diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Models/UserWithTweetsToSync.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Models/UserWithDataToSync.cs
similarity index 76%
rename from src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Models/UserWithTweetsToSync.cs
rename to src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Models/UserWithDataToSync.cs
index e889e9b..c5e6639 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Models/UserWithTweetsToSync.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Models/UserWithDataToSync.cs
@@ -9,8 +9,5 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Models
         public SyncTwitterUser User { get; set; }
         public ExtractedTweet[] Tweets { get; set; }
         public Follower[] Followers { get; set; }
-
-        public bool IsUserProtected { get; set; }
-        public bool IsUserNotRetrieved { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessor.cs b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessor.cs
index 096d720..58d35d0 100644
--- a/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/BirdsiteLive.Pipeline/Processors/RetrieveTweetsProcessor.cs
@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ namespace BirdsiteLive.Pipeline.Processors
         private ExtractedTweet[] RetrieveNewTweets(SyncTwitterUser user)
         {
             var tweets = new ExtractedTweet[0];
-
-            // Don't retrieve TL if protected
-            var userView = _twitterUserService.GetUser(user.Acct);
-            if (userView == null || userView.Protected) return tweets;
-
+            
             try
             {
                 if (user.LastTweetPostedId == -1)