diff --git a/lib/widgets/app.dart b/lib/widgets/app.dart
index 12e83d1285f..38399b04b41 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/app.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/app.dart
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import 'about_zulip.dart';
 import 'actions.dart';
 import 'dialog.dart';
 import 'home.dart';
-import 'inbox.dart';
 import 'login.dart';
 import 'page.dart';
 import 'store.dart';
@@ -209,11 +208,10 @@ class _ZulipAppState extends State<ZulipApp> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
 
           onGenerateInitialRoutes: (_) {
             return [
-              MaterialWidgetRoute(page: const ChooseAccountPage()),
-              if (initialAccountId != null) ...[
+              if (initialAccountId != null)
                 HomePage.buildRoute(accountId: initialAccountId),
-                InboxPage.buildRoute(accountId: initialAccountId),
-              ],
+              if (initialAccountId == null)
+                MaterialWidgetRoute(page: const ChooseAccountPage()),
             ];
           });
         }));
diff --git a/test/notifications/display_test.dart b/test/notifications/display_test.dart
index 202beba5e55..6924190a9af 100644
--- a/test/notifications/display_test.dart
+++ b/test/notifications/display_test.dart
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import 'package:zulip/notifications/receive.dart';
 import 'package:zulip/widgets/app.dart';
 import 'package:zulip/widgets/color.dart';
 import 'package:zulip/widgets/home.dart';
-import 'package:zulip/widgets/inbox.dart';
 import 'package:zulip/widgets/message_list.dart';
 import 'package:zulip/widgets/page.dart';
 import 'package:zulip/widgets/theme.dart';
@@ -930,15 +929,13 @@ void main() {
 
     void takeStartingRoutes({bool withAccount = true}) {
       final expected = