diff --git a/app/models/post_alert_observer.rb b/app/models/post_alert_observer.rb
index 2fb9164546e..08112cb58cf 100644
--- a/app/models/post_alert_observer.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_alert_observer.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class PostAlertObserver < ActiveRecord::Observer
       result = []
       post.raw.scan(/\[quote=\"([^,]+),.+\"\]/).uniq.each do |m|
         username = m.first.strip.downcase
-        user = User.where("(LOWER(username_lower) = :username or LOWER(name) = :username) and id != :id", username: username, id: post.user_id).first
+        user = User.where("username_lower = :username and id != :id", username: username, id: post.user_id).first
         result << user if user.present?
       end
       result
diff --git a/spec/models/post_alert_observer_spec.rb b/spec/models/post_alert_observer_spec.rb
index 7b6ad2cf35c..0daed2202c3 100644
--- a/spec/models/post_alert_observer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/post_alert_observer_spec.rb
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ describe PostAlertObserver do
 
 
   context 'quotes' do
-    it 'notifies a user by display username' do
-      lambda {
-        Fabricate(:post, raw: '[quote="Evil Trout, post:1"]whatup[/quote]')
-      }.should change(evil_trout.notifications, :count).by(1)
-    end      
 
     it 'notifies a user by username' do
       lambda {