diff --git src/bp-activity/bp-activity-functions.php src/bp-activity/bp-activity-functions.php
index 7059500..eaf3fe5 100644
--- src/bp-activity/bp-activity-functions.php
+++ src/bp-activity/bp-activity-functions.php
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ function bp_activity_post_type_unpublish( $post_id = 0, $post = null ) {
 		'user_id'           => false,
 	);
 
-	$deleted = bp_activity_delete_by_item_id( $delete_activity_args );
+	$deleted = bp_activity_delete( $r );
 
 	/**
 	 * Fires after the unpublishing for the custom post type.
@@ -2450,13 +2450,14 @@ function bp_activity_post_type_remove_comment( $comment_id = 0, $activity_post_o
 	$deleted = false;
 
 	if ( bp_disable_blogforum_comments() ) {
-		$deleted = bp_activity_delete_by_item_id( array(
+		$r =  array(
 			'item_id'           => get_current_blog_id(),
 			'secondary_item_id' => $comment_id,
 			'component'         => $activity_comment_object->component_id,
 			'type'              => $activity_comment_object->action_id,
 			'user_id'           => false,
-		) );
+		);
+		$deleted = bp_activity_delete( $r );
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git src/bp-blogs/bp-blogs-activity.php src/bp-blogs/bp-blogs-activity.php
index cf7b60a..bff1f72 100644
--- src/bp-blogs/bp-blogs-activity.php
+++ src/bp-blogs/bp-blogs-activity.php
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ function bp_blogs_delete_activity( $args = '' ) {
 		'secondary_item_id' => false
 	) );
 
-	bp_activity_delete_by_item_id( $r );
+	bp_activity_delete( $r );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git src/bp-friends/bp-friends-activity.php src/bp-friends/bp-friends-activity.php
index b9508c1..1abbd7f 100644
--- src/bp-friends/bp-friends-activity.php
+++ src/bp-friends/bp-friends-activity.php
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ function friends_delete_activity( $args ) {
 	if ( ! bp_is_active( 'activity' ) ) {
 		return;
 	}
-
-	bp_activity_delete_by_item_id( array(
+	$r  = bp_parse_args( $args, array(
 		'component' => buddypress()->friends->id,
-		'item_id'   => $args['item_id'],
-		'type'      => $args['type'],
-		'user_id'   => $args['user_id']
+		'item_id'   => false,
+		'type'      => false,
+		'user_id'   => false
 	) );
+	bp_activity_delete( $r );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git src/bp-groups/bp-groups-activity.php src/bp-groups/bp-groups-activity.php
index d75494c..0d869c3 100644
--- src/bp-groups/bp-groups-activity.php
+++ src/bp-groups/bp-groups-activity.php
@@ -525,10 +525,11 @@ add_action( 'groups_details_updated', 'bp_groups_group_details_updated_add_activ
  */
 function bp_groups_delete_group_delete_all_activity( $group_id ) {
 	if ( bp_is_active( 'activity' ) ) {
-		bp_activity_delete_by_item_id( array(
+		$r = array(
 			'item_id'   => $group_id,
-			'component' => buddypress()->groups->id
-		) );
+			'component' => buddypress()->groups->id,
+			);
+		bp_activity_delete( $r );
 	}
 }
 add_action( 'groups_delete_group', 'bp_groups_delete_group_delete_all_activity', 10 );
diff --git src/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-activity.php src/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-activity.php
index 738ad0a..2792444 100644
--- src/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-activity.php
+++ src/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-activity.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function xprofile_delete_activity( $args = '' ) {
 	), 'xprofile_delete_activity' );
 
 	// Delete the activity item.
-	bp_activity_delete_by_item_id( $r );
+	bp_activity_delete( $r );
 }
 
 /**