diff --git a/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.cpp b/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.cpp
index ad3cadea67..ede18c65d3 100644
--- a/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.cpp
+++ b/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.cpp
@@ -2286,9 +2286,7 @@ void RestReplicationHandler::handleCommandRestoreDataCoordinator() {
       if (!doc.isNone() && type != REPLICATION_MARKER_REMOVE) {
         ShardID responsibleShard;
         bool usesDefaultSharding;
-        std::unique_ptr<TRI_json_t> tmp(
-            arangodb::basics::VelocyPackHelper::velocyPackToJson(doc));
-        res = ci->getResponsibleShard(col->id_as_string(), tmp.get(), true,
+        res = ci->getResponsibleShard(col->id_as_string(), doc, true,
                                       responsibleShard, usesDefaultSharding);
         if (res != TRI_ERROR_NO_ERROR) {
           errorMsg = "error during determining responsible shard";
diff --git a/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.h b/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.h
index 7d9bfb74d7..342add02f7 100644
--- a/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.h
+++ b/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.h
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 #include "Basics/Common.h"
 
 #include "RestHandler/RestVocbaseBaseHandler.h"
-#include "Utils/CollectionNameResolver.h"
 #include "VocBase/replication-common.h"
 
 class TRI_vocbase_col_t;
 
 namespace arangodb {
+class CollectionNameResolver;
 class Transaction;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////