diff --git a/damus/ContentView.swift b/damus/ContentView.swift
index 106d79e1..17754c91 100644
--- a/damus/ContentView.swift
+++ b/damus/ContentView.swift
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ struct ContentView: View {
     @State private var isSideBarOpened = false
     @StateObject var home: HomeModel = HomeModel()
     
-    // connect retry timer
-    let timer = Timer.publish(every: 4, on: .main, in: .common).autoconnect()
-
     let sub_id = UUID().description
     
     @Environment(\.colorScheme) var colorScheme
@@ -450,9 +447,6 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                 print("post cancelled")
             }
         }
-        .onReceive(timer) { n in
-            self.damus_state?.pool.connect_to_disconnected()
-        }
         .onReceive(handle_notify(.new_mutes)) { notif in
             home.filter_events()
         }