diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/socketio/socketConnected.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/socketio/socketConnected.ts
index 88b9b3b5d9..7061ff20b0 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/socketio/socketConnected.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/socketio/socketConnected.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { logger } from 'app/logging/logger';
-import { isInitializedChanged } from 'features/system/store/systemSlice';
 import { size } from 'lodash-es';
-import { api } from 'services/api';
 import { receivedOpenAPISchema } from 'services/api/thunks/schema';
 import { appSocketConnected, socketConnected } from 'services/events/actions';
 
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ export const addSocketConnectedEventListener = () => {
 
       log.debug('Connected');
 
-      const { nodeTemplates, config, system } = getState();
+      const { nodeTemplates, config } = getState();
 
       const { disabledTabs } = config;
 
@@ -23,13 +21,6 @@ export const addSocketConnectedEventListener = () => {
         dispatch(receivedOpenAPISchema());
       }
 
-      if (system.isInitialized) {
-        // only reset the query caches if this connect event is a *reconnect* event
-        dispatch(api.util.resetApiState());
-      } else {
-        dispatch(isInitializedChanged(true));
-      }
-
       // pass along the socket event as an application action
       dispatch(appSocketConnected(action.payload));
     },
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/systemPersistDenylist.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/systemPersistDenylist.ts
index 16e06dbb01..7e838b0328 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/systemPersistDenylist.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/systemPersistDenylist.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import type { SystemState } from './types';
 
 export const systemPersistDenylist: (keyof SystemState)[] = [
-  'isInitialized',
   'isConnected',
   'denoiseProgress',
   'status',
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/systemSlice.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/systemSlice.ts
index 57ef46373e..5d1fb32d71 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/systemSlice.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/systemSlice.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {
 import type { Language, SystemState } from './types';
 
 export const initialSystemState: SystemState = {
-  isInitialized: false,
   isConnected: false,
   shouldConfirmOnDelete: true,
   enableImageDebugging: false,
@@ -83,10 +82,7 @@ export const systemSlice = createSlice({
       action: PayloadAction<boolean>
     ) {
       state.shouldEnableInformationalPopovers = action.payload;
-    },
-    isInitializedChanged(state, action: PayloadAction<boolean>) {
-      state.isInitialized = action.payload;
-    },
+    }
   },
   extraReducers(builder) {
     /**
@@ -205,7 +201,6 @@ export const {
   shouldUseNSFWCheckerChanged,
   shouldUseWatermarkerChanged,
   setShouldEnableInformationalPopovers,
-  isInitializedChanged,
 } = systemSlice.actions;
 
 export default systemSlice.reducer;
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/types.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/types.ts
index f60e37f3d8..67c776aa9a 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/types.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/system/store/types.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ export const isLanguage = (v: unknown): v is Language =>
   zLanguage.safeParse(v).success;
 
 export interface SystemState {
-  isInitialized: boolean;
   isConnected: boolean;
   shouldConfirmOnDelete: boolean;
   enableImageDebugging: boolean;