diff --git a/lib/components/secondary-device-qr-auth-context-provider.react.js b/lib/components/secondary-device-qr-auth-context-provider.react.js
--- a/lib/components/secondary-device-qr-auth-context-provider.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/secondary-device-qr-auth-context-provider.react.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   type QRCodeAuthMessage,
 } from '../types/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-types.js';
 import {
-  type QRAuthBackupData,
   type QRCodeAuthMessagePayload,
   qrCodeAuthMessageTypes,
 } from '../types/tunnelbroker/qr-code-auth-message-types.js';
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@
     encryptionKey: string,
     message: QRCodeAuthMessage,
   ) => Promise<?QRCodeAuthMessagePayload>,
-  +performBackupRestore?: (qrAuthBackupData: QRAuthBackupData) => Promise<void>,
 };
 
 type QRData = ?{ +deviceID: string, +aesKey: string };
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@
   composeTunnelbrokerQRAuthMessage,
   handleSecondaryDeviceLogInError,
   parseTunnelbrokerQRAuthMessage,
-  performBackupRestore,
   generateQRAuthAESKey,
 } from './utils/qr-code-utils.js';
 
@@ -360,7 +359,6 @@
                             composeTunnelbrokerQRAuthMessage
                           }
                           generateAESKey={generateQRAuthAESKey}
-                          performBackupRestore={performBackupRestore}
                           onLogInError={handleSecondaryDeviceLogInError}
                         >
                           <FeatureFlagsProvider>
diff --git a/native/utils/qr-code-utils.js b/native/utils/qr-code-utils.js
--- a/native/utils/qr-code-utils.js
+++ b/native/utils/qr-code-utils.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import {
   qrCodeAuthMessagePayloadValidator,
   type QRCodeAuthMessagePayload,
-  type QRAuthBackupData,
 } from 'lib/types/tunnelbroker/qr-code-auth-message-types.js';
 import { getMessageForException } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 
@@ -22,8 +21,7 @@
   convertBytesToObj,
   convertObjToBytes,
 } from '../backup/conversion-utils.js';
-import { commCoreModule, commUtilsModule } from '../native-modules.js';
-import { persistConfig } from '../redux/persist.js';
+import { commUtilsModule } from '../native-modules.js';
 
 function composeTunnelbrokerQRAuthMessage(
   encryptionKey: string,
@@ -79,18 +77,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-function performBackupRestore(
-  qrAuthBackupData: QRAuthBackupData,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const { backupID, backupDataKey, backupLogDataKey } = qrAuthBackupData;
-  return commCoreModule.restoreBackupData(
-    backupID,
-    backupDataKey,
-    backupLogDataKey,
-    persistConfig.version.toString(),
-  );
-}
-
 function generateQRAuthAESKey(): Promise<Uint8Array> {
   return Promise.resolve(AES.generateKey());
 }
@@ -99,6 +85,5 @@
   composeTunnelbrokerQRAuthMessage,
   parseTunnelbrokerQRAuthMessage,
   handleSecondaryDeviceLogInError,
-  performBackupRestore,
   generateQRAuthAESKey,
 };