diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index 5d698fc81..6f8ff71e0 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -643,8 +643,7 @@ export const saveArticleReadingProgressResolver = authorized<
         uid,
         readingProgressPercent,
         readingProgressTopPercent,
-        readingProgressAnchorIndex,
-        pubsub
+        readingProgressAnchorIndex
       )
       if (!updatedItem) {
         return { errorCodes: [SaveArticleReadingProgressErrorCode.BadData] }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
index fdfb4e962..c09411943 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
@@ -739,8 +739,7 @@ export const updateLibraryItemReadingProgress = async (
   userId: string,
   bottomPercent: number,
   topPercent: number | null = null,
-  anchorIndex: number | null = null,
-  pubsub = createPubSubClient()
+  anchorIndex: number | null = null
 ): Promise<LibraryItem | null> => {
   // If we have a top percent, we only save it if it's greater than the current top percent
   // or set to zero if the top percent is zero.
@@ -787,19 +786,6 @@ export const updateLibraryItemReadingProgress = async (
   }
 
   const updatedItem = result[0][0]
-  await pubsub.entityUpdated<QueryDeepPartialEntity<LibraryItem>>(
-    EntityType.PAGE,
-    {
-      id,
-      readingProgressBottomPercent: updatedItem.readingProgressBottomPercent,
-      readingProgressTopPercent: updatedItem.readingProgressTopPercent,
-      readingProgressHighestReadAnchor:
-        updatedItem.readingProgressHighestReadAnchor,
-      readAt: updatedItem.readAt,
-    },
-    userId
-  )
-
   return updatedItem
 }