diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/subscription-button.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/subscription-button.tsx
index 6bcded63a..810704fd6 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/subscription-button.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/ui/components/subscription-button.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import { defineMessages, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
 
 import {
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   subscribe: { id: 'account.subscribe', defaultMessage: 'Subscribe to notifications from @{name}' },
   unsubscribe: { id: 'account.unsubscribe', defaultMessage: 'Unsubscribe to notifications from @{name}' },
   subscribeSuccess: { id: 'account.subscribe.success', defaultMessage: 'You have subscribed to this account.' },
-  subscribeSuccessNotice: { id: 'account.subscribe.successNotice', defaultMessage: 'You have subscribed to this account, but your web notifications are disabled. Please enable them to receive notifications from @{name}.' },
   unsubscribeSuccess: { id: 'account.unsubscribe.success', defaultMessage: 'You have unsubscribed from this account.' },
   subscribeFailure: { id: 'account.subscribe.failure', defaultMessage: 'An error occurred trying to subscribed to this account.' },
   unsubscribeFailure: { id: 'account.unsubscribe.failure', defaultMessage: 'An error occurred trying to unsubscribed to this account.' },
@@ -31,14 +30,6 @@ const SubscriptionButton = ({ account }: ISubscriptionButton) => {
   const features = useFeatures();
   const intl = useIntl();
 
-  const [hasWebNotificationsEnabled, setWebNotificationsEnabled] = useState<boolean>(true);
-
-  const checkWebNotifications = () => {
-    Notification.requestPermission()
-      .then((value) => setWebNotificationsEnabled(value === 'granted'))
-      .catch(() => null);
-  };
-
   const isFollowing = account.relationship?.following;
   const isRequested = account.relationship?.requested;
   const isSubscribed = features.accountNotifies ?
@@ -48,13 +39,8 @@ const SubscriptionButton = ({ account }: ISubscriptionButton) => {
     intl.formatMessage(messages.unsubscribe, { name: account.get('username') }) :
     intl.formatMessage(messages.subscribe, { name: account.get('username') });
 
-  const onSubscribeSuccess = () => {
-    if (hasWebNotificationsEnabled) {
-      dispatch(snackbar.success(intl.formatMessage(messages.subscribeSuccess)));
-    } else {
-      dispatch(snackbar.info(intl.formatMessage(messages.subscribeSuccessNotice, { name: account.get('username') })));
-    }
-  };
+  const onSubscribeSuccess = () =>
+    dispatch(snackbar.success(intl.formatMessage(messages.subscribeSuccess)));
 
   const onSubscribeFailure = () =>
     dispatch(snackbar.error(intl.formatMessage(messages.subscribeFailure)));
@@ -97,12 +83,6 @@ const SubscriptionButton = ({ account }: ISubscriptionButton) => {
     }
   };
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (features.accountSubscriptions || features.accountNotifies) {
-      checkWebNotifications();
-    }
-  }, []);
-
   if (!features.accountSubscriptions && !features.accountNotifies) {
     return null;
   }