diff --git a/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js b/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js
--- a/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js
+++ b/lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js
@@ -200,6 +200,22 @@
   };
 }
 
+function useCreateChatThreadItem(): ThreadInfo => ChatThreadItem {
+  const messageInfos = useSelector(messageInfoSelector);
+  const sidebarInfos = useSelector(sidebarInfoSelector);
+  const messageStore = useSelector(state => state.messageStore);
+  return React.useCallback(
+    threadInfo =>
+      createChatThreadItem(
+        threadInfo,
+        messageStore,
+        messageInfos,
+        sidebarInfos[threadInfo.id],
+      ),
+    [messageInfos, messageStore, sidebarInfos],
+  );
+}
+
 function useFlattenedChatListData(): $ReadOnlyArray<ChatThreadItem> {
   return useFilteredChatListData(threadInChatList);
 }
@@ -208,25 +224,15 @@
   filterFunction: (threadInfo: ?(ThreadInfo | RawThreadInfo)) => boolean,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<ChatThreadItem> {
   const threadInfos = useSelector(threadInfoSelector);
-  const messageInfos = useSelector(messageInfoSelector);
-  const sidebarInfos = useSelector(sidebarInfoSelector);
-  const messageStore = useSelector(state => state.messageStore);
-
+  const getChatThreadItem = useCreateChatThreadItem();
   return React.useMemo(
     () =>
       _flow(
         _filter(filterFunction),
-        _map((threadInfo: ThreadInfo): ChatThreadItem =>
-          createChatThreadItem(
-            threadInfo,
-            messageStore,
-            messageInfos,
-            sidebarInfos[threadInfo.id],
-          ),
-        ),
+        _map(getChatThreadItem),
         _orderBy('lastUpdatedTimeIncludingSidebars')('desc'),
       )(threadInfos),
-    [messageInfos, messageStore, sidebarInfos, filterFunction, threadInfos],
+    [getChatThreadItem, filterFunction, threadInfos],
   );
 }
 
@@ -692,7 +698,7 @@
 
 export {
   messageInfoSelector,
-  createChatThreadItem,
+  useCreateChatThreadItem,
   createChatMessageItems,
   messageListData,
   useFlattenedChatListData,
diff --git a/web/selectors/chat-selectors.js b/web/selectors/chat-selectors.js
--- a/web/selectors/chat-selectors.js
+++ b/web/selectors/chat-selectors.js
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 
 import {
   type ChatThreadItem,
-  createChatThreadItem,
-  messageInfoSelector,
+  useCreateChatThreadItem,
 } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
-import { sidebarInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/sidebar-selectors.js';
 import { threadInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import { threadIsPending } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
@@ -15,36 +13,22 @@
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 function useChatThreadItem(threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo): ?ChatThreadItem {
-  const messageInfos = useSelector(messageInfoSelector);
-  const sidebarInfos = useSelector(sidebarInfoSelector);
-  const messageStore = useSelector(state => state.messageStore);
-
+  const createChatThreadItem = useCreateChatThreadItem();
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!threadInfo) {
       return null;
     }
-
-    return createChatThreadItem(
-      threadInfo,
-      messageStore,
-      messageInfos,
-      sidebarInfos[threadInfo.id],
-    );
-  }, [messageInfos, messageStore, sidebarInfos, threadInfo]);
+    return createChatThreadItem(threadInfo);
+  }, [createChatThreadItem, threadInfo]);
 }
 
 function useActiveChatThreadItem(): ?ChatThreadItem {
-  const messageInfos = useSelector(messageInfoSelector);
-  const sidebarInfos = useSelector(sidebarInfoSelector);
-  const messageStore = useSelector(state => state.messageStore);
-
+  const createChatThreadItem = useCreateChatThreadItem();
   const activeChatThreadID = useSelector(
     state => state.navInfo.activeChatThreadID,
   );
   const pendingThreadInfo = useSelector(state => state.navInfo.pendingThread);
-
   const threadInfos = useSelector(threadInfoSelector);
-
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!activeChatThreadID) {
       return null;
@@ -53,20 +37,12 @@
     const threadInfo = isPending
       ? pendingThreadInfo
       : threadInfos[activeChatThreadID];
-
     if (!threadInfo) {
       return null;
     }
-    return createChatThreadItem(
-      threadInfo,
-      messageStore,
-      messageInfos,
-      sidebarInfos[threadInfo.id],
-    );
+    return createChatThreadItem(threadInfo);
   }, [
-    messageInfos,
-    sidebarInfos,
-    messageStore,
+    createChatThreadItem,
     activeChatThreadID,
     pendingThreadInfo,
     threadInfos,