diff --git a/lib/hooks/inline-sidebar-text.react.js b/lib/hooks/inline-sidebar-text.react.js
--- a/lib/hooks/inline-sidebar-text.react.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/inline-sidebar-text.react.js
@@ -1,45 +1,13 @@
 // @flow
 
-import * as React from 'react';
-
-import { relativeMemberInfoSelectorForMembersOfThread } from '../selectors/user-selectors';
-import { stringForUser } from '../shared/user-utils';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from '../types/thread-types';
-import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils';
-import { pluralizeAndTrim } from '../utils/text-utils';
-
-function useInlineSidebarText(
-  threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
-): {
-  sendersText: string,
-  repliesText: string,
-} {
-  const threadMembers = useSelector(
-    relativeMemberInfoSelectorForMembersOfThread(threadInfo?.id),
-  );
-  const sendersText = React.useMemo(() => {
-    const senders = threadMembers
-      .filter(member => member.isSender)
-      .map(stringForUser);
-    return senders.length > 0 ? `${pluralizeAndTrim(senders, 25)} sent ` : '';
-  }, [threadMembers]);
-
-  const noThreadInfo = !threadInfo;
-
-  return React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (noThreadInfo) {
-      return { sendersText: '', repliesText: '' };
-    }
-    const repliesCount = threadInfo?.repliesCount || 1;
-    const repliesText = `${repliesCount} ${
-      repliesCount > 1 ? 'replies' : 'reply'
-    }`;
 
-    return {
-      sendersText,
-      repliesText,
-    };
-  }, [noThreadInfo, sendersText, threadInfo?.repliesCount]);
+function useInlineSidebarText(threadInfo: ?ThreadInfo): string {
+  if (!threadInfo) {
+    return '';
+  }
+  const repliesCount = threadInfo.repliesCount || 1;
+  return `${repliesCount} ${repliesCount > 1 ? 'replies' : 'reply'}`;
 }
 
 export default useInlineSidebarText;
diff --git a/native/chat/inline-sidebar.react.js b/native/chat/inline-sidebar.react.js
--- a/native/chat/inline-sidebar.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/inline-sidebar.react.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 };
 function InlineSidebar(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { disabled = false, reactions, threadInfo } = props;
-  const { repliesText } = useInlineSidebarText(threadInfo);
+  const repliesText = useInlineSidebarText(threadInfo);
 
   const navigateToThread = useNavigateToThread();
   const onPress = React.useCallback(() => {
diff --git a/web/chat/inline-sidebar.react.js b/web/chat/inline-sidebar.react.js
--- a/web/chat/inline-sidebar.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/inline-sidebar.react.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 };
 function InlineSidebar(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { threadInfo, positioning, reactions } = props;
-  const inlineSidebarText = useInlineSidebarText(threadInfo);
+  const repliesText = useInlineSidebarText(threadInfo);
 
   const containerClasses = classNames([
     css.inlineSidebarContainer,
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@
   const threadInfoExists = !!threadInfo;
 
   const sidebarItem = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!threadInfoExists || !inlineSidebarText) {
+    if (!threadInfoExists || !repliesText) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <div className={css.replies}>
         <CommIcon size={14} icon="sidebar-filled" />
-        {inlineSidebarText.repliesText}
+        {repliesText}
       </div>
     );
-  }, [threadInfoExists, inlineSidebarText]);
+  }, [threadInfoExists, repliesText]);
 
   return (
     <div className={containerClasses}>