diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/index.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/index.ts
index c3fdefbab9..47136211a8 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/index.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/index.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ import { addSessionRetrievalErrorEventListener } from './listeners/socketio/sock
 import { addSocketSubscribedEventListener as addSocketSubscribedListener } from './listeners/socketio/socketSubscribed';
 import { addSocketUnsubscribedEventListener as addSocketUnsubscribedListener } from './listeners/socketio/socketUnsubscribed';
 import { addStagingAreaImageSavedListener } from './listeners/stagingAreaImageSaved';
-import { addTabChangedListener } from './listeners/tabChanged';
 import { addUpdateAllNodesRequestedListener } from './listeners/updateAllNodesRequested';
 import { addUpscaleRequestedListener } from './listeners/upscaleRequested';
 import { addWorkflowLoadRequestedListener } from './listeners/workflowLoadRequested';
@@ -196,8 +195,5 @@ addFirstListImagesListener();
 // Ad-hoc upscale workflwo
 addUpscaleRequestedListener();
 
-// Tab Change
-addTabChangedListener();
-
 // Dynamic prompts
 addDynamicPromptsListener();
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/tabChanged.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/tabChanged.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e1c384ad53..0000000000
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/tabChanged.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-import { modelChanged } from 'features/parameters/store/generationSlice';
-import { setActiveTab } from 'features/ui/store/uiSlice';
-import { NON_REFINER_BASE_MODELS } from 'services/api/constants';
-import {
-  mainModelsAdapterSelectors,
-  modelsApi,
-} from 'services/api/endpoints/models';
-
-import { startAppListening } from '..';
-
-export const addTabChangedListener = () => {
-  startAppListening({
-    actionCreator: setActiveTab,
-    effect: async (action, { getState, dispatch }) => {
-      const activeTabName = action.payload;
-      if (activeTabName === 'unifiedCanvas') {
-        const currentBaseModel = getState().generation.model?.base_model;
-
-        if (
-          currentBaseModel &&
-          ['sd-1', 'sd-2', 'sdxl'].includes(currentBaseModel)
-        ) {
-          // if we're already on a valid model, no change needed
-          return;
-        }
-
-        try {
-          // just grab fresh models
-          const modelsRequest = dispatch(
-            modelsApi.endpoints.getMainModels.initiate(NON_REFINER_BASE_MODELS)
-          );
-          const models = await modelsRequest.unwrap();
-          // cancel this cache subscription
-          modelsRequest.unsubscribe();
-
-          if (!models.ids.length) {
-            // no valid canvas models
-            dispatch(modelChanged(null));
-            return;
-          }
-
-          // need to filter out all the invalid canvas models (currently refiner & any)
-          const validCanvasModels = mainModelsAdapterSelectors
-            .selectAll(models)
-            .filter((model) =>
-              ['sd-1', 'sd-2', 'sdxl'].includes(model.base_model)
-            );
-
-          const firstValidCanvasModel = validCanvasModels[0];
-
-          if (!firstValidCanvasModel) {
-            // no valid canvas models
-            dispatch(modelChanged(null));
-            return;
-          }
-
-          const { base_model, model_name, model_type } = firstValidCanvasModel;
-
-          dispatch(modelChanged({ base_model, model_name, model_type }));
-        } catch {
-          // network request failed, bail
-          dispatch(modelChanged(null));
-        }
-      }
-    },
-  });
-};