diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
index fbf62761c..3b343f115 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ import Views
           viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: true)
         }
       }
-      .onChange(of: viewModel.selectedLinkItem) { _ in
-        viewModel.commitItemUpdates()
-      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
index 306fe09e0..fc9e5330d 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ import Views
 @MainActor final class HomeFeedViewModel: ObservableObject {
   var currentDetailViewModel: LinkItemDetailViewModel?
 
-  /// Track progress updates to be committed when user navigates back to grid view
-  var uncommittedReadingProgressUpdates = [String: Double]()
-
   @Published var items = [LinkedItem]()
   @Published var isLoading = false
   @Published var showPushNotificationPrimer = false
@@ -181,16 +178,6 @@ import Views
     .store(in: &subscriptions)
   }
 
-  /// Update `FeedItem`s with the cached reading progress and label values so it can animate when the
-  /// user navigates back to the grid view (and also avoid mutations of the grid items
-  /// that can cause the `NavigationView` to pop.
-  func commitItemUpdates() {
-    for (key, value) in uncommittedReadingProgressUpdates {
-      updateProgress(itemID: key, progress: value)
-    }
-    uncommittedReadingProgressUpdates = [:]
-  }
-
   private func updateProgress(itemID: String, progress: Double) {
     guard let item = items.first(where: { $0.id == itemID }) else { return }
     if let index = items.firstIndex(of: item) {
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/LinkItemDetailView.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/LinkItemDetailView.swift
index 69c63d494..c6465a8ec 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/LinkItemDetailView.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/LinkItemDetailView.swift
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ enum PDFProvider {
       switch action {
       case let .shareHighlight(highlightID):
         print("show share modal for highlight with id: \(highlightID)")
-      case let .updateReadingProgess(progress: progress):
-        self?.homeFeedViewModel.uncommittedReadingProgressUpdates[self?.item.id ?? ""] = Double(progress)
       }
     }
     .store(in: &newWebAppWrapperViewModel.subscriptions)
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift
index ad26908e5..3c7323d6d 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/WebReader/WebReaderContainer.swift
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ import WebKit
     }
 
     func webViewActionHandler(message: WKScriptMessage, replyHandler: WKScriptMessageReplyHandler?) {
-      if message.name == WebViewAction.readingProgressUpdate.rawValue {
-        let messageBody = message.body as? [String: Double]
-
-        if let messageBody = messageBody, let progress = messageBody["progress"] {
-          homeFeedViewModel.uncommittedReadingProgressUpdates[item.unwrappedID] = Double(progress)
-        }
-      }
-
       if let replyHandler = replyHandler {
         viewModel.webViewActionWithReplyHandler(
           message: message,
@@ -53,12 +45,6 @@ import WebKit
       if message.name == WebViewAction.highlightAction.rawValue {
         handleHighlightAction(message: message)
       }
-
-      if message.name == WebViewAction.readingProgressUpdate.rawValue {
-        guard let messageBody = message.body as? [String: Double] else { return }
-        guard let progress = messageBody["progress"] else { return }
-        homeFeedViewModel.uncommittedReadingProgressUpdates[item.unwrappedID] = Double(progress)
-      }
     }
 
     private func handleHighlightAction(message: WKScriptMessage) {
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Views/Article/WebAppWrapperView.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Views/Article/WebAppWrapperView.swift
index e6cba3544..44d0ae7c4 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Views/Article/WebAppWrapperView.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/Views/Article/WebAppWrapperView.swift
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import WebKit
 public final class WebAppWrapperViewModel: ObservableObject {
   public enum Action {
     case shareHighlight(highlightID: String)
-    case updateReadingProgess(progress: Int)
   }
 
   public var subscriptions = Set<AnyCancellable>()
@@ -87,12 +86,6 @@ public struct WebAppWrapperView: View {
     if message.name == WebViewAction.highlightAction.rawValue {
       handleHighlightAction(message: message)
     }
-
-    if message.name == WebViewAction.readingProgressUpdate.rawValue {
-      guard let messageBody = message.body as? [String: Double] else { return }
-      guard let progress = messageBody["progress"] else { return }
-      viewModel.performActionSubject.send(.updateReadingProgess(progress: Int(progress)))
-    }
   }
 
   private func handleHighlightAction(message: WKScriptMessage) {