nid = c.nid');
-      $query->addExpression('COUNT(c.cid)', 'num_comments');
-      $query->leftJoin('history', 'h', 'h.nid = n.nid');
-      $query->condition('n.nid', $nids);
-      $query->where('c.changed > GREATEST(COALESCE(h.timestamp, :timestamp), :timestamp)', array(':timestamp' => NODE_NEW_LIMIT));
-      $query->condition('c.status', COMMENT_PUBLISHED);
-      $query->groupBy('n.nid');
+      $query  = 'SELECT n.nid, COUNT(c.cid) as num_comments from {node} n INNER JOIN {comment} c ON n.nid = c.nid LEFT JOIN {history} h ON h.nid = n.nid WHERE n.nid IN :nids AND (c.changed > GREATEST(COALESCE(h.timestamp, :timestamp) AND c.status = :status GROUP BY n.nid';
+      $result = db_query($query, array(':nids' => $nids, ':timestamp' => NODE_NEW_LIMIT, ':status' => COMMENT_PUBLISHED));
       $result = $query->execute();
       foreach ($result as $node) {
         foreach ($ids[$node->nid] as $id) {