diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt
index 28082401528b8f8ee31f8bb1bb0dba8689a2e490..29aaabcee5e655d8c21be929bfb175620686b015 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt
@@ -632,7 +632,6 @@ class ChatActivity : ServiceBoundActivity(), SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenc
                 database.filtered().replace(
                   QuasselDatabase.Filtered(accountId, buffer, newlyFiltered.value)
                 )
-                backend.value.orNull()?.sessionManager()?.backlogStorage?.clearMessages(buffer)
               }
             }.negativeColorAttr(R.attr.colorTextPrimary)
             .backgroundColorAttr(R.attr.colorBackgroundCard)