diff --git a/lib/hooks/disconnected-bar.js b/lib/hooks/disconnected-bar.js
--- a/lib/hooks/disconnected-bar.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/disconnected-bar.js
@@ -4,66 +4,26 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { connectionSelector } from '../selectors/keyserver-selectors.js';
-import {
-  updateDisconnectedBarActionType,
-  type ConnectionStatus,
-} from '../types/socket-types.js';
+import { updateDisconnectedBarActionType } from '../types/socket-types.js';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 import { ashoatKeyserverID } from '../utils/validation-utils.js';
 
 function useDisconnectedBarVisibilityHandler(networkConnected: boolean): void {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
-  const connection = useSelector(connectionSelector(ashoatKeyserverID));
-  invariant(connection, 'keyserver missing from keyserverStore');
 
-  const disconnected = connection.showDisconnectedBar;
   const setDisconnected = React.useCallback(
     (newDisconnected: boolean) => {
-      if (newDisconnected === disconnected) {
-        return;
-      }
       dispatch({
         type: updateDisconnectedBarActionType,
         payload: { visible: newDisconnected, keyserverID: ashoatKeyserverID },
       });
     },
-    [disconnected, dispatch],
+    [dispatch],
   );
 
-  const networkActiveRef = React.useRef<boolean>(true);
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    networkActiveRef.current = networkConnected;
-    if (!networkConnected) {
-      setDisconnected(true);
-    }
-  }, [setDisconnected, networkConnected]);
-
-  const prevConnectionStatusRef = React.useRef<?ConnectionStatus>();
-  const connectionStatus = connection.status;
-  const someRequestIsLate = connection.lateResponses.length !== 0;
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    const prevConnectionStatus = prevConnectionStatusRef.current;
-    prevConnectionStatusRef.current = connectionStatus;
-
-    if (
-      connectionStatus === 'connected' &&
-      prevConnectionStatus !== 'connected'
-    ) {
-      // Sometimes NetInfo misses the network coming back online for some
-      // reason. But if the socket reconnects, the network must be up
-      networkActiveRef.current = true;
-      setDisconnected(false);
-    } else if (!networkActiveRef.current || someRequestIsLate) {
-      setDisconnected(true);
-    } else if (
-      connectionStatus === 'reconnecting' ||
-      connectionStatus === 'forcedDisconnecting'
-    ) {
-      setDisconnected(true);
-    } else if (connectionStatus === 'connected') {
-      setDisconnected(false);
-    }
-  }, [connectionStatus, someRequestIsLate, setDisconnected]);
+    setDisconnected(!networkConnected);
+  }, [networkConnected, setDisconnected]);
 }
 
 function useShouldShowDisconnectedBar(): {