diff --git a/app/services/update_status_service.rb b/app/services/update_status_service.rb
index 63bd279891..76530a54c7 100644
--- a/app/services/update_status_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/update_status_service.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class UpdateStatusService < BaseService
 
   def broadcast_updates!
     DistributionWorker.perform_async(@status.id, { 'update' => true })
-    ActivityPub::StatusUpdateDistributionWorker.perform_async(@status.id)
+    ActivityPub::StatusUpdateDistributionWorker.perform_async(@status.id) unless @status.local_only?
   end
 
   def queue_poll_notifications!