diff --git a/app/models/appeal.rb b/app/models/appeal.rb
index f1290ad01a5..395056b76f5 100644
--- a/app/models/appeal.rb
+++ b/app/models/appeal.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ class Appeal < ApplicationRecord
 
   belongs_to :account
   belongs_to :strike, class_name: 'AccountWarning', foreign_key: 'account_warning_id', inverse_of: :appeal
-  belongs_to :approved_by_account, class_name: 'Account', optional: true
-  belongs_to :rejected_by_account, class_name: 'Account', optional: true
+
+  with_options class_name: 'Account', optional: true do
+    belongs_to :approved_by_account
+    belongs_to :rejected_by_account
+  end
 
   validates :text, presence: true, length: { maximum: 2_000 }
   validates :account_warning_id, uniqueness: true
diff --git a/app/models/email_domain_block.rb b/app/models/email_domain_block.rb
index f1b14c8b08c..40be59420ae 100644
--- a/app/models/email_domain_block.rb
+++ b/app/models/email_domain_block.rb
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ class EmailDomainBlock < ApplicationRecord
   include DomainNormalizable
   include Paginable
 
-  belongs_to :parent, class_name: 'EmailDomainBlock', optional: true
-  has_many :children, class_name: 'EmailDomainBlock', foreign_key: :parent_id, inverse_of: :parent, dependent: :destroy
+  with_options class_name: 'EmailDomainBlock' do
+    belongs_to :parent, optional: true
+    has_many :children, foreign_key: :parent_id, inverse_of: :parent, dependent: :destroy
+  end
 
   validates :domain, presence: true, uniqueness: true, domain: true
 
diff --git a/app/models/poll.rb b/app/models/poll.rb
index 72f04f00a72..37149c3d869 100644
--- a/app/models/poll.rb
+++ b/app/models/poll.rb
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ class Poll < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :status
 
   has_many :votes, class_name: 'PollVote', inverse_of: :poll, dependent: :delete_all
-  has_many :voters, -> { group('accounts.id') }, through: :votes, class_name: 'Account', source: :account
-  has_many :local_voters, -> { group('accounts.id').merge(Account.local) }, through: :votes, class_name: 'Account', source: :account
+
+  with_options class_name: 'Account', source: :account, through: :votes do
+    has_many :voters, -> { group('accounts.id') }
+    has_many :local_voters, -> { group('accounts.id').merge(Account.local) }
+  end
 
   has_many :notifications, as: :activity, dependent: :destroy
 
diff --git a/app/models/report.rb b/app/models/report.rb
index c565362cc64..126701b3d69 100644
--- a/app/models/report.rb
+++ b/app/models/report.rb
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ class Report < ApplicationRecord
   rate_limit by: :account, family: :reports
 
   belongs_to :account
-  belongs_to :target_account, class_name: 'Account'
-  belongs_to :action_taken_by_account, class_name: 'Account', optional: true
-  belongs_to :assigned_account, class_name: 'Account', optional: true
+
+  with_options class_name: 'Account' do
+    belongs_to :target_account
+    belongs_to :action_taken_by_account, optional: true
+    belongs_to :assigned_account, optional: true
+  end
 
   has_many :notes, class_name: 'ReportNote', inverse_of: :report, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :notifications, as: :activity, dependent: :destroy
diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index a498da288a8..9a2169f9952 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :conversation, optional: true
   belongs_to :preloadable_poll, class_name: 'Poll', foreign_key: 'poll_id', optional: true, inverse_of: false
 
-  belongs_to :thread, foreign_key: 'in_reply_to_id', class_name: 'Status', inverse_of: :replies, optional: true
-  belongs_to :reblog, foreign_key: 'reblog_of_id', class_name: 'Status', inverse_of: :reblogs, optional: true
+  with_options class_name: 'Status', optional: true do
+    belongs_to :thread, foreign_key: 'in_reply_to_id', inverse_of: :replies
+    belongs_to :reblog, foreign_key: 'reblog_of_id', inverse_of: :reblogs
+  end
 
   has_many :favourites, inverse_of: :status, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :bookmarks, inverse_of: :status, dependent: :destroy