diff --git a/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useConfirmEmail.ts b/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useConfirmEmail.ts
index c767697f52..67466be926 100644
--- a/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useConfirmEmail.ts
+++ b/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useConfirmEmail.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {useMutation} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
-import {useAgent, useSession, useSessionApi} from '#/state/session'
+import {useAgent, useSession} from '#/state/session'
 
 export function useConfirmEmail({
   onSuccess,
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ export function useConfirmEmail({
 }: {onSuccess?: () => void; onError?: () => void} = {}) {
   const agent = useAgent()
   const {currentAccount} = useSession()
-  const {partialRefreshSession} = useSessionApi()
 
   return useMutation({
     mutationFn: async ({token}: {token: string}) => {
@@ -20,7 +19,8 @@ export function useConfirmEmail({
         email: currentAccount.email.trim(),
         token: token.trim(),
       })
-      await partialRefreshSession()
+      // will update session state at root of app
+      await agent.resumeSession(agent.session!)
     },
     onSuccess,
     onError,
diff --git a/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useManageEmail2FA.ts b/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useManageEmail2FA.ts
index 4c1420847d..358bf86544 100644
--- a/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useManageEmail2FA.ts
+++ b/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useManageEmail2FA.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import {useMutation} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
-import {useAgent, useSession, useSessionApi} from '#/state/session'
+import {useAgent, useSession} from '#/state/session'
 
 export function useManageEmail2FA() {
   const agent = useAgent()
   const {currentAccount} = useSession()
-  const {partialRefreshSession} = useSessionApi()
 
   return useMutation({
     mutationFn: async ({
@@ -23,7 +22,8 @@ export function useManageEmail2FA() {
         emailAuthFactor: enabled,
         token,
       })
-      await partialRefreshSession()
+      // will update session state at root of app
+      await agent.resumeSession(agent.session!)
     },
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useUpdateEmail.ts b/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useUpdateEmail.ts
index 1f81801a76..2ec1eb6dc2 100644
--- a/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useUpdateEmail.ts
+++ b/src/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useUpdateEmail.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 import {useMutation} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
-import {useAgent, useSessionApi} from '#/state/session'
+import {useAgent} from '#/state/session'
 import {useRequestEmailUpdate} from '#/components/dialogs/EmailDialog/data/useRequestEmailUpdate'
 
 async function updateEmailAndRefreshSession(
   agent: ReturnType<typeof useAgent>,
-  partialRefreshSession: () => Promise<void>,
   email: string,
   token?: string,
 ) {
   await agent.com.atproto.server.updateEmail({email: email.trim(), token})
-  await partialRefreshSession()
+  await agent.resumeSession(agent.session!)
 }
 
 export function useUpdateEmail() {
   const agent = useAgent()
-  const {partialRefreshSession} = useSessionApi()
   const {mutateAsync: requestEmailUpdate} = useRequestEmailUpdate()
 
   return useMutation<
@@ -25,12 +23,7 @@ export function useUpdateEmail() {
   >({
     mutationFn: async ({email, token}: {email: string; token?: string}) => {
       if (token) {
-        await updateEmailAndRefreshSession(
-          agent,
-          partialRefreshSession,
-          email,
-          token,
-        )
+        await updateEmailAndRefreshSession(agent, email, token)
         return {
           status: 'success',
         }
@@ -41,12 +34,7 @@ export function useUpdateEmail() {
             status: 'tokenRequired',
           }
         } else {
-          await updateEmailAndRefreshSession(
-            agent,
-            partialRefreshSession,
-            email,
-            token,
-          )
+          await updateEmailAndRefreshSession(agent, email, token)
           return {
             status: 'success',
           }
diff --git a/src/state/session/index.tsx b/src/state/session/index.tsx
index fc08f70d7f..e63e180a4e 100644
--- a/src/state/session/index.tsx
+++ b/src/state/session/index.tsx
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
       type: 'partial-refresh-session',
       accountDid: agent.session!.did,
       patch: {
-        email: data.email,
         emailConfirmed: data.emailConfirmed,
         emailAuthFactor: data.emailAuthFactor,
       },
diff --git a/src/state/session/reducer.ts b/src/state/session/reducer.ts
index 79fffb6c59..d22dd4a021 100644
--- a/src/state/session/reducer.ts
+++ b/src/state/session/reducer.ts
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ export type Action =
   | {
       type: 'partial-refresh-session'
       accountDid: string
-      patch: Pick<
-        SessionAccount,
-        'email' | 'emailConfirmed' | 'emailAuthFactor'
-      >
+      patch: Pick<SessionAccount, 'emailConfirmed' | 'emailAuthFactor'>
     }
 
 function createPublicAgentState(): AgentState {
@@ -242,7 +239,6 @@ let reducer = (state: State, action: Action): State => {
        * Only mutating values that are safe. Be very careful with this.
        */
       if (agent.session) {
-        agent.session.email = patch.email ?? agent.session.email
         agent.session.emailConfirmed =
           patch.emailConfirmed ?? agent.session.emailConfirmed
         agent.session.emailAuthFactor =
@@ -259,7 +255,6 @@ let reducer = (state: State, action: Action): State => {
           if (a.did === accountDid) {
             return {
               ...a,
-              email: patch.email ?? a.email,
               emailConfirmed: patch.emailConfirmed ?? a.emailConfirmed,
               emailAuthFactor: patch.emailAuthFactor ?? a.emailAuthFactor,
             }