diff --git a/keyserver/src/creators/account-creator.js b/keyserver/src/creators/account-creator.js
--- a/keyserver/src/creators/account-creator.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/creators/account-creator.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import { getRustAPI } from 'rust-node-addon';
 import bcrypt from 'twin-bcrypt';
 
-import bots from 'lib/facts/bots.js';
 import genesis from 'lib/facts/genesis.js';
 import { policyTypes } from 'lib/facts/policies.js';
 import { validUsernameRegex } from 'lib/shared/account-utils.js';
@@ -30,11 +29,7 @@
   persistFreshOlmSession,
   createOlmSession,
 } from './olm-session-creator.js';
-import {
-  createThread,
-  createPrivateThread,
-  privateThreadDescription,
-} from './thread-creator.js';
+import { createThread } from './thread-creator.js';
 import { dbQuery, SQL } from '../database/database.js';
 import { deleteCookie } from '../deleters/cookie-deleters.js';
 import { fetchThreadInfos } from '../fetchers/thread-fetchers.js';
@@ -55,16 +50,12 @@
   thisKeyserverAdmin,
 } from '../user/identity.js';
 
-const { commbot } = bots;
-
 const ashoatMessages = [
   'welcome to Comm!',
   'as you inevitably discover bugs, have feature requests, or design ' +
     'suggestions, feel free to message them to me in the app.',
 ];
 
-const privateMessages = [privateThreadDescription];
-
 async function createAccount(
   viewer: Viewer,
   request: RegisterRequest,
@@ -195,19 +186,15 @@
     { forceAddMembers: true, silenceMessages: true, ignorePermissions: true },
   );
 
-  const [privateThreadResult, ashoatThreadResult] = await Promise.all([
-    createPrivateThread(viewer),
-    createThread(
-      viewer,
-      {
-        type: threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL,
-        initialMemberIDs: [admin.id],
-      },
-      { forceAddMembers: true },
-    ),
-  ]);
+  const ashoatThreadResult = await createThread(
+    viewer,
+    {
+      type: threadTypes.GENESIS_PERSONAL,
+      initialMemberIDs: [admin.id],
+    },
+    { forceAddMembers: true },
+  );
   const ashoatThreadID = ashoatThreadResult.newThreadID;
-  const privateThreadID = privateThreadResult.newThreadID;
 
   let messageTime = Date.now();
   const ashoatMessageDatas = ashoatMessages.map(message => ({
@@ -217,21 +204,9 @@
     time: messageTime++,
     text: message,
   }));
-  const privateMessageDatas = privateMessages.map(message => ({
-    type: messageTypes.TEXT,
-    threadID: privateThreadID,
-    creatorID: commbot.userID,
-    time: messageTime++,
-    text: message,
-  }));
-  const messageDatas = [...ashoatMessageDatas, ...privateMessageDatas];
-  const messageInfos = await createMessages(viewer, messageDatas);
+  const ashoatMessageInfos = await createMessages(viewer, ashoatMessageDatas);
 
-  return [
-    ...ashoatThreadResult.newMessageInfos,
-    ...privateThreadResult.newMessageInfos,
-    ...messageInfos,
-  ];
+  return [...ashoatThreadResult.newMessageInfos, ...ashoatMessageInfos];
 }
 
 async function createAndSendReservedUsernameMessage(
diff --git a/keyserver/src/creators/thread-creator.js b/keyserver/src/creators/thread-creator.js
--- a/keyserver/src/creators/thread-creator.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/creators/thread-creator.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 
-import bots from 'lib/facts/bots.js';
 import genesis from 'lib/facts/genesis.js';
 import { getRolePermissionBlobs } from 'lib/permissions/thread-permissions.js';
 import {
@@ -59,12 +58,6 @@
 import { isAuthoritativeKeyserver } from '../user/identity.js';
 import RelationshipChangeset from '../utils/relationship-changeset.js';
 
-const { commbot } = bots;
-
-const privateThreadDescription: string =
-  'This is your private chat, ' +
-  'where you can set reminders and jot notes in private!';
-
 type CreateThreadOptions = Partial<{
   +forceAddMembers: boolean,
   +updatesForCurrentSession: UpdatesForCurrentSession,
@@ -518,18 +511,4 @@
   };
 }
 
-function createPrivateThread(viewer: Viewer): Promise<NewThreadResponse> {
-  return createThread(
-    viewer,
-    {
-      type: threadTypes.GENESIS_PRIVATE,
-      description: privateThreadDescription,
-      ghostMemberIDs: [commbot.userID],
-    },
-    {
-      forceAddMembers: true,
-    },
-  );
-}
-
-export { createThread, createPrivateThread, privateThreadDescription };
+export { createThread };