diff --git a/components/com_contact/models/category.php b/components/com_contact/models/category.php
index e6d387bbbfbe3..b8e565cac7d65 100644
--- a/components/com_contact/models/category.php
+++ b/components/com_contact/models/category.php
@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@ public function hit($pk = 0)
 			$pk = (!empty($pk)) ? $pk : (int) $this->getState('category.id');
 
 			$table = JTable::getInstance('Category', 'JTable');
-			$table->load($pk);
 			$table->hit($pk);
 		}
 
diff --git a/components/com_contact/models/contact.php b/components/com_contact/models/contact.php
index bb2e8be985d51..1b0255c181236 100644
--- a/components/com_contact/models/contact.php
+++ b/components/com_contact/models/contact.php
@@ -626,7 +626,6 @@ public function hit($pk = 0)
 			$pk = (!empty($pk)) ? $pk : (int) $this->getState('contact.id');
 
 			$table = JTable::getInstance('Contact', 'ContactTable');
-			$table->load($pk);
 			$table->hit($pk);
 		}
 
diff --git a/components/com_content/models/article.php b/components/com_content/models/article.php
index 5c30c04e0f371..c2865eeea1fcd 100644
--- a/components/com_content/models/article.php
+++ b/components/com_content/models/article.php
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ public function hit($pk = 0)
 			$pk = (!empty($pk)) ? $pk : (int) $this->getState('article.id');
 
 			$table = JTable::getInstance('Content', 'JTable');
-			$table->load($pk);
 			$table->hit($pk);
 		}
 
diff --git a/components/com_content/models/category.php b/components/com_content/models/category.php
index 53e191bb2d298..e660c65e48b4f 100644
--- a/components/com_content/models/category.php
+++ b/components/com_content/models/category.php
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ public function hit($pk = 0)
 			$pk = (!empty($pk)) ? $pk : (int) $this->getState('category.id');
 
 			$table = JTable::getInstance('Category', 'JTable');
-			$table->load($pk);
 			$table->hit($pk);
 		}
 
diff --git a/components/com_newsfeeds/models/category.php b/components/com_newsfeeds/models/category.php
index 1d486d8d6b832..89f9d3fa2678e 100644
--- a/components/com_newsfeeds/models/category.php
+++ b/components/com_newsfeeds/models/category.php
@@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ public function hit($pk = 0)
 		{
 			$pk    = (!empty($pk)) ? $pk : (int) $this->getState('category.id');
 			$table = JTable::getInstance('Category', 'JTable');
-			$table->load($pk);
 			$table->hit($pk);
 		}
 
diff --git a/components/com_newsfeeds/models/newsfeed.php b/components/com_newsfeeds/models/newsfeed.php
index 519672b58cb39..7bb57a563315b 100644
--- a/components/com_newsfeeds/models/newsfeed.php
+++ b/components/com_newsfeeds/models/newsfeed.php
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ public function hit($pk = 0)
 			$pk = (!empty($pk)) ? $pk : (int) $this->getState('newsfeed.id');
 
 			$table = JTable::getInstance('Newsfeed', 'NewsfeedsTable');
-			$table->load($pk);
 			$table->hit($pk);
 		}
 
diff --git a/components/com_tags/models/tag.php b/components/com_tags/models/tag.php
index ba73108de4958..736f02ce14b99 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/models/tag.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/models/tag.php
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ public function hit($pk = 0)
 		{
 			$pk    = (!empty($pk)) ? $pk : (int) $this->getState('tag.id');
 			$table = JTable::getInstance('Tag', 'TagsTable');
-			$table->load($pk);
 			$table->hit($pk);
 
 			if (!$table->hasPrimaryKey())