diff --git a/resources/sql/patches/20130219.commitsummarymig.php b/resources/sql/patches/20130219.commitsummarymig.php
index 60bdd1542c..f47016804d 100644
--- a/resources/sql/patches/20130219.commitsummarymig.php
+++ b/resources/sql/patches/20130219.commitsummarymig.php
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ foreach ($commits as $commit) {
     continue;
   }
 
-  $data = $commit->loadOneRelative(
-    new PhabricatorRepositoryCommitData(),
-    'commitID');
+  $data = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommitData())->loadOneWhere(
+    'commitID = %d',
+    $commit->getID());
 
   if (!$data) {
     continue;
diff --git a/resources/sql/patches/20130409.commitdrev.php b/resources/sql/patches/20130409.commitdrev.php
index fb556f1846..a264e8edeb 100644
--- a/resources/sql/patches/20130409.commitdrev.php
+++ b/resources/sql/patches/20130409.commitdrev.php
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ $commit_table->establishConnection('w');
 $edges = 0;
 
 foreach (new LiskMigrationIterator($commit_table) as $commit) {
-  $data = $commit->loadOneRelative($data_table, 'commitID');
+  $data = $data_table->loadOneWhere(
+    'commitID = %d',
+    $commit->getID());
   if (!$data) {
     continue;
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php b/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php
index 7717fbf18c..5d310378e0 100644
--- a/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php
+++ b/src/applications/people/storage/PhabricatorUser.php
@@ -458,14 +458,9 @@ final class PhabricatorUser
   }
 
   public function loadPrimaryEmail() {
-    $email = new PhabricatorUserEmail();
-    $conn = $email->establishConnection('r');
-
-    return $this->loadOneRelative(
-      $email,
-      'userPHID',
-      'getPHID',
-      qsprintf($conn, '(isPrimary = 1)'));
+    return id(new PhabricatorUserEmail())->loadOneWhere(
+      'userPHID = %s AND isPrimary = 1',
+      $this->getPHID());
   }
 
 
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/conduit/ReleephGetBranchesConduitAPIMethod.php b/src/applications/releeph/conduit/ReleephGetBranchesConduitAPIMethod.php
index 469713ce39..5516b4edb6 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/conduit/ReleephGetBranchesConduitAPIMethod.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/conduit/ReleephGetBranchesConduitAPIMethod.php
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ final class ReleephGetBranchesConduitAPIMethod extends ReleephConduitAPIMethod {
       foreach ($branches as $branch) {
         $full_branch_name = $branch->getName();
 
-        $cut_point_commit = $branch->loadOneRelative(
-          id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit()),
-          'phid',
-          'getCutPointCommitPHID');
+        $cut_point_commit = id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit())->loadOneWhere(
+          'phid = %s',
+          $branch->getCutPointCommitPHID());
 
         $results[] = array(
           'project'         => $project->getName(),
diff --git a/src/applications/releeph/storage/ReleephRequest.php b/src/applications/releeph/storage/ReleephRequest.php
index c071600ec7..a877192107 100644
--- a/src/applications/releeph/storage/ReleephRequest.php
+++ b/src/applications/releeph/storage/ReleephRequest.php
@@ -257,18 +257,17 @@ final class ReleephRequest extends ReleephDAO
 /* -(  Loading external objects  )------------------------------------------- */
 
   public function loadPhabricatorRepositoryCommit() {
-    return $this->loadOneRelative(
-      new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit(),
-      'phid',
-      'getRequestCommitPHID');
+    return id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommit())->loadOneWhere(
+      'phid = %s',
+      $this->getRequestCommitPHID());
   }
 
   public function loadPhabricatorRepositoryCommitData() {
     $commit = $this->loadPhabricatorRepositoryCommit();
     if ($commit) {
-      return $commit->loadOneRelative(
-        new PhabricatorRepositoryCommitData(),
-        'commitID');
+      return id(new PhabricatorRepositoryCommitData())->loadOneWhere(
+        'commitID = %d',
+        $commit->getID());
     }
   }