diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
index 9ac9f575..68e28fd0 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { insertUser } from '@/db/users.ts';
 import { type Filter, findReplyTag, nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import * as mixer from '@/mixer.ts';
-import { getAuthor, getFollowedPubkeys, getFollows, syncUser } from '@/queries.ts';
+import { getAuthor, getFollowedPubkeys, getFollows } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema, fileSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { uploadFile } from '@/upload.ts';
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ const createAccountController: AppController = async (c) => {
 const verifyCredentialsController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const pubkey = c.get('pubkey')!;
 
-  await syncUser(pubkey);
-
   const event = await getAuthor(pubkey);
   if (event) {
     return c.json(await renderAccount(event, { withSource: true }));
diff --git a/src/queries.ts b/src/queries.ts
index ff1b1860..95bbaab8 100644
--- a/src/queries.ts
+++ b/src/queries.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import * as client from '@/client.ts';
 import * as eventsDB from '@/db/events.ts';
 import { type Event, type Filter, findReplyTag } from '@/deps.ts';
 import * as mixer from '@/mixer.ts';
@@ -80,13 +79,6 @@ async function isLocallyFollowed(pubkey: string): Promise<boolean> {
   return Boolean(event);
 }
 
-/** Sync the user's state from other relays. */
-async function syncUser(pubkey: string): Promise<void> {
-  await client.getFilters([
-    { authors: [pubkey], kinds: [0, 3, 10000, 10001, 10002] },
-  ], { timeout: 5000 });
-}
-
 export {
   getAncestors,
   getAuthor,
@@ -96,5 +88,4 @@ export {
   getFollowedPubkeys,
   getFollows,
   isLocallyFollowed,
-  syncUser,
 };