diff --git a/models/activitypub/actor.go b/models/activitypub/actor.go
index 5b70a184b9..dfe0009214 100644
--- a/models/activitypub/actor.go
+++ b/models/activitypub/actor.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type ActorData struct {
 	port   string // optional
 }
 
-func (a ActorData) ValidateActor() error {
+func (a ActorData) ValidateActorData() error {
 
 	if a.schema == "" || a.host == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("the actor ID was not valid: Invalid Schema or Host")
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func (a ActorData) ValidateActor() error {
 
 }
 
-func ParseActor(actor string) (ActorData, error) {
+func ParseActorData(actor string) (ActorData, error) {
 	u, err := url.Parse(actor)
 
 	// check if userID IRI is well formed url
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go b/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go
index be7e21592b..c59b3e5f65 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/activitypub/repository.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func RepositoryInbox(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 
 	// assume actor is: "actor": "https://codeberg.org/api/v1/activitypub/user-id/12345" - NB: This might be actually the ID? Maybe check vocabulary.
 	// parse actor
-	actor, err := activitypub.ParseActor(opt.Actor.GetID().String())
+	actor, err := activitypub.ParseActorData(opt.Actor.GetID().String())
 
 	// Is the actor IRI well formed?
 	if err != nil {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func RepositoryInbox(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	}
 
 	// Is the ActorData Struct valid?
-	err = actor.ValidateActor()
+	err = actor.ValidateActorData()
 
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)