diff --git a/native/push/android.js b/native/push/android.js
--- a/native/push/android.js
+++ b/native/push/android.js
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 
 import { mergePrefixIntoBody } from 'lib/shared/notif-utils';
 
-import {
-  recordAndroidNotificationActionType,
-  rescindAndroidNotificationActionType,
-} from '../redux/action-types';
-import { store, dispatch } from '../redux/redux-setup';
+import { store } from '../redux/redux-setup';
 import { getFirebase } from './firebase';
 
 type CommAndroidNotificationsModuleType = {
@@ -37,10 +33,6 @@
   const { rescind, rescindID } = data;
   if (rescind) {
     invariant(rescindID, 'rescind message without notifID');
-    dispatch({
-      type: rescindAndroidNotificationActionType,
-      payload: { notifID: rescindID, threadID: data.threadID },
-    });
     return;
   }
 
@@ -71,15 +63,6 @@
     notification.setTitle(title);
   }
   firebase.notifications().displayNotification(notification);
-
-  // We keep track of what notifs have been rendered for a given thread so
-  // that we can clear them immediately (without waiting for the rescind)
-  // when the user navigates to that thread. Since we can't do this while
-  // the app is closed, we rely on the rescind notif in that case.
-  dispatch({
-    type: recordAndroidNotificationActionType,
-    payload: { threadID, notifID: id },
-  });
 }
 
 async function androidBackgroundMessageTask(message: RemoteMessage) {
diff --git a/native/push/reducer.js b/native/push/reducer.js
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/native/push/reducer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-
-import {
-  logOutActionTypes,
-  deleteAccountActionTypes,
-} from 'lib/actions/user-actions';
-import { setNewSessionActionType } from 'lib/utils/action-utils';
-
-import {
-  recordAndroidNotificationActionType,
-  clearAndroidNotificationsActionType,
-  rescindAndroidNotificationActionType,
-  type Action,
-} from '../redux/action-types';
-
-type RecordAndroidNotificationPayload = {
-  +threadID: string,
-  +notifID: string,
-};
-
-type ClearAndroidNotificationsPayload = {
-  +threadID: string,
-};
-
-type RescindAndroidNotificationPayload = {
-  +notifID: string,
-  +threadID: string,
-};
-
-export type AndroidNotificationActions =
-  | {
-      +type: 'RECORD_ANDROID_NOTIFICATION',
-      +payload: RecordAndroidNotificationPayload,
-    }
-  | {
-      +type: 'CLEAR_ANDROID_NOTIFICATIONS',
-      +payload: ClearAndroidNotificationsPayload,
-    }
-  | {
-      +type: 'RESCIND_ANDROID_NOTIFICATION',
-      +payload: RescindAndroidNotificationPayload,
-    };
-
-function reduceThreadIDsToNotifIDs(
-  state: { [threadID: string]: string[] },
-  action: Action,
-): { [threadID: string]: string[] } {
-  if (action.type === recordAndroidNotificationActionType) {
-    const existingNotifIDs = state[action.payload.threadID];
-    let set;
-    if (existingNotifIDs) {
-      set = new Set([...existingNotifIDs, action.payload.notifID]);
-    } else {
-      set = new Set([action.payload.notifID]);
-    }
-    return {
-      ...state,
-      [action.payload.threadID]: [...set],
-    };
-  } else if (action.type === clearAndroidNotificationsActionType) {
-    if (!state[action.payload.threadID]) {
-      return state;
-    }
-    return {
-      ...state,
-      [action.payload.threadID]: [],
-    };
-  } else if (action.type === rescindAndroidNotificationActionType) {
-    const { threadID, notifID } = action.payload;
-    const existingNotifIDs = state[threadID];
-    if (!existingNotifIDs) {
-      return state;
-    }
-    const filtered = existingNotifIDs.filter(id => id !== notifID);
-    if (filtered.length === existingNotifIDs.length) {
-      return state;
-    }
-    return { ...state, [threadID]: filtered };
-  } else if (
-    action.type === logOutActionTypes.success ||
-    action.type === deleteAccountActionTypes.success ||
-    (action.type === setNewSessionActionType &&
-      action.payload.sessionChange.cookieInvalidated)
-  ) {
-    return {};
-  } else {
-    return state;
-  }
-}
-
-export { reduceThreadIDsToNotifIDs };
diff --git a/native/redux/action-types.js b/native/redux/action-types.js
--- a/native/redux/action-types.js
+++ b/native/redux/action-types.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import type { Shape } from 'lib/types/core';
 import type { BaseAction } from 'lib/types/redux-types';
 
