diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useRoomEventReaders.ts b/src/app/hooks/useRoomEventReaders.ts
index ffbb5918..f634e586 100644
--- a/src/app/hooks/useRoomEventReaders.ts
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useRoomEventReaders.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Room, RoomEvent, RoomEventHandlerMap } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { getUnreadInfo } from '../utils/room';
 
 const getEventReaders = (room: Room, evtId?: string) => {
   if (!evtId) return [];
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ const getEventReaders = (room: Room, evtId?: string) => {
 
 export const useRoomEventReaders = (room: Room, eventId?: string): string[] => {
   const [readers, setReaders] = useState<string[]>(() => getEventReaders(room, eventId));
-  const unreadInfo = getUnreadInfo(room);
   useEffect(() => {
     setReaders(getEventReaders(room, eventId));
 
@@ -48,16 +46,11 @@ export const useRoomEventReaders = (room: Room, eventId?: string): string[] => {
     room.on(RoomEvent.Receipt, handleReceipt);
     room.on(RoomEvent.LocalEchoUpdated, handleLocalEcho);
 
-    try {
-      navigator.setAppBadge(unreadInfo.total);
-    } catch (e) {
-      // Likely Firefox/Gecko-based and doesn't support badging API
-    }
     return () => {
       room.removeListener(RoomEvent.Receipt, handleReceipt);
       room.removeListener(RoomEvent.LocalEchoUpdated, handleLocalEcho);
     };
-  }, [room, eventId, unreadInfo.total]);
+  }, [room, eventId]);
 
   return readers;
 };