diff --git a/Zotero/Controllers/Database/Requests/ReadItemDbRequest.swift b/Zotero/Controllers/Database/Requests/ReadItemDbRequest.swift
index ad5a1d9d5..1904cbdb4 100644
--- a/Zotero/Controllers/Database/Requests/ReadItemDbRequest.swift
+++ b/Zotero/Controllers/Database/Requests/ReadItemDbRequest.swift
@@ -25,18 +25,3 @@ struct ReadItemDbRequest: DbResponseRequest {
         return item
     }
 }
-
-struct ReadItemGloballyDbRequest: DbResponseRequest {
-    typealias Response = RItem
-
-    let key: String
-
-    var needsWrite: Bool { return false }
-
-    func process(in database: Realm) throws -> RItem {
-        guard let item = database.objects(RItem.self).filter(.key(key)).first else {
-            throw DbError.objectNotFound
-        }
-        return item
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Zotero/Controllers/OpenItemsController.swift b/Zotero/Controllers/OpenItemsController.swift
index c75f266ad..1ebf05a64 100644
--- a/Zotero/Controllers/OpenItemsController.swift
+++ b/Zotero/Controllers/OpenItemsController.swift
@@ -160,11 +160,14 @@ final class OpenItemsController {
             do {
                 try dbStorage.perform(on: .main) { coordinator in
                     for item in items {
-                        do {
-                            let rItem = try coordinator.perform(request: ReadItemGloballyDbRequest(key: item.key))
-                            itemTuples.append((item, rItem))
-                        } catch let itemError {
-                            DDLogError("OpenItemsController: can't load globally item \(item) - \(itemError)")
+                        switch item {
+                        case .pdf(let libraryId, let key):
+                            do {
+                                let rItem = try coordinator.perform(request: ReadItemDbRequest(libraryId: libraryId, key: key))
+                                itemTuples.append((item, rItem))
+                            } catch let itemError {
+                                DDLogError("OpenItemsController: can't load item \(item) - \(itemError)")
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }