diff --git a/classes/class-author.php b/classes/class-author.php
index ae6d29f6a..6b9608ca1 100644
--- a/classes/class-author.php
+++ b/classes/class-author.php
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 namespace WP_Stream;
 
 class Author {
-	/**
-	 * Hold Plugin class
-	 * @var Plugin
-	 */
-	public $plugin;
-
 	/**
 	 * @var int
 	 */
@@ -36,8 +30,6 @@ function __construct( $user_id, $user_meta = array() ) {
 		if ( $this->id ) {
 			$this->user = new \WP_User( $this->id );
 		}
-
-		$this->plugin = wp_stream_get_instance();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -129,7 +121,8 @@ function get_avatar_img( $size = 80 ) {
 		}
 
 		if ( 0 === $this->id ) {
-			$url    = $this->plugin->locations['url'] . 'ui/stream-icons/wp-cli.png';
+			$stream = wp_stream_get_instance();
+			$url    = $stream->locations['url'] . 'ui/stream-icons/wp-cli.png';
 			$avatar = sprintf( '<img alt="%1$s" src="%2$s" class="avatar avatar-%3$s photo" height="%3$s" width="%3$s">', esc_attr( $this->get_display_name() ), esc_url( $url ), esc_attr( $size ) );
 		} else {
 			if ( $this->is_deleted() && isset( $this->meta['user_email'] ) ) {
@@ -193,23 +186,6 @@ function get_role() {
 		return $user_role;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Construct a URL for viewing user-specific records
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	function get_records_page_url() {
-		$url = add_query_arg(
-			array(
-				'page'    => $this->plugin->admin->records_page_slug,
-				'user_id' => absint( $this->id ),
-			),
-			self_admin_url( $this->plugin->admin->admin_parent_page )
-		);
-
-		return $url;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * True if user no longer exists, otherwise false
 	 *
diff --git a/classes/class-db.php b/classes/class-db.php
index 8305536ef..2d493cb71 100644
--- a/classes/class-db.php
+++ b/classes/class-db.php
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ function existing_records( $column ) {
 		}
 
 		$rows = $wpdb->get_results(
-			$wpdb->prepare( "SELECT $column FROM $wpdb->stream GROUP BY %s", $column ), // @codingStandardsIgnoreLine can't prepare column name
+			"SELECT DISTINCT $column FROM $wpdb->stream", // @codingStandardsIgnoreLine can't prepare column name
 			'ARRAY_A'
 		);
 
diff --git a/classes/class-list-table.php b/classes/class-list-table.php
index e57680820..430604312 100644
--- a/classes/class-list-table.php
+++ b/classes/class-list-table.php
@@ -257,9 +257,17 @@ function column_default( $item, $column_name ) {
 			case 'user_id' :
 				$user = new Author( (int) $record->user_id, (array) maybe_unserialize( $record->user_meta ) );
 
+				$filtered_records_url = add_query_arg(
+					array(
+						'page'    => $this->plugin->admin->records_page_slug,
+						'user_id' => absint( $user->id ),
+					),
+					self_admin_url( $this->plugin->admin->admin_parent_page )
+				);
+
 				$out = sprintf(
 					'<a href="%s">%s <span>%s</span></a>%s%s%s',
-					$user->get_records_page_url(),
+					$filtered_records_url,
 					$user->get_avatar_img( 80 ),
 					$user->get_display_name(),
 					$user->is_deleted() ? sprintf( '<br /><small class="deleted">%s</small>', esc_html__( 'Deleted User', 'stream' ) ) : '',
diff --git a/tests/tests/test-class-author.php b/tests/tests/test-class-author.php
index 9190598c2..5918f0dae 100644
--- a/tests/tests/test-class-author.php
+++ b/tests/tests/test-class-author.php
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public function test_construct() {
 		$this->assertNotEmpty( $this->author->id );
 		$this->assertInternalType( 'array', $this->author->meta );
 		$this->assertNotEmpty( $this->author->meta );
-		$this->assertInstanceOf( '\WP_Stream\Plugin', $this->author->plugin );
 	}
 
 	public function test_get() {
@@ -75,10 +74,6 @@ public function test_get_role() {
 		$this->assertEquals( 'Administrator', $this->author->get_role() );
 	}
 
-	public function test_get_records_page_url() {
-		$this->assertNotFalse( parse_url( $this->author->get_records_page_url() ) );
-	}
-
 	public function test_is_deleted() {
 		$this->assertFalse( $this->author->is_deleted() );
 	}