diff --git a/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/BugMail.pm b/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/BugMail.pm
index fc6fa2666919..f1a47a3a3321 100644
--- a/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/BugMail.pm
+++ b/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/BugMail.pm
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ sub ProcessOneBug {
     }
 
 
-    my ($newcomments, $anyprivate) = &::GetLongDescriptionAsText($id, $start, $end);
+    my ($newcomments, $anyprivate) = get_comments_by_bug($id, $start, $end);
 
     ###########################################################################
     # Start of email filtering code
@@ -736,4 +736,55 @@ sub MailPassword {
     MessageToMTA($msg);
 }
 
+# Get bug comments for the given period and format them to be used in emails.
+sub get_comments_by_bug {
+    my ($id, $start, $end) = @_;
+    my $dbh = Bugzilla->dbh;
+
+    my $result = "";
+    my $count = 0;
+    my $anyprivate = 0;
+
+    my $query = 'SELECT profiles.login_name, ' .
+                        $dbh->sql_date_format('longdescs.bug_when', '%Y.%m.%d %H:%i') . ',
+                        longdescs.thetext, longdescs.isprivate,
+                        longdescs.already_wrapped
+                   FROM longdescs
+             INNER JOIN profiles ON profiles.userid = longdescs.who
+                  WHERE longdescs.bug_id = ? ';
+
+    my @args = ($id);
+
+    # $start will be undef for new bugs, and defined for pre-existing bugs.
+    if ($start) {
+        # If $start is not NULL, obtain the count-index
+        # of this comment for the leading "Comment #xxx" line.
+        $count = $dbh->selectrow_array('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM longdescs
+                                        WHERE bug_id = ? AND bug_when <= ?',
+                                        undef, ($id, $start));
+
+        $query .= ' AND longdescs.bug_when > ?
+                    AND longdescs.bug_when <= ? ';
+        push @args, ($start, $end);
+    }
+
+    $query .= ' ORDER BY longdescs.bug_when';
+    my $comments = $dbh->selectall_arrayref($query, undef, @args);
+
+    foreach (@$comments) {
+        my ($who, $when, $text, $isprivate, $already_wrapped) = @$_;
+        if ($count) {
+            $result .= "\n\n------- Comment #$count from $who" .
+                       Param('emailsuffix'). "  " . format_time($when) .
+                       " -------\n";
+        }
+        if ($isprivate > 0 && Param('insidergroup')) {
+            $anyprivate = 1;
+        }
+        $result .= ($already_wrapped ? $text : wrap_comment($text));
+        $count++;
+    }
+    return ($result, $anyprivate);
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl b/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl
index 6e9dcbeba09e..ae0a5426085e 100644
--- a/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl
+++ b/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl
@@ -954,51 +954,6 @@ sub GetBugLink {
     }
 }
 
-sub GetLongDescriptionAsText {
-    my ($id, $start, $end) = (@_);
-    my $result = "";
-    my $count = 0;
-    my $anyprivate = 0;
-    my $dbh = Bugzilla->dbh;
-    my ($query) = ("SELECT profiles.login_name, " .
-                   $dbh->sql_date_format('longdescs.bug_when', '%Y.%m.%d %H:%i') . ", " .
-                   "       longdescs.thetext, longdescs.isprivate, " .
-                   "       longdescs.already_wrapped " .
-                   "FROM   longdescs, profiles " .
-                   "WHERE  profiles.userid = longdescs.who " .
-                   "AND    longdescs.bug_id = $id ");
-
-    # $start will be undef for New bugs, and defined for pre-existing bugs.
-    if ($start) {
-        # If $start is not NULL, obtain the count-index
-        # of this comment for the leading "Comment #xxx" line.)
-        SendSQL("SELECT count(*) FROM longdescs " .
-                " WHERE bug_id = $id AND bug_when <= '$start'");
-        ($count) = (FetchSQLData());
-         
-        $query .= " AND longdescs.bug_when > '$start'"
-                . " AND longdescs.bug_when <= '$end' ";
-    }
-
-    $query .= "ORDER BY longdescs.bug_when";
-    SendSQL($query);
-    while (MoreSQLData()) {
-        my ($who, $when, $text, $isprivate, $work_time, $already_wrapped) = 
-            (FetchSQLData());
-        if ($count) {
-            $result .= "\n\n------- Comment #$count from $who".Param('emailsuffix')."  ".
-                Bugzilla::Util::format_time($when) . " -------\n";
-        }
-        if (($isprivate > 0) && Param("insidergroup")) {
-            $anyprivate = 1;
-        }
-        $result .= ($already_wrapped ? $text : wrap_comment($text));
-        $count++;
-    }
-
-    return ($result, $anyprivate);
-}
-
 # Returns a list of all the legal values for a field that has a
 # list of legal values, like rep_platform or resolution.
 sub get_legal_field_values {