diff --git a/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/popover-context.js b/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/popover-context.js
index b3fdb188656..e4b12733420 100644
--- a/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/popover-context.js
+++ b/ckan/public/base/javascript/modules/popover-context.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* Popover context
  * These appear when someone hovers over a context item in a activity stream to
- * give the user more context into that particular item. It also allows for people to
- * follow and unfollow quickly from within the popover
+ * give the user more context into that particular item. It also allows for
+ * people to follow and unfollow quickly from within the popover
  *
  * id - The user_id of user
  * context - The type of this popover: currently supports user & package
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ this.ckan.module('popover-context', function($, _) {
 			}
 		},
 
-		/* Handles the showing of the popover on hover (also hides other active popovers)
+		/* Handles the showing of the popover on hover (also hides other active
+		 * popovers)
 		 *
 		 * Returns nothing.
 		 */
@@ -154,48 +155,13 @@ this.ckan.module('popover-context', function($, _) {
 
 				// has this been rendered before?
 				if (typeof window.popover_context.render[type][id] == 'undefined') {
-					var params = this.sanitiseParams(json.result);
-					client.getTemplate('popover-context-' + type + '.html', params, this._onRenderPopover);
+					client.getTemplate('popover-context-' + type + '.html', json.result, this._onRenderPopover);
 				} else {
 				 	this._onRenderPopover(window.popover_context.render[type][id]);
 				}
 			}
 		},
 
-		/* Used to break down a raw object into something a little more passable into a GET request
-		 *
-		 * Returns object.
-		 */
-		sanitiseParams: function(raw) {
-			var type = this.options.type;
-			var params = {};
-			if (type == 'user') {
-				params.id = raw.id;
-				params.name = raw.name;
-				params.about = raw.about;
-				params.display_name = raw.display_name;
-				params.num_followers = raw.num_followers;
-				params.number_administered_packages = raw.number_administered_packages;
-				params.number_of_edits = raw.number_of_edits;
-				params.is_me = ( raw.id == this.options.authed );
-			} else if (type == 'dataset') {
-				params.id = raw.id;
-				params.title = raw.title;
-				params.name = raw.name;
-				params.notes = raw.notes;
-				params.num_resources = raw.resources.length;
-				params.num_tags = raw.tags.length;
-			} else if (type == 'group') {
-				params.id = raw.id;
-				params.title = raw.title;
-				params.name = raw.name;
-				params.description = raw.description;
-				params.num_datasets = raw.packages.length;
-				params.num_followers = raw.num_followers;
-			}
-			return params;
-		},
-
 		/* Renders the contents of the popover
 		 *
 		 * Returns nothing.
@@ -244,8 +210,8 @@ this.ckan.module('popover-context', function($, _) {
 			return false;
 		},
 
-		/* Callback from when you follow/unfollow a specified item... this is used to ensure
-		 * all popovers associated to that user get re-populated
+		/* Callback from when you follow/unfollow a specified item... this is
+		 * used to ensure all popovers associated to that user get re-populated
 		 *
 		 * Returns nothing.
 		 */