diff --git a/lib/handlers/initial-state-sharing-handler.react.js b/lib/handlers/initial-state-sharing-handler.react.js
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/initial-state-sharing-handler.react.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-
-import invariant from 'invariant';
-import * as React from 'react';
-
-import { useIsLoggedInToIdentityAndAuthoritativeKeyserver } from '../hooks/account-hooks.js';
-import { getOwnPeerDevices } from '../selectors/user-selectors.js';
-import { dmOperationSpecificationTypes } from '../shared/dm-ops/dm-op-types.js';
-import { useProcessAndSendDMOperation } from '../shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js';
-import { IdentityClientContext } from '../shared/identity-client-context.js';
-import { getCreateThickRawThreadInfoInputFromThreadInfo } from '../shared/threads/protocols/dm-thread-protocol.js';
-import { values } from '../utils/objects.js';
-import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
-
-function InitialStateSharingHandler(): React.Node {
-  const userDeviceIDs = useSelector(state =>
-    getOwnPeerDevices(state).map(peer => peer.deviceID),
-  );
-  const threadInfos = useSelector(state => state.threadStore.threadInfos);
-  const viewerID = useSelector(
-    state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
-  );
-  const identityContext = React.useContext(IdentityClientContext);
-  const processAndSendDMOperation = useProcessAndSendDMOperation();
-
-  const deviceIDs = React.useRef<$ReadOnlySet<string>>(new Set(userDeviceIDs));
-
-  const loggedIn = useIsLoggedInToIdentityAndAuthoritativeKeyserver();
-
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    void (async () => {
-      if (!loggedIn) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const oldDeviceIDs = deviceIDs.current;
-      const newDeviceIDs = new Set(userDeviceIDs);
-      deviceIDs.current = newDeviceIDs;
-
-      invariant(identityContext, 'Identity context should be set');
-      const authMetadata = await identityContext.getAuthMetadata();
-      if (authMetadata.deviceID !== userDeviceIDs[0] || !viewerID) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      const recipients = new Set<string>();
-      for (const deviceID of newDeviceIDs) {
-        if (!oldDeviceIDs.has(deviceID)) {
-          recipients.add(deviceID);
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (recipients.size === 0) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      for (const threadInfo of values(threadInfos)) {
-        if (!threadInfo.thick) {
-          continue;
-        }
-
-        const existingThreadDetails =
-          getCreateThickRawThreadInfoInputFromThreadInfo(threadInfo);
-        const operation = {
-          type: 'add_viewer_to_thread_members',
-          existingThreadDetails,
-          editorID: viewerID,
-          time: threadInfo.creationTime,
-          messageID: null,
-          addedUserIDs: [],
-        };
-        void processAndSendDMOperation({
-          type: dmOperationSpecificationTypes.OUTBOUND,
-          op: operation,
-          recipients: {
-            type: 'some_devices',
-            deviceIDs: [...recipients],
-          },
-          sendOnly: true,
-        });
-      }
-    })();
-  }, [
-    loggedIn,
-    identityContext,
-    processAndSendDMOperation,
-    threadInfos,
-    userDeviceIDs,
-    viewerID,
-  ]);
-
-  return null;
-}
-
-export { InitialStateSharingHandler };
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 import { UserIdentityCacheProvider } from 'lib/components/user-identity-cache.react.js';
 import { DBOpsHandler } from 'lib/handlers/db-ops-handler.react.js';
 import { HoldersHandler } from 'lib/handlers/holders-handler.react.js';
-import { InitialStateSharingHandler } from 'lib/handlers/initial-state-sharing-handler.react.js';
 import { RestoreBackupHandler } from 'lib/handlers/restore-backup-handler.react.js';
 import { SyncCurrentUserInfoHandler } from 'lib/handlers/sync-current-user-info-handler.react.js';
 import { SyncStoreVersionHandler } from 'lib/handlers/sync-store-version-handler.react.js';
@@ -428,7 +427,6 @@
                                                             <FarcasterSyncHandler />
                                                             <AutoJoinCommunityHandler />
                                                             <SyncCommunityStoreHandler />
-                                                            <InitialStateSharingHandler />
                                                             <SecondaryDevicesBackupHandler />
                                                           </PersistedStateGate>
                                                           {navigation}