diff --git a/ui/js/actions/app.js b/ui/js/actions/app.js
index 5eba212f1..35049d435 100644
--- a/ui/js/actions/app.js
+++ b/ui/js/actions/app.js
@@ -64,17 +64,6 @@ export function doHistoryBack() {
     if (!history.state) return;
 
     history.back();
-    dispatch({
-      type: types.HISTORY_BACK,
-    });
-  };
-}
-
-export function doHistoryBackCompleted() {
-  return function(dispatch, getState) {
-    dispatch({
-      type: types.HISTORY_BACK_COMPLETED,
-    });
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/js/constants/action_types.js b/ui/js/constants/action_types.js
index 0b9a48b0b..7d38568f3 100644
--- a/ui/js/constants/action_types.js
+++ b/ui/js/constants/action_types.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ export const CHANGE_PATH = "CHANGE_PATH";
 export const OPEN_MODAL = "OPEN_MODAL";
 export const CLOSE_MODAL = "CLOSE_MODAL";
 export const HISTORY_BACK = "HISTORY_BACK";
-export const HISTORY_BACK_COMPLETED = "HISTORY_BACK_COMPLETED";
 export const SHOW_SNACKBAR = "SHOW_SNACKBAR";
 export const REMOVE_SNACKBAR_SNACK = "REMOVE_SNACKBAR_SNACK";
 export const WINDOW_FOCUSED = "WINDOW_FOCUSED";
diff --git a/ui/js/page/discover/index.js b/ui/js/page/discover/index.js
index eb8d4d0bc..be49b892d 100644
--- a/ui/js/page/discover/index.js
+++ b/ui/js/page/discover/index.js
@@ -1,24 +1,20 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
-import { doHistoryBackCompleted } from "actions/app";
 import { doFetchFeaturedUris, doCancelAllResolvingUris } from "actions/content";
 import {
   selectFeaturedUris,
   selectFetchingFeaturedUris,
 } from "selectors/content";
-import { selectNavigatingBack } from "selectors/app";
 import DiscoverPage from "./view";
 
 const select = state => ({
   featuredUris: selectFeaturedUris(state),
   fetchingFeaturedUris: selectFetchingFeaturedUris(state),
-  isNavigatingBack: selectNavigatingBack(state),
 });
 
 const perform = dispatch => ({
   fetchFeaturedUris: () => dispatch(doFetchFeaturedUris()),
   cancelResolvingUris: () => dispatch(doCancelAllResolvingUris()),
-  finishedNavigatingBack: () => dispatch(doHistoryBackCompleted()),
 });
 
 export default connect(select, perform)(DiscoverPage);
diff --git a/ui/js/page/discover/view.jsx b/ui/js/page/discover/view.jsx
index 52bbd1442..fc57a5ba8 100644
--- a/ui/js/page/discover/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/js/page/discover/view.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React from "react";
-import lbry from "lbry.js";
 import lbryio from "lbryio.js";
 import lbryuri from "lbryuri";
 import FileCard from "component/fileCard";
@@ -38,31 +37,10 @@ const FeaturedCategory = props => {
 class DiscoverPage extends React.PureComponent {
   componentWillMount() {
     this.props.fetchFeaturedUris();
-    this.scrollListener = this.handleScroll.bind(this);
-  }
-
-  componentDidMount() {
-    if (this.props.isNavigatingBack) {
-      const scrollY = parseInt(lbry.getClientSetting("prefs_scrolly"));
-      if (!isNaN(scrollY)) {
-        const restoreScrollPosition = () => {
-          window.scrollTo(0, scrollY);
-        };
-        setTimeout(restoreScrollPosition, 100);
-      }
-
-      this.props.finishedNavigatingBack();
-    }
-    window.addEventListener("scroll", this.scrollListener);
-  }
-
-  handleScroll() {
-    lbry.setClientSetting("prefs_scrolly", window.scrollY);
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
     this.props.cancelResolvingUris();
-    window.removeEventListener("scroll", this.scrollListener);
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/ui/js/reducers/app.js b/ui/js/reducers/app.js
index f2c50d2ec..fe8c9adae 100644
--- a/ui/js/reducers/app.js
+++ b/ui/js/reducers/app.js
@@ -141,18 +141,6 @@ reducers[types.WINDOW_FOCUSED] = function(state, action) {
   });
 };
 
-reducers[types.HISTORY_BACK] = function(state, action) {
-  return Object.assign({}, state, {
-    navigatingBack: true,
-  });
-};
-
-reducers[types.HISTORY_BACK_COMPLETED] = function(state, action) {
-  return Object.assign({}, state, {
-    navigatingBack: false,
-  });
-};
-
 export default function reducer(state = defaultState, action) {
   const handler = reducers[action.type];
   if (handler) return handler(state, action);
diff --git a/ui/js/selectors/app.js b/ui/js/selectors/app.js
index c36ccc18c..f6acd6d07 100644
--- a/ui/js/selectors/app.js
+++ b/ui/js/selectors/app.js
@@ -191,8 +191,3 @@ export const selectBadgeNumber = createSelector(
   _selectState,
   state => state.badgeNumber
 );
-
-export const selectNavigatingBack = createSelector(
-  _selectState,
-  state => state.navigatingBack
-);