diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.cpp
index 3c9d661ae..743204734 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.cpp
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ void GroupTreeWidget::calculateScore(QTreeWidgetItem *item)
 			}
 		}
 
-		item->setData(COLUMN_DATA, ROLE_SEARCH_SCORE, score);
+		item->setData(COLUMN_DATA, ROLE_SEARCH_SCORE, -score); // negative for correct sorting
 
 		return;
 	}
@@ -448,35 +448,3 @@ void GroupTreeWidget::sort()
 {
 	resort(NULL);
 }
-
-GroupTreeWidgetItem::GroupTreeWidgetItem() : QTreeWidgetItem()
-{
-}
-
-bool GroupTreeWidgetItem::operator<(const QTreeWidgetItem& other) const
-{
-	QDateTime otherChanTs = other.data(COLUMN_DATA, ROLE_LASTPOST).toDateTime();
-	QDateTime thisChanTs = this->data(COLUMN_DATA, ROLE_LASTPOST).toDateTime();
-
-	uint32_t otherCount = other.data(COLUMN_DATA, ROLE_SEARCH_SCORE).toUInt();
-	uint32_t thisCount = this->data(COLUMN_DATA, ROLE_SEARCH_SCORE).toUInt();
-
-	/* If counts are equal then determine by who has the most recent post */
-	if (otherCount == thisCount){
-		if (thisChanTs < otherChanTs) {
-			return true;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* Choose the item where the string occurs the most */
-	if (thisCount < otherCount) {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	if (thisChanTs < otherChanTs) {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	/* Compare name */
-	return text(COLUMN_NAME) < other.text(COLUMN_NAME);
-}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.h
index 67219a6f7..6f04a6509 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.h
@@ -108,16 +108,4 @@ private:
 	Ui::GroupTreeWidget *ui;
 };
 
-class GroupTreeWidgetItem : public QTreeWidgetItem
-{
-public:
-	GroupTreeWidgetItem();
-
-	/**
-	 * reimplementing comparison operator so GroupTreeWidgetItem can be ordered in terms
-	 * of occurences of property filterText in its data columns
-	 */
-	bool operator<(const QTreeWidgetItem &other) const;
-};
-
 #endif // GROUPTREEWIDGET_H