diff --git a/app/jobs/users/touch_job.rb b/app/jobs/users/touch_job.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c126e92b..000000000
--- a/app/jobs/users/touch_job.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-module Users
-  class TouchJob < ApplicationJob
-    queue_as :touch_user
-
-    def perform(user_id)
-      user = User.find_by(id: user_id)
-      return unless user
-
-      user.touch
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/models/reaction.rb b/app/models/reaction.rb
index 023b1ec51..e1776a79c 100644
--- a/app/models/reaction.rb
+++ b/app/models/reaction.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Reaction < ApplicationRecord
   private
 
   def touch_user
-    Users::TouchJob.perform_later(user_id)
+    user.touch
   end
 
   def update_reactable
diff --git a/spec/jobs/users/touch_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/users/touch_job_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 832bac3bd..000000000
--- a/spec/jobs/users/touch_job_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-require "rails_helper"
-
-RSpec.describe Users::TouchJob, type: :job do
-  describe "#perform_later" do
-    it "enqueues the job" do
-      expect do
-        described_class.perform_later(3)
-      end.to have_enqueued_job.with(3).on_queue("touch_user")
-    end
-
-    it "touches a user" do
-      timestamp = 1.day.ago
-      user = create(:user, updated_at: timestamp, last_followed_at: timestamp)
-      described_class.perform_now(user.id)
-      expect(user.reload.updated_at).to be > timestamp
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/models/reaction_spec.rb b/spec/models/reaction_spec.rb
index a27f0b5bf..a31762bf3 100644
--- a/spec/models/reaction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/reaction_spec.rb
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ RSpec.describe Reaction, type: :model do
       expect do
         reaction.save
       end.to(
-        have_enqueued_job(Users::TouchJob).with(user.id).exactly(:once).
-        and(have_enqueued_job(Reactions::UpdateReactableJob).exactly(:once)).
+        have_enqueued_job(Reactions::UpdateReactableJob).exactly(:once).
         and(have_enqueued_job(Reactions::BustReactableCacheJob).exactly(:once)).
         and(have_enqueued_job(Reactions::BustHomepageCacheJob).exactly(:once)),
       )