diff --git a/app/Form/FilterIssue.php b/app/Form/FilterIssue.php
index 7f737fb3c..4dd3f3fba 100644
--- a/app/Form/FilterIssue.php
+++ b/app/Form/FilterIssue.php
@@ -91,13 +91,6 @@ public function fields()
         // Array of project users
         $assignTo = [0 => trans('tinyissue.allusers')] + $this->project->users()->get()->lists('fullname', 'id')->all();
 
-        // On submit, generate list of selected tags to populate the field
-        if (Request::has('tags')) {
-            $selectTags = (new Model\Tag())->tagsToJson(Request::input('tags'));
-        } else {
-            $selectTags = '';
-        }
-
         $fields = [
             'keyword' => [
                 'type'            => 'text',
diff --git a/app/Model/Traits/Project/QueryTrait.php b/app/Model/Traits/Project/QueryTrait.php
index 066971162..275972378 100644
--- a/app/Model/Traits/Project/QueryTrait.php
+++ b/app/Model/Traits/Project/QueryTrait.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query;
 use Tinyissue\Model\Project;
-use Tinyissue\Model\Tag;
 use Tinyissue\Model\User;
 
 /**
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ public function projectsWidthIssues($status = Project::STATUS_OPEN, $private = P
     public function getKanbanTagsForUser(User $user)
     {
         $tags = $this->kanbanTags()
-            ->where(function ($query) use ($user) {
+            ->where(function (Eloquent\Builder $query) use ($user) {
                 $query->where('role_limit', '<=', $user->role_id);
                 $query->orWhere('role_limit', '=', null);
             })
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ public function issuesGroupByTags($tagIds)
             ->join('projects_issues_tags', 'issue_id', '=', 'id')
             ->orderBy('id')
             ->get()
-            ->groupBy(function (Project\Issue $issue) use ($tagIds) {
+            ->groupBy(function (Project\Issue $issue) {
                 return $issue->tags->last()->name;
             });