diff --git a/include/ChatPage.h b/include/ChatPage.h
index 5a6376c9..5cd1c623 100644
--- a/include/ChatPage.h
+++ b/include/ChatPage.h
@@ -194,10 +194,6 @@ private:
 
         // LMDB wrapper.
         QSharedPointer<Cache> cache_;
-
-        // If the number of failures exceeds a certain threshold we
-        // return to the login page.
-        int initialSyncFailures_ = 0;
 };
 
 template<class Collection>
diff --git a/src/ChatPage.cc b/src/ChatPage.cc
index 0cb23651..93ae562e 100644
--- a/src/ChatPage.cc
+++ b/src/ChatPage.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include "dialogs/ReadReceipts.h"
 #include "timeline/TimelineViewManager.h"
 
-constexpr int MAX_INITIAL_SYNC_FAILURES  = 7;
 constexpr int SYNC_RETRY_TIMEOUT         = 40 * 1000;
 constexpr int INITIAL_SYNC_RETRY_TIMEOUT = 240 * 1000;
 
@@ -975,19 +974,6 @@ ChatPage::retryInitialSync()
                 return;
         }
 
-        initialSyncFailures_ += 1;
-
-        if (initialSyncFailures_ >= MAX_INITIAL_SYNC_FAILURES) {
-                initialSyncFailures_ = 0;
-
-                deleteConfigs();
-
-                emit showLoginPage(
-                  tr("The client couldn't sync with the server. Please try again."));
-                emit contentLoaded();
-                return;
-        }
-
         qWarning() << "Retrying initial sync";
 
         client_->initialSync();