diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
index 3d3039751..d070262cc 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex
@@ -312,12 +312,16 @@ def render("show.json", %{activity: %{data: %{"object" => _object}} = activity}
     # Here the implicit index of the current content is 0
     chrono_order = history_len - 1
 
-    quote_id = get_quote_id(activity)
-
     quote_activity = get_quote(activity, opts)
 
+    quote_id =
+      case quote_activity do
+        %Activity{id: id} -> id
+        _ -> nil
+      end
+
     quote_post =
-      if visible_for_user?(quote_activity, opts[:for]) do
+      if visible_for_user?(quote_activity, opts[:for]) and opts[:show_quote] != false do
         quote_rendering_opts = Map.merge(opts, %{activity: quote_activity, show_quote: false})
         render("show.json", quote_rendering_opts)
       else
@@ -671,8 +675,6 @@ def get_reply_to(%{data: %{"object" => _object}} = activity, _) do
     end
   end
 
-  def get_quote(_activity, %{show_quote: false}), do: nil
-
   def get_quote(activity, %{quoted_activities: quoted_activities}) do
     object = Object.normalize(activity, fetch: false)
 
@@ -692,13 +694,6 @@ def get_quote(%{data: %{"object" => _object}} = activity, _) do
     end
   end
 
-  defp get_quote_id(activity) do
-    case get_quote(activity, %{}) do
-      %Activity{id: id} -> id
-      _ -> nil
-    end
-  end
-
   def render_content(%{data: %{"name" => name}} = object) when not is_nil(name) and name != "" do
     url = object.data["url"] || object.data["id"]
 
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs
index 221244d4e..baa9b32f5 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view_test.exs
@@ -438,11 +438,13 @@ test "a quote post" do
     assert status.pleroma.quote.id == to_string(quote_post.id)
     assert status.pleroma.quote_id == to_string(quote_post.id)
     assert status.pleroma.quote_url == Object.normalize(quote_post).data["id"]
+    assert status.pleroma.quote_visible
 
     # Quotes don't go more than one level deep
     refute status.pleroma.quote.pleroma.quote
     assert status.pleroma.quote.pleroma.quote_id == to_string(post.id)
     assert status.pleroma.quote.pleroma.quote_url == Object.normalize(post).data["id"]
+    assert status.pleroma.quote.pleroma.quote_visible
 
     # In an index
     [status] = StatusView.render("index.json", %{activities: [quoted_quote_post], as: :activity})