-import type { AndroidNotificationActions } from '../push/reducer';
 import type { DeviceCameraInfo } from '../types/camera';
 import type { ConnectivityInfo } from '../types/connectivity';
 import type { GlobalThemeInfo } from '../types/themes';
@@ -16,12 +15,6 @@
 export const resetUserStateActionType = 'RESET_USER_STATE';
 export const recordNotifPermissionAlertActionType =
   'RECORD_NOTIF_PERMISSION_ALERT';
-export const recordAndroidNotificationActionType =
-  'RECORD_ANDROID_NOTIFICATION';
-export const clearAndroidNotificationsActionType =
-  'CLEAR_ANDROID_NOTIFICATIONS';
-export const rescindAndroidNotificationActionType =
-  'RESCIND_ANDROID_NOTIFICATION';
 export const updateDimensionsActiveType = 'UPDATE_DIMENSIONS';
 export const updateConnectivityActiveType = 'UPDATE_CONNECTIVITY';
 export const updateThemeInfoActionType = 'UPDATE_THEME_INFO';
@@ -34,13 +27,10 @@
 
 export const backgroundActionTypes: Set<string> = new Set([
   saveMessagesActionType,
-  recordAndroidNotificationActionType,
-  rescindAndroidNotificationActionType,
 ]);
 
 export type Action =
   | BaseAction
-  | AndroidNotificationActions
   | {
       +type: 'SET_REDUX_STATE',
       +payload: { +state: AppState, +hideFromMonitor: boolean },
diff --git a/native/redux/persist.js b/native/redux/persist.js
--- a/native/redux/persist.js
+++ b/native/redux/persist.js
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     deviceToken: state.deviceToken,
     urlPrefix: state.urlPrefix,
     customServer: state.customServer,
-    threadIDsToNotifIDs: state.threadIDsToNotifIDs,
     notifPermissionAlertInfo: state.notifPermissionAlertInfo,
     messageSentFromRoute: state.messageSentFromRoute,
     _persist: state._persist,
@@ -467,6 +466,10 @@
 
     return state;
   },
+  [34]: state => {
+    const { threadIDsToNotifIDs, ...stateSansThreadIDsToNotifIDs } = state;
+    return stateSansThreadIDsToNotifIDs;
+  },
 };
 
 // After migration 31, we'll no longer want to persist `messageStore.messages`
@@ -547,7 +550,7 @@
     'storeLoaded',
   ],
   debug: __DEV__,
-  version: 33,
+  version: 34,
   transforms: [messageStoreMessagesBlocklistTransform],
   migrate: (createMigrate(migrations, { debug: __DEV__ }): any),
   timeout: ((__DEV__ ? 0 : undefined): number | void),
diff --git a/native/redux/redux-setup.js b/native/redux/redux-setup.js
--- a/native/redux/redux-setup.js
+++ b/native/redux/redux-setup.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 import { getGlobalNavContext } from '../navigation/icky-global';
 import { activeMessageListSelector } from '../navigation/nav-selectors';
 import { defaultNotifPermissionAlertInfo } from '../push/alerts';
-import { reduceThreadIDsToNotifIDs } from '../push/reducer';
 import reactotron from '../reactotron';
 import { defaultDeviceCameraInfo } from '../types/camera';
 import { defaultConnectivityInfo } from '../types/connectivity';
@@ -59,9 +58,6 @@
 import {
   resetUserStateActionType,
   recordNotifPermissionAlertActionType,
-  recordAndroidNotificationActionType,
-  clearAndroidNotificationsActionType,
-  rescindAndroidNotificationActionType,
   updateDimensionsActiveType,
   updateConnectivityActiveType,
   updateThemeInfoActionType,
@@ -109,7 +105,6 @@
   dataLoaded: false,
   urlPrefix: defaultURLPrefix,
   customServer: natNodeServer,
-  threadIDsToNotifIDs: {},
   notifPermissionAlertInfo: defaultNotifPermissionAlertInfo,
   connection: defaultConnectionInfo(Platform.OS),
   watchedThreadIDs: [],
@@ -227,19 +222,6 @@
     return state;
   }
 
-  const threadIDsToNotifIDs = reduceThreadIDsToNotifIDs(
-    state.threadIDsToNotifIDs,
-    action,
-  );
-  state = { ...state, threadIDsToNotifIDs };
-  if (
-    action.type === recordAndroidNotificationActionType ||
-    action.type === clearAndroidNotificationsActionType ||
-    action.type === rescindAndroidNotificationActionType
-  ) {
-    return state;
-  }
-
   if (action.type === setCustomServer) {
     return {
       ...state,
diff --git a/native/redux/state-types.js b/native/redux/state-types.js
--- a/native/redux/state-types.js
+++ b/native/redux/state-types.js
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
   dataLoaded: boolean,
   urlPrefix: string,
   customServer: ?string,
-  threadIDsToNotifIDs: { [threadID: string]: string[] },
   notifPermissionAlertInfo: NotifPermissionAlertInfo,
   connection: ConnectionInfo,
   watchedThreadIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,