diff --git modules/comment/comment.module modules/comment/comment.module
index 31e37be..51c0b4f 100644
--- modules/comment/comment.module
+++ modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ function comment_get_recent($number = 10) {
     ->condition('ncs.comment_count', 0, '>')
     ->condition('c.status', COMMENT_PUBLISHED)
     ->condition('n.status', NODE_PUBLISHED)
-    ->orderBy('ncs.last_comment_timestamp', 'DESC')
     ->orderBy('c.cid', 'DESC')
     ->range(0, $number)
     ->execute()