diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/widgets.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/widgets.php
index 3594a5628..8d8ce4375 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/widgets.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Twenty_Eleven_Ephemera_Widget extends WP_Widget {
 		$ephemera_args = array(
 			'order' => 'DESC',
 			'posts_per_page' => $number,
-			'nopaging' => 0,
+			'no_found_rows' => true,
 			'post_status' => 'publish',
 			'post__not_in' => get_option( 'sticky_posts' ),
 			'tax_query' => array(
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php
index aeb3bad1a..eae1037df 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ get_header(); ?>
 						'post__in' => $sticky,
 						'post_status' => 'publish',
 						'posts_per_page' => 10,
+						'no_found_rows' => true,
 					);
 
 					// The Featured Posts query.
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ get_header(); ?>
 								'operator' => 'NOT IN',
 							),
 						),
+						'no_found_rows' => true,
 					);
 					// Our new query for the Recent Posts section.
 					$recent = new WP_Query();