diff --git a/apps/documents/managers.py b/apps/documents/managers.py
index 83555b9568..c69a007254 100644
--- a/apps/documents/managers.py
+++ b/apps/documents/managers.py
@@ -1,29 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from ast import literal_eval
-from datetime import datetime
 
 from django.db import models
 
-from .conf.settings import RECENT_COUNT
-
-
-class RecentDocumentManager(models.Manager):
-    def add_document_for_user(self, user, document):
-        if user.is_authenticated():
-            self.model.objects.filter(user=user, document=document).delete()
-            new_recent = self.model(user=user, document=document, datetime_accessed=datetime.now())
-            new_recent.save()
-            to_delete = self.model.objects.filter(user=user)[RECENT_COUNT:]
-            for recent_to_delete in to_delete:
-                recent_to_delete.delete()
-
-    def get_for_user(self, user):
-        if user.is_authenticated():
-            return [recent_document.document for recent_document in self.model.objects.filter(user=user)]
-        else:
-            return []
-
 
 class DocumentPageTransformationManager(models.Manager):
     def get_for_document_page(self, document_page):
diff --git a/apps/documents/models.py b/apps/documents/models.py
index 135e2e3825..4d7136659a 100644
--- a/apps/documents/models.py
+++ b/apps/documents/models.py
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ from mimetype.api import (get_mimetype, get_icon_file_path,
 from converter.literals import (DEFAULT_ZOOM_LEVEL, DEFAULT_ROTATION,
     DEFAULT_PAGE_NUMBER)
 
+from .conf.settings import RECENT_COUNT
 from .conf.settings import (CHECKSUM_FUNCTION, UUID_FUNCTION,
     STORAGE_BACKEND, DISPLAY_SIZE, CACHE_PATH,
     ZOOM_MAX_LEVEL, ZOOM_MIN_LEVEL)
-from .managers import (RecentDocumentManager,
-    DocumentPageTransformationManager)
+from .managers import DocumentPageTransformationManager
 from .utils import document_save_to_temp_dir
 from .literals import (RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL, RELEASE_LEVEL_CHOICES,
     VERSION_UPDATE_MAJOR, VERSION_UPDATE_MINOR, VERSION_UPDATE_MICRO)
@@ -616,6 +616,23 @@ class DocumentPageTransformation(models.Model):
         verbose_name_plural = _(u'document page transformations')
 
 
+class RecentDocumentManager(models.Manager):
+    def add_document_for_user(self, user, document):
+        if user.is_authenticated():
+            self.model.objects.filter(user=user, document=document).delete()
+            new_recent = self.model(user=user, document=document, datetime_accessed=datetime.datetime.now())
+            new_recent.save()
+            to_delete = self.model.objects.filter(user=user)[RECENT_COUNT:]
+            for recent_to_delete in to_delete:
+                recent_to_delete.delete()
+
+    def get_for_user(self, user):
+        if user.is_authenticated():
+            return Document.objects.filter(recentdocument__user=user)
+        else:
+            return []
+
+
 class RecentDocument(models.Model):
     """
     Keeps a list of the n most recent accessed or created document for