diff --git a/mxq_group.c b/mxq_group.c
index 65f7757a..2887411d 100644
--- a/mxq_group.c
+++ b/mxq_group.c
@@ -292,39 +292,6 @@ int mxq_load_active_groups_for_user(struct mx_mysql *mysql, struct mxq_group **m
     return res;
 }
 
-int mxq_load_active_groups(struct mx_mysql *mysql, struct mxq_group **mxq_groups)
-{
-    int res;
-    struct mxq_group *groups = NULL;
-    struct mxq_group g = {0};
-    struct mx_mysql_bind result = {0};
-
-    assert(mysql);
-    assert(mxq_groups);
-
-    *mxq_groups = NULL;
-
-    char *query =
-            "SELECT"
-                GROUP_FIELDS
-            " FROM mxq_group"
-            " WHERE (group_jobs_inq > 0 OR group_jobs_running > 0)"
-            " ORDER BY user_name, group_mtime"
-            " LIMIT 1000";
-
-    res = bind_result_group_fields(&result, &g);
-    assert(res == 0);
-
-    res = mx_mysql_do_statement_retry_on_fail(mysql, query, NULL, &result, &g, (void **)&groups, sizeof(*groups));
-    if (res < 0) {
-        mx_log_err("mx_mysql_do_statement_retry_on_fail(): %m");
-        return res;
-    }
-
-    *mxq_groups = groups;
-    return res;
-}
-
 int mxq_load_running_groups(struct mx_mysql *mysql, struct mxq_group **mxq_groups)
 {
     int res;
diff --git a/mxq_group.h b/mxq_group.h
index e678cb31..46a352b2 100644
--- a/mxq_group.h
+++ b/mxq_group.h
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ inline uint64_t mxq_group_jobs_inq(struct mxq_group *g);
 
 int mxq_load_group(struct mx_mysql *mysql, struct mxq_group **mxq_groups, uint64_t group_id);
 int mxq_load_all_groups(struct mx_mysql *mysql, struct mxq_group **mxq_groups);
-int mxq_load_active_groups(struct mx_mysql *mysql, struct mxq_group **mxq_groups);
 int mxq_load_all_groups_for_user(struct mx_mysql *mysql, struct mxq_group **mxq_groups, uint64_t user_uid);
 int mxq_load_active_groups_for_user(struct mx_mysql *mysql, struct mxq_group **mxq_groups, uint64_t user_uid);
 int mxq_load_running_groups(struct mx_mysql *mysql, struct mxq_group **mxq_groups);
diff --git a/mxqd.c b/mxqd.c
index eaf6eed4..6b8a206a 100644
--- a/mxqd.c
+++ b/mxqd.c
@@ -1626,13 +1626,16 @@ int catchall(struct mxq_server *server) {
 }
 
 int load_groups(struct mxq_server *server) {
-    struct mxq_group *mxqgroups;
+    struct mxq_group *mxqgroups = NULL;
     struct mxq_group_list *group;
     int group_cnt;
     int total;
     int i;
 
-    group_cnt = mxq_load_active_groups(server->mysql, &mxqgroups);
+    if (getuid() == 0)
+        group_cnt = mxq_load_running_groups(server->mysql, &mxqgroups);
+    else
+        group_cnt = mxq_load_running_groups_for_user(server->mysql, &mxqgroups, getuid());
 
     for (i=0, total=0; i<group_cnt; i++) {
         group = server_update_groupdata(server, &mxqgroups[group_cnt-i-1]);