diff --git a/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js b/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js
index a79516d68..440ed805a 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/relationship-hooks.js
@@ -1,285 +1,264 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import uuid from 'uuid';
 
 import { useNewThickThread } from './thread-hooks.js';
 import { useFindUserIdentities } from '../actions/find-user-identities-actions.js';
 import { updateRelationships as serverUpdateRelationships } from '../actions/relationship-actions.js';
 import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from '../keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
 import { pendingToRealizedThreadIDsSelector } from '../selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import { dmOperationSpecificationTypes } from '../shared/dm-ops/dm-op-utils.js';
 import { useProcessAndSendDMOperation } from '../shared/dm-ops/process-dm-ops.js';
 import { getPendingThreadID } from '../shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { RelationshipOperation } from '../types/messages/update-relationship.js';
 import type { AppState } from '../types/redux-types.js';
 import {
   type RelationshipAction,
   type RelationshipErrors,
   type RelationshipRequestUserInfo,
   type RelationshipRequest,
   relationshipActions,
   userRelationshipStatus,
 } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from '../types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 type RobotextPlanForUser =
   | { +plan: 'send_to_thin_thread' }
   | {
       +plan: 'send_to_existing_thick_thread',
       +thickThreadID: string,
     }
   | { +plan: 'send_to_new_thick_thread' };
 
 function useUpdateRelationships(): (
   action: RelationshipAction,
   userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
 ) => Promise<RelationshipErrors> {
   const viewerID = useSelector(
     state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
   );
   const processAndSendDMOperation = useProcessAndSendDMOperation();
   const sendRobotextToThickThread = React.useCallback(
     async (
       userID: string,
       thickThreadID: string,
       relationshipOperation: RelationshipOperation,
     ): Promise<void> => {
       if (!viewerID) {
         console.log('skipping sendRobotextToThickThread since logged out');
         return;
       }
       const op = {
         type: 'update_relationship',
         threadID: thickThreadID,
         creatorID: viewerID,
         time: Date.now(),
         operation: relationshipOperation,
         targetUserID: userID,
         messageID: uuid.v4(),
       };
       const opSpecification = {
         type: dmOperationSpecificationTypes.OUTBOUND,
         op,
         // We need to use a different mechanism than `all_thread_members`
         // because when creating a thread, the thread might not yet
         // be in the store.
         recipients: {
           type: 'some_users',
           userIDs: [viewerID, userID],
         },
       };
       await processAndSendDMOperation(opSpecification);
     },
     [viewerID, processAndSendDMOperation],
   );
 
   const updateRelationships = useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(
     serverUpdateRelationships,
   );
   const pendingToRealizedThreadIDs = useSelector((state: AppState) =>
     pendingToRealizedThreadIDsSelector(state.threadStore.threadInfos),
   );
   const userInfos = useSelector(state => state.userStore.userInfos);
   const rawThreadInfos = useSelector(
     (state: AppState) => state.threadStore.threadInfos,
   );
   const createNewThickThread = useNewThickThread();
 
   const findUserIdentities = useFindUserIdentities();
 
   const updateRelationshipsAndSendRobotext = React.useCallback(
     async (action: RelationshipAction, userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) => {
       if (!viewerID) {
         console.log(
           'skipping updateRelationshipsAndSendRobotext since logged out',
         );
         return {};
       }
       const { identities } = await findUserIdentities(userIDs);
       const planForUsers = new Map<string, RobotextPlanForUser>();
       for (const userID of userIDs) {
         if (!identities[userID]) {
           planForUsers.set(userID, { plan: 'send_to_thin_thread' });
           continue;
         }
 
         const pendingThreadID = getPendingThreadID(
           threadTypes.PERSONAL,
           [userID, viewerID],
           null,
         );
 
         const realizedThreadID =
           pendingToRealizedThreadIDs.get(pendingThreadID);
         if (!realizedThreadID) {
           planForUsers.set(userID, { plan: 'send_to_new_thick_thread' });
           continue;
         }
 
         const rawThreadInfo = rawThreadInfos[realizedThreadID];
         if (!rawThreadInfo) {
           console.log(
             `could not find rawThreadInfo for realizedThreadID ` +
               `${realizedThreadID} found for pendingThreadID ` +
               pendingThreadID,
           );
           planForUsers.set(userID, { plan: 'send_to_new_thick_thread' });
           continue;
         }
 
