diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/worker.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/worker.cljs
index 0d2855f0df..c34779261c 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/worker.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/worker.cljs
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@
 (defmethod handle :export-current-db [_]
   (state/pub-event! [:db/export-sqlite]))
 
-(defmethod handle :reload-app [_]
-  (log/error ::db-read-only nil)
-  ;; (if (util/mobile?)
-  ;;   (js/window.location.reload)
-  ;;   (log/error ::db-read-only nil))
-  )
-
 (defmethod handle :record-worker-client-id [_ _worker data]
   (when-let [client-id (:client-id data)]
     (reset! state/*db-worker-client-id client-id)))
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs b/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs
index da92080aa4..e3303000b3 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@
 (def-thread-api :thread-api/create-or-open-db
   [repo opts]
   (when-not (= repo (worker-state/get-current-repo)) ; graph switched
-    (reset! worker-state/*deleted-block-uuid->db-id {})
-    (reset! worker-state/*db-read-only? false))
+    (reset! worker-state/*deleted-block-uuid->db-id {}))
   (start-db! repo opts))
 
 (def-thread-api :thread-api/q
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/worker/state.cljs b/src/main/frontend/worker/state.cljs
index ee96f52612..a76d1a4577 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/worker/state.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/worker/state.cljs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 (defonce *main-thread (atom nil))
 (defonce *infer-worker (atom nil))
 (defonce *deleted-block-uuid->db-id (atom {}))
-(defonce *db-read-only? (atom false))
 
 (defn- <invoke-main-thread*
   [qkw direct-pass? args-list]