diff --git a/src/actions/streaming.ts b/src/actions/streaming.ts
index 23b426cd8..d6f6ea55e 100644
--- a/src/actions/streaming.ts
+++ b/src/actions/streaming.ts
@@ -99,10 +99,9 @@ interface TimelineStreamOpts {
 const connectTimelineStream = (
   timelineId: string,
   path: string,
-  pollingRefresh: ((dispatch: AppDispatch, done?: () => void) => void) | null = null,
   accept: ((status: APIEntity) => boolean) | null = null,
   opts?: TimelineStreamOpts,
-) => connectStream(path, pollingRefresh, (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => {
+) => connectStream(path, (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => {
   const locale = getLocale(getState());
 
   return {
diff --git a/src/api/hooks/streaming/useCommunityStream.ts b/src/api/hooks/streaming/useCommunityStream.ts
index 0ee8b3335..77b0a0ce5 100644
--- a/src/api/hooks/streaming/useCommunityStream.ts
+++ b/src/api/hooks/streaming/useCommunityStream.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ function useCommunityStream({ onlyMedia, enabled }: UseCommunityStreamOpts = {})
     `community${onlyMedia ? ':media' : ''}`,
     `public:local${onlyMedia ? ':media' : ''}`,
     undefined,
-    undefined,
     { enabled },
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/api/hooks/streaming/useDirectStream.ts b/src/api/hooks/streaming/useDirectStream.ts
index cf343a09b..dea64d4e3 100644
--- a/src/api/hooks/streaming/useDirectStream.ts
+++ b/src/api/hooks/streaming/useDirectStream.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ function useDirectStream() {
     'direct',
     'direct',
     null,
-    null,
     { enabled: isLoggedIn },
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/api/hooks/streaming/useListStream.ts b/src/api/hooks/streaming/useListStream.ts
index e6808ffd8..8cb02bc81 100644
--- a/src/api/hooks/streaming/useListStream.ts
+++ b/src/api/hooks/streaming/useListStream.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ function useListStream(listId: string) {
     `list:${listId}`,
     `list&list=${listId}`,
     null,
-    null,
     { enabled: isLoggedIn },
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/api/hooks/streaming/usePublicStream.ts b/src/api/hooks/streaming/usePublicStream.ts
index cfc9e63af..356ed07e8 100644
--- a/src/api/hooks/streaming/usePublicStream.ts
+++ b/src/api/hooks/streaming/usePublicStream.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ function usePublicStream({ onlyMedia, language }: UsePublicStreamOpts = {}) {
     `public${onlyMedia ? ':media' : ''}`,
     `public${onlyMedia ? ':media' : ''}`,
     null,
-    null,
     { enabled: !language }, // TODO: support language streaming
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/api/hooks/streaming/useTimelineStream.ts b/src/api/hooks/streaming/useTimelineStream.ts
index 28aedbecf..c47e2c5bd 100644
--- a/src/api/hooks/streaming/useTimelineStream.ts
+++ b/src/api/hooks/streaming/useTimelineStream.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { getAccessToken } from 'soapbox/utils/auth.ts';
 function useTimelineStream(...args: Parameters<typeof connectTimelineStream>) {
   // TODO: get rid of streaming.ts and move the actual opts here.
   const [timelineId, path] = args;
-  const { enabled = true } = args[4] ?? {};
+  const { enabled = true } = args[3] ?? {};
 
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const { instance } = useInstance();
diff --git a/src/api/hooks/streaming/useUserStream.ts b/src/api/hooks/streaming/useUserStream.ts
index 1030403d2..2736761e7 100644
--- a/src/api/hooks/streaming/useUserStream.ts
+++ b/src/api/hooks/streaming/useUserStream.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
-import { expandNotifications } from 'soapbox/actions/notifications.ts';
-import { expandHomeTimeline } from 'soapbox/actions/timelines.ts';
 import { useStatContext } from 'soapbox/contexts/stat-context.tsx';
 import { useLoggedIn } from 'soapbox/hooks/useLoggedIn.ts';
 
 import { useTimelineStream } from './useTimelineStream.ts';
 
-import type { AppDispatch } from 'soapbox/store.ts';
-
 function useUserStream() {
   const { isLoggedIn } = useLoggedIn();
   const statContext = useStatContext();
@@ -14,16 +10,9 @@ function useUserStream() {
   return useTimelineStream(
     'home',
     'user',
-    refresh,
     null,
     { statContext, enabled: isLoggedIn },
   );
 }
 
-/** Refresh home timeline and notifications. */
-function refresh(dispatch: AppDispatch, done?: () => void) {
-  return dispatch(expandHomeTimeline({}, () =>
-    dispatch(expandNotifications({}, done))));
-}
-
 export { useUserStream };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/stream.ts b/src/stream.ts
index 165de6b55..7329b962f 100644
--- a/src/stream.ts
+++ b/src/stream.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,14 @@ import { getAccessToken } from 'soapbox/utils/auth.ts';
 
 import type { AppDispatch, RootState } from 'soapbox/store.ts';
 
-const randomIntUpTo = (max: number) => Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(max));
-
 interface ConnectStreamCallbacks {
   onConnect(): void;
   onDisconnect(): void;
   onReceive(websocket: Websocket, data: unknown): void;
 }
 
-type PollingRefreshFn = (dispatch: AppDispatch, done?: () => void) => void
-
 export function connectStream(
   path: string,
-  pollingRefresh: PollingRefreshFn | null = null,
   callbacks: (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => ConnectStreamCallbacks,
 ) {
   return (dispatch: AppDispatch, getState: () => RootState) => {
@@ -24,23 +19,6 @@ export function connectStream(
     const accessToken = getAccessToken(getState());
     const { onConnect, onDisconnect, onReceive } = callbacks(dispatch, getState);
 
-    let polling: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
-
-    const setupPolling = () => {
-      if (pollingRefresh) {
-        pollingRefresh(dispatch, () => {
-          polling = setTimeout(() => setupPolling(), 20000 + randomIntUpTo(20000));
-        });
-      }
-    };
-
-    const clearPolling = () => {
-      if (polling) {
-        clearTimeout(polling);
-        polling = null;
-      }
-    };
-
     let subscription: Websocket;
 
     // If the WebSocket fails to be created, don't crash the whole page,
@@ -48,18 +26,10 @@ export function connectStream(
     try {
       subscription = getStream(streamingAPIBaseURL!, accessToken!, path, {
         connected() {
-          if (pollingRefresh) {
-            clearPolling();
-          }
-
           onConnect();
         },
 
         disconnected() {
-          if (pollingRefresh) {
-            polling = setTimeout(() => setupPolling(), randomIntUpTo(40000));
-          }
-
           onDisconnect();
         },
 
@@ -68,11 +38,6 @@ export function connectStream(
         },
 
         reconnected() {
-          if (pollingRefresh) {
-            clearPolling();
-            pollingRefresh(dispatch);
-          }
-
           onConnect();
         },
 
@@ -85,8 +50,6 @@ export function connectStream(
       if (subscription) {
         subscription.close();
       }
-
-      clearPolling();
     };
 
     return disconnect;