         if (rawThreadInfo.type === threadTypes.PERSONAL) {
           planForUsers.set(userID, {
             plan: 'send_to_existing_thick_thread',
             thickThreadID: realizedThreadID,
           });
         } else {
           planForUsers.set(userID, { plan: 'send_to_thin_thread' });
         }
       }
 
       const usersForKeyserverCall: {
         [userID: string]: RelationshipRequestUserInfo,
       } = {};
       for (const [userID, planForUser] of planForUsers) {
         usersForKeyserverCall[userID] = {
           createRobotextInThinThread:
             planForUser.plan === 'send_to_thin_thread',
         };
       }
 
       let request: RelationshipRequest;
       if (action === 'farcaster' || action === 'friend') {
         request = { action, users: usersForKeyserverCall };
       } else {
         request = { action, users: usersForKeyserverCall };
       }
       const keyserverResultPromise = updateRelationships(request);
 
       const thickThreadPromises: Array<Promise<void>> = [];
       for (const [userID, planForUser] of planForUsers) {
         if (planForUser.plan === 'send_to_thin_thread') {
           // Keyserver calls handles creating robotext for thin threads
           continue;
         }
         if (
           action !== relationshipActions.FRIEND &&
           action !== relationshipActions.FARCASTER_MUTUAL
         ) {
           // We only create robotext for FRIEND and FARCASTER_MUTUAL
           continue;
         }
 
         const relationshipStatus = userInfos[userID]?.relationshipStatus;
         let relationshipOperation;
         if (action === relationshipActions.FARCASTER_MUTUAL) {
           relationshipOperation = 'farcaster_mutual';
         } else if (
           relationshipStatus === userRelationshipStatus.FRIEND ||
           relationshipStatus === userRelationshipStatus.REQUEST_RECEIVED
         ) {
           relationshipOperation = 'request_accepted';
         } else {
           relationshipOperation = 'request_sent';
         }
 
         if (planForUser.plan === 'send_to_existing_thick_thread') {
           const { thickThreadID } = planForUser;
           thickThreadPromises.push(
             sendRobotextToThickThread(
               userID,
               thickThreadID,
               relationshipOperation,
             ),
           );
           continue;
         }
 
         const createThickThreadAndSendRobotextPromise = (async () => {
           const thickThreadID = await createNewThickThread({
             type: threadTypes.PERSONAL,
             initialMemberIDs: [userID],
           });
           return await sendRobotextToThickThread(
             userID,
             thickThreadID,
             relationshipOperation,
           );
         })();
         thickThreadPromises.push(createThickThreadAndSendRobotextPromise);
       }
 
       const [keyserverResult] = await Promise.all([
         keyserverResultPromise,
         Promise.all(thickThreadPromises),
       ]);
       return keyserverResult;
     },
     [
       viewerID,
       updateRelationships,
       findUserIdentities,
       pendingToRealizedThreadIDs,
       sendRobotextToThickThread,
       userInfos,
       rawThreadInfos,
       createNewThickThread,
     ],
   );
 
-  const [inProgress, setInProgress] = React.useState<boolean>(false);
-
-  const coreFunctionality = React.useCallback(
+  return React.useCallback(
     async (action: RelationshipAction, userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) => {
       if (
         action === relationshipActions.FRIEND ||
         action === relationshipActions.FARCASTER_MUTUAL
       ) {
         // We only need to create robotext for FRIEND and FARCASTER_MUTUAL, so
         // we skip the complexity of updateRelationshipsAndSendRobotext for
         // other RelationshipActions
         return await updateRelationshipsAndSendRobotext(action, userIDs);
       }
 
       let request: RelationshipRequest;
       if (action === 'farcaster' || action === 'friend') {
         const users = Object.fromEntries(
           userIDs.map(userID => [
             userID,
             {
               createRobotextInThinThread: true,
             },
           ]),
         );
         request = { action, users };
       } else {
         const users = Object.fromEntries(userIDs.map(userID => [userID, {}]));
         request = { action, users };
       }
       return await updateRelationships(request);
     },
     [updateRelationshipsAndSendRobotext, updateRelationships],
   );
-
-  return React.useCallback(
-    async (action: RelationshipAction, userIDs: $ReadOnlyArray<string>) => {
-      if (inProgress) {
-        console.log(
-          'updateRelationships called from same component before last call ' +
-            'finished. ignoring',
-        );
-        return {};
-      }
-      setInProgress(true);
-      try {
-        return await coreFunctionality(action, userIDs);
-      } finally {
-        setInProgress(false);
-      }
-    },
-    [inProgress, coreFunctionality],
-  );
 }
 
 export { useUpdateRelationships };