diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/AccountAvatarUtils.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/AccountAvatarUtils.ts
index 88fbd2a44..4ac72cbc2 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/AccountAvatarUtils.ts
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/AccountAvatarUtils.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
-import RuntimeConfig, {runtimeConfigSnapshotsAreSameInstance} from '@app/features/app/state/RuntimeConfig';
 import type {Account} from '@app/features/platform/state/AuthSession';
 import * as AvatarUtils from '@app/features/user/utils/AvatarUtils';
 import {getDefaultAvatarAssetURL} from '@app/features/user/utils/DefaultAvatars';
 import type {MediaProxyImageSize} from '@fluxer/constants/src/MediaProxyImageSizes';
 import {useMemo} from 'react';
 
-const LOCAL_ACCOUNT_AVATAR_DATA_URL_PATTERN = /^data:image\/(?:avif|gif|jpeg|png|webp);base64,[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+=*$/u;
-
-function cachedAccountAvatarURL(account: Account, avatar: string, size?: MediaProxyImageSize): string | null {
-	const userData = account.userData;
-	if (!userData || userData.localAvatarHash !== avatar) {
-		return null;
-	}
-	const localAvatarURL = userData.localAvatarURL;
-	if (localAvatarURL == null || !LOCAL_ACCOUNT_AVATAR_DATA_URL_PATTERN.test(localAvatarURL)) {
-		return null;
-	}
-	if (size != null && (typeof userData.localAvatarSize !== 'number' || userData.localAvatarSize < size)) {
-		return null;
-	}
-	return localAvatarURL;
-}
-
-function accountInstanceMediaEndpoint(account: Account): string | null {
-	const instance = account.instance;
-	if (instance == null || typeof instance.mediaEndpoint !== 'string' || instance.mediaEndpoint.length === 0) {
-		return null;
-	}
-	if (!runtimeConfigSnapshotsAreSameInstance(instance, RuntimeConfig.getSnapshotOrNull())) {
-		return null;
-	}
-	return instance.mediaEndpoint;
-}
-
 function defaultAccountAvatarURL(account: Account, size?: MediaProxyImageSize): string {
 	try {
 		return AvatarUtils.getUserAvatarURL({id: account.userId, avatar: null}, false, size);
@@ -45,15 +16,8 @@ function defaultAccountAvatarURL(account: Account, size?: MediaProxyImageSize):
 
 function resolveAccountAvatarURL(account: Account, size?: MediaProxyImageSize): string {
 	const avatar = account.userData?.avatar ?? null;
-	if (avatar == null || avatar.length === 0) {
-		return defaultAccountAvatarURL(account, size);
-	}
-	const cached = cachedAccountAvatarURL(account, avatar, size);
-	if (cached != null) {
-		return cached;
-	}
-	const mediaEndpoint = accountInstanceMediaEndpoint(account);
-	if (mediaEndpoint == null) {
+	const mediaEndpoint = account.instance?.mediaEndpoint ?? null;
+	if (avatar == null || avatar.length === 0 || mediaEndpoint == null || mediaEndpoint.length === 0) {
 		return defaultAccountAvatarURL(account, size);
 	}
 	try {
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/state/AccountStorageContract.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/state/AccountStorageContract.ts
index f2ef93f76..dc76f9d96 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/state/AccountStorageContract.ts
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/state/AccountStorageContract.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ export interface UserData {
 	globalName?: string | null;
 	email?: string | null;
 	avatar?: string | null;
-	localAvatarHash?: string | null;
-	localAvatarURL?: string | null;
-	localAvatarSize?: number | null;
 }
 
 export interface AccountPresenceIntent {
diff --git a/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/state/StoredAccountRecord.ts b/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/state/StoredAccountRecord.ts
index 5b6af5624..16215057b 100644
--- a/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/state/StoredAccountRecord.ts
+++ b/fluxer_app/src/features/auth/state/StoredAccountRecord.ts
@@ -90,14 +90,6 @@ function readUserData(value: unknown): UserData | undefined {
 	if (typeof source.username !== 'string' || typeof source.discriminator !== 'string') {
 		throw new StoredAccountRuntimeRecoveryError('Stored account user data must contain a username and discriminator');
 	}
-	const localAvatarSize = source.localAvatarSize;
-	if (
-		localAvatarSize !== undefined &&
-		localAvatarSize !== null &&
-		(typeof localAvatarSize !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(localAvatarSize))
-	) {
-		throw new StoredAccountRuntimeRecoveryError('Stored account local avatar size must be finite, null, or absent');
-	}
 	const userData: UserData = {
 		username: source.username,
 		discriminator: source.discriminator,
@@ -111,19 +103,6 @@ function readUserData(value: unknown): UserData | undefined {
 	if (Object.hasOwn(source, 'avatar')) {
 		userData.avatar = readOptionalNullableString(source, 'avatar', 'Stored account avatar');
 	}
-	if (Object.hasOwn(source, 'localAvatarHash')) {
-		userData.localAvatarHash = readOptionalNullableString(
-			source,
-			'localAvatarHash',
-			'Stored account local avatar hash',
-		);
-	}
-	if (Object.hasOwn(source, 'localAvatarURL')) {
-		userData.localAvatarURL = readOptionalNullableString(source, 'localAvatarURL', 'Stored account local avatar URL');
-	}
-	if (Object.hasOwn(source, 'localAvatarSize')) {
-		userData.localAvatarSize = localAvatarSize;
-	}
 	return userData;
 }