diff --git a/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js b/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js
--- a/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js
@@ -228,9 +228,7 @@
     ],
   );
 
-  const [inProgress, setInProgress] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
-
-  const coreFunctionality = React.useCallback(
+  return React.useCallback(
     async (action: RelationshipAction, userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) => {
       if (
         action === relationshipActions.FRIEND ||
@@ -261,25 +259,6 @@
     },
     [updateRelationshipsAndSendRobotext, updateRelationships],
   );
-
-  return React.useCallback(
-    async (action: RelationshipAction, userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) => {
-      if (inProgress) {
-        console.log(
-          'updateRelationships called from same component before last call ' +
-            'finished. ignoring',
-        );
-        return {};
-      }
-      setInProgress(true);
-      try {
-        return await coreFunctionality(action, userIDs);
-      } finally {
-        setInProgress(false);
-      }
-    },
-    [inProgress, coreFunctionality],
-  );
 }
 
 export { useUpdateRelationships };