diff --git a/src/components/dms/ChatEmptyPill.tsx b/src/components/dms/ChatEmptyPill.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 17dcf8c561..0000000000
--- a/src/components/dms/ChatEmptyPill.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-import {useCallback, useMemo, useState} from 'react'
-import {Pressable, View} from 'react-native'
-import Animated, {
-  runOnJS,
-  useAnimatedStyle,
-  useSharedValue,
-  withTiming,
-} from 'react-native-reanimated'
-import {msg} from '@lingui/core/macro'
-import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
-
-import {ScaleAndFadeIn} from '#/lib/custom-animations/ScaleAndFade'
-import {ShrinkAndPop} from '#/lib/custom-animations/ShrinkAndPop'
-import {useHaptics} from '#/lib/haptics'
-import {atoms as a, useTheme} from '#/alf'
-import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
-import {IS_WEB} from '#/env'
-
-const AnimatedPressable = Animated.createAnimatedComponent(Pressable)
-
-let lastIndex = 0
-
-export function ChatEmptyPill() {
-  const t = useTheme()
-  const {_} = useLingui()
-  const playHaptic = useHaptics()
-  const [promptIndex, setPromptIndex] = useState(lastIndex)
-
-  const scale = useSharedValue(1)
-
-  const prompts = useMemo(() => {
-    return [
-      _(msg`Say hello!`),
-      _(msg`Share your favorite feed!`),
-      _(msg`Tell a joke!`),
-      _(msg`Share a fun fact!`),
-      _(msg`Share a cool story!`),
-      _(msg`Send a neat website!`),
-      _(msg`Clip 🐴 clop 🐴`),
-    ]
-  }, [_])
-
-  const onPressIn = useCallback(() => {
-    if (IS_WEB) return
-    scale.set(() => withTiming(1.075, {duration: 100}))
-  }, [scale])
-
-  const onPressOut = useCallback(() => {
-    if (IS_WEB) return
-    scale.set(() => withTiming(1, {duration: 100}))
-  }, [scale])
-
-  const onPress = useCallback(() => {
-    runOnJS(playHaptic)()
-    let randomPromptIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * prompts.length)
-    while (randomPromptIndex === lastIndex) {
-      randomPromptIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * prompts.length)
-    }
-    setPromptIndex(randomPromptIndex)
-    lastIndex = randomPromptIndex
-  }, [playHaptic, prompts.length])
-
-  const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
-    transform: [{scale: scale.get()}],
-  }))
-
-  return (
-    <View
-      style={[
-        a.absolute,
-        a.w_full,
-        a.z_10,
-        a.align_center,
-        {
-          top: -50,
-        },
-      ]}>
-      <AnimatedPressable
-        style={[
-          a.px_xl,
-          a.py_md,
-          a.rounded_full,
-          t.atoms.bg_contrast_25,
-          a.align_center,
-          animatedStyle,
-        ]}
-        entering={ScaleAndFadeIn}
-        exiting={ShrinkAndPop}
-        onPress={onPress}
-        onPressIn={onPressIn}
-        onPressOut={onPressOut}>
-        <Text
-          style={[a.font_semi_bold, a.pointer_events_none]}
-          selectable={false}
-          emoji>
-          {prompts[promptIndex]}
-        </Text>
-      </AnimatedPressable>
-    </View>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesList.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesList.tsx
index 69182c082b..81b2331f06 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesList.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesList.tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import {MessageComposer} from '#/screens/Messages/components/MessageComposer'
 import {MessageInput} from '#/screens/Messages/components/MessageInput'
 import {MessageListError} from '#/screens/Messages/components/MessageListError'
 import {atoms as a, platform, tokens, useTheme, web} from '#/alf'
-import {ChatEmptyPill} from '#/components/dms/ChatEmptyPill'
 import {DateDivider} from '#/components/dms/DateDivider'
 import {MessageItem} from '#/components/dms/MessageItem'
 import {NewMessagesPill} from '#/components/dms/NewMessagesPill'
@@ -666,12 +665,8 @@ function ConversationFooter({
     case 'loading':
       return null
     case 'new-chat':
-      return (
-        <>
-          <ChatEmptyPill />
-          {children}
-        </>
-      )
+      // new chat pill goes here - removed for now
+      return children
     case 'request':
       return <ChatStatusInfo convoState={convoState} />
     case 'standard':