diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -1829,24 +1829,24 @@
       if (!allowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs) {
         return [];
       }
-      const supports = [];
-      const needFetch = [];
+      const userSupportingThickThreads = [];
+      const usersNeedsFetch = [];
       for (const userID of userIDs) {
         if (userHasDeviceList(userID, auxUserInfos)) {
-          supports.push(userID);
+          userSupportingThickThreads.push(userID);
         } else {
-          needFetch.push(userID);
+          usersNeedsFetch.push(userID);
         }
       }
-      if (needFetch.length > 0) {
-        const { identities } = await findUserIdentities(needFetch);
-        for (const userID of needFetch) {
+      if (usersNeedsFetch.length > 0) {
+        const { identities } = await findUserIdentities(usersNeedsFetch);
+        for (const userID of usersNeedsFetch) {
           if (identities[userID]) {
-            supports.push(userID);
+            userSupportingThickThreads.push(userID);
           }
         }
       }
-      return supports;
+      return userSupportingThickThreads;
     },
     [allowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs, auxUserInfos, findUserIdentities],
   );
@@ -1919,4 +1919,5 @@
   isMemberActive,
   createThreadTimestamps,
   userHasDeviceList,
+  useUserSupportThickThread,
 };
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js b/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
@@ -279,8 +279,6 @@
     ],
   );
 
-  const allowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs = useAllowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs();
-
   const listData: $ReadOnlyArray<Item> = React.useMemo(() => {
     const chatThreadItems = getThreadListSearchResults(
       boundChatListData,
@@ -289,7 +287,6 @@
       threadSearchResults,
       usersSearchResults,
       loggedInUserInfo,
-      allowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
     );
 
     const chatItems: Item[] = [...chatThreadItems];
@@ -304,7 +301,6 @@
 
     return chatItems;
   }, [
-    allowOlmViaTunnelbrokerForDMs,
     boundChatListData,
     emptyItem,
     filterThreads,