diff --git a/src/App.native.tsx b/src/App.native.tsx
index 14daa3bd6f..4a5f2ebea6 100644
--- a/src/App.native.tsx
+++ b/src/App.native.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   SafeAreaProvider,
 } from 'react-native-safe-area-context'
 import * as SplashScreen from 'expo-splash-screen'
-import {msg} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {useQueryClient} from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
@@ -41,14 +40,12 @@ import {Provider as ShellStateProvider} from 'state/shell'
 import {Provider as LoggedOutViewProvider} from 'state/shell/logged-out'
 import {Provider as SelectedFeedProvider} from 'state/shell/selected-feed'
 import {TestCtrls} from 'view/com/testing/TestCtrls'
-import * as Toast from 'view/com/util/Toast'
 import {Shell} from 'view/shell'
 import {ThemeProvider as Alf} from '#/alf'
 import {useColorModeTheme} from '#/alf/util/useColorModeTheme'
 import {Provider as PortalProvider} from '#/components/Portal'
 import {Splash} from '#/Splash'
 import I18nProvider from './locale/i18nProvider'
-import {listenSessionDropped} from './state/events'
 
 SplashScreen.preventAutoHideAsync()
 
@@ -62,10 +59,6 @@ function InnerApp() {
 
   // init
   useEffect(() => {
-    listenSessionDropped(() => {
-      Toast.show(_(msg`Sorry! Your session expired. Please log in again.`))
-    })
-
     const account = readLastActiveAccount()
     resumeSession(account)
   }, [resumeSession, _])
diff --git a/src/state/events.ts b/src/state/events.ts
index 1384abdeda..0edcbe3bf5 100644
--- a/src/state/events.ts
+++ b/src/state/events.ts
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ export function listenSoftReset(fn: () => void): UnlistenFn {
   return () => emitter.off('soft-reset', fn)
 }
 
-export function emitSessionDropped() {
-  emitter.emit('session-dropped')
-}
-export function listenSessionDropped(fn: () => void): UnlistenFn {
-  emitter.on('session-dropped', fn)
-  return () => emitter.off('session-dropped', fn)
-}
-
 export function emitPostCreated() {
   emitter.emit('post-created')
 }
diff --git a/src/state/session/index.tsx b/src/state/session/index.tsx
index 582680e973..d81580807c 100644
--- a/src/state/session/index.tsx
+++ b/src/state/session/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import {AtpPersistSessionHandler, BskyAgent} from '@atproto/api'
+import {msg} from '@lingui/macro'
+import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 
 import {track} from '#/lib/analytics/analytics'
 import {networkRetry} from '#/lib/async/retry'
@@ -9,9 +11,9 @@ import {logger} from '#/logger'
 import {isWeb} from '#/platform/detection'
 import * as persisted from '#/state/persisted'
 import {useCloseAllActiveElements} from '#/state/util'
+import * as Toast from 'view/com/util/Toast'
 import {useGlobalDialogsControlContext} from '#/components/dialogs/Context'
 import {IS_DEV} from '#/env'
-import {emitSessionDropped} from '../events'
 import {
   agentToSessionAccount,
   configureModerationForAccount,
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ type State = {
 }
 
 export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
+  const {_} = useLingui()
   const [isInitialLoad, setIsInitialLoad] = React.useState(true)
   const [isSwitchingAccounts, setIsSwitchingAccounts] = React.useState(false)
   const [state, setState] = React.useState<State>({
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
 
         if (expired) {
           logger.warn(`session: expired`)
-          emitSessionDropped()
+          Toast.show(_(msg`Sorry! Your session expired. Please log in again.`))
         }
 
         /*
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ export function Provider({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
         })
       }
     },
-    [],
+    [_],
   )
 
   const createAccount = React.useCallback<SessionApiContext['createAccount']>(