diff --git a/lib/private/TagManager.php b/lib/private/TagManager.php
index 96786c58a1a9ac9cc2acffb4c8839ccb5ab04552..4613b6247f4fbfca4b385fd595c2672c18c8c083 100644
--- a/lib/private/TagManager.php
+++ b/lib/private/TagManager.php
@@ -38,32 +38,27 @@
 namespace OC;
 
 use OC\Tagging\TagMapper;
+use OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder;
+use OCP\IDBConnection;
+use OCP\ITagManager;
+use OCP\ITags;
+use OCP\IUserSession;
 
-class TagManager implements \OCP\ITagManager {
+class TagManager implements ITagManager {
 
-	/**
-	 * User session
-	 *
-	 * @var \OCP\IUserSession
-	 */
+	/** @var TagMapper */
+	private $mapper;
+
+	/** @var IUserSession */
 	private $userSession;
 
-	/**
-	 * TagMapper
-	 *
-	 * @var TagMapper
-	 */
-	private $mapper;
+	/** @var IDBConnection */
+	private $connection;
 
-	/**
-	 * Constructor.
-	 *
-	 * @param TagMapper $mapper Instance of the TagMapper abstraction layer.
-	 * @param \OCP\IUserSession $userSession the user session
-	 */
-	public function __construct(TagMapper $mapper, \OCP\IUserSession $userSession) {
+	public function __construct(TagMapper $mapper, IUserSession $userSession, IDBConnection $connection) {
 		$this->mapper = $mapper;
 		$this->userSession = $userSession;
+		$this->connection = $connection;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -90,4 +85,23 @@ class TagManager implements \OCP\ITagManager {
 		}
 		return new Tags($this->mapper, $userId, $type, $defaultTags);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get all users who favorited an object
+	 *
+	 * @param string $objectType
+	 * @param int $objectId
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function getUsersFavoritingObject(string $objectType, int $objectId): array {
+		$query = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
+		$query->select('uid')
+			->from('vcategory_to_object', 'o')
+			->innerJoin('o', 'vcategory', 'c', $query->expr()->eq('o.categoryid', 'c.id'))
+			->where($query->expr()->eq('objid', $query->createNamedParameter($objectId, IQueryBuilder::PARAM_INT)))
+			->andWhere($query->expr()->eq('c.type', $query->createNamedParameter($objectType)))
+			->andWhere($query->expr()->eq('c.category', $query->createNamedParameter(ITags::TAG_FAVORITE)));
+
+		return $query->execute()->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_COLUMN);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/private/Tags.php b/lib/private/Tags.php
index 8ab61f7c1bb0d0e8f04795decd244aa8e3f81cef..16ec7a1d25aa35571ccb8a355b705406f2eb796f 100644
--- a/lib/private/Tags.php
+++ b/lib/private/Tags.php
@@ -641,23 +641,6 @@ class Tags implements ITags {
 		return $this->unTag($objid, ITags::TAG_FAVORITE);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Get all users who favorited an object
-	 */
-	public function getUsersFavoritingObject($objId) {
-		$entries = [];
-
-		$query = \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection()->getQueryBuilder();
-		$query->select('uid')
-			->from('vcategory_to_object', 'o')
-			->innerJoin('o', 'vcategory', 'c', $query->expr()->eq('o.categoryid', 'c.id'))
-			->where($query->expr()->eq('objid', $query->createNamedParameter($objId, IQueryBuilder::PARAM_INT)))
-			->andWhere($query->expr()->eq('c.type', $query->createNamedParameter($this->type)))
-			->andWhere($query->expr()->eq('c.category', $query->createNamedParameter(ITags::TAG_FAVORITE)));
-
-		return $query->execute()->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_COLUMN);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Creates a tag/object relation.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/lib/TagsTest.php b/tests/lib/TagsTest.php
index 69c2833433d9ceb2591535c7a8bbd2b85e95effd..f6acc6624242d5fa764a9dd5298a53f0095e8709 100644
--- a/tests/lib/TagsTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/TagsTest.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TagsTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 		$this->objectType = $this->getUniqueID('type_');
 		$this->tagMapper = new \OC\Tagging\TagMapper(\OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection());
-		$this->tagMgr = new \OC\TagManager($this->tagMapper, $this->userSession);
+		$this->tagMgr = new \OC\TagManager($this->tagMapper, $this->userSession, \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection());
 	}
 
 	protected function tearDown(): void {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class TagsTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->expects($this->any())
 			->method('getUser')
 			->willReturn(null);
-		$this->tagMgr = new \OC\TagManager($this->tagMapper, $this->userSession);
+		$this->tagMgr = new \OC\TagManager($this->tagMapper, $this->userSession, \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection());
 		$this->assertNull($this->tagMgr->load($this->objectType));
 	}