diff --git a/packages/app/src/follows.ts b/packages/app/src/follows.ts
index b5bd128..15028f8 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/follows.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/follows.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {deriveEventsMapped, withGetter} from '@welshman/store'
 import {repository, load} from './core'
 import {collection} from './collection'
 import {ensurePlaintext} from './plaintext'
-import {getHintsForPubkey} from './relaySelections'
 
 export const follows = withGetter(
   deriveEventsMapped<PublishedList>(repository, {
@@ -28,10 +27,6 @@ export const {
   name: "follows",
   store: follows,
   getKey: follows => follows.event.pubkey,
-  load: async (pubkey: string, request: Partial<SubscribeRequest> = {}) =>
-    load({
-      ...request,
-      filters: [{kinds: [FOLLOWS], authors: [pubkey]}],
-      relays: await getHintsForPubkey(pubkey, request.relays || []),
-    }),
+  load: (pubkey: string, request: Partial<SubscribeRequest> = {}) =>
+    load({...request, filters: [{kinds: [FOLLOWS], authors: [pubkey]}]}),
 })
diff --git a/packages/app/src/mutes.ts b/packages/app/src/mutes.ts
index 663d64e..61e353b 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/mutes.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/mutes.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {deriveEventsMapped, withGetter} from '@welshman/store'
 import {repository, load} from './core'
 import {collection} from './collection'
 import {ensurePlaintext} from './plaintext'
-import {getHintsForPubkey} from './relaySelections'
 
 export const mutes = withGetter(
   deriveEventsMapped<PublishedList>(repository, {
@@ -28,10 +27,6 @@ export const {
   name: "mutes",
   store: mutes,
   getKey: mute => mute.event.pubkey,
-  load: async (pubkey: string, request: Partial<SubscribeRequest> = {}) =>
-    load({
-      ...request,
-      filters: [{kinds: [MUTES], authors: [pubkey]}],
-      relays: await getHintsForPubkey(pubkey, request.relays || []),
-    }),
+  load: (pubkey: string, request: Partial<SubscribeRequest> = {}) =>
+    load({...request, filters: [{kinds: [MUTES], authors: [pubkey]}]}),
 })
diff --git a/packages/app/src/profiles.ts b/packages/app/src/profiles.ts
index 0a74ff2..fccc942 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/profiles.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/profiles.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {deriveEventsMapped, withGetter} from '@welshman/store'
 import {repository, load} from './core'
 import {createSearch} from './util'
 import {collection} from './collection'
-import {getHintsForPubkey} from './relaySelections'
 
 export const profiles = withGetter(
   deriveEventsMapped<PublishedProfile>(repository, {
@@ -24,12 +23,8 @@ export const {
   name: "profiles",
   store: profiles,
   getKey: profile => profile.event.pubkey,
-  load: async (pubkey: string, request: Partial<SubscribeRequest> = {}) =>
-    load({
-      ...request,
-      filters: [{kinds: [PROFILE], authors: [pubkey]}],
-      relays: await getHintsForPubkey(pubkey, request.relays || []),
-    }),
+  load: (pubkey: string, request: Partial<SubscribeRequest> = {}) =>
+    load({...request, filters: [{kinds: [PROFILE], authors: [pubkey]}]}),
 })
 
 export const profileSearch = derived(profiles, $profiles =>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/relaySelections.ts b/packages/app/src/relaySelections.ts
index 39c8aad..f49e451 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/relaySelections.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/relaySelections.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import {uniq} from '@welshman/lib'
 import {INBOX_RELAYS, RELAYS, getRelayTags, normalizeRelayUrl, type TrustedEvent} from '@welshman/util'
 import {type SubscribeRequest} from "@welshman/net"
 import {deriveEvents, withGetter} from '@welshman/store'
-import {AppContext, load, repository} from './core'
+import {load, repository} from './core'
 import {collection} from './collection'
 
 export const getRelayUrls = (event?: TrustedEvent): string[] =>
@@ -30,16 +29,9 @@ export const {
   store: relaySelections,
   getKey: relaySelections => relaySelections.pubkey,
   load: (pubkey: string, request: Partial<SubscribeRequest> = {}) =>
-    load({
-      ...request,
-      filters: [{kinds: [RELAYS], authors: [pubkey]}],
-      relays: [...AppContext.BOOTSTRAP_RELAYS, ...request.relays || []],
-    }),
+    load({...request, filters: [{kinds: [RELAYS], authors: [pubkey]}]}),
 })
 
-export const getHintsForPubkey = async (pubkey: string, relays: string[] = []) =>
-  uniq([...relays, ...AppContext.BOOTSTRAP_RELAYS, ...getWriteRelayUrls(await loadRelaySelections(pubkey, {relays}))])
-
 export const inboxRelaySelections = withGetter(deriveEvents(repository, {filters: [{kinds: [RELAYS]}]}))
 
 export const {
@@ -50,10 +42,6 @@ export const {
   name: "inboxRelaySelections",
   store: inboxRelaySelections,
   getKey: inboxRelaySelections => inboxRelaySelections.pubkey,
-  load: async (pubkey: string, request: Partial<SubscribeRequest> = {}) =>
-    load({
-      ...request,
-      filters: [{kinds: [INBOX_RELAYS], authors: [pubkey]}],
-      relays: await getHintsForPubkey(pubkey, request.relays),
-    }),
+  load: (pubkey: string, request: Partial<SubscribeRequest> = {}) =>
+    load({...request, filters: [{kinds: [INBOX_RELAYS], authors: [pubkey]}]}),
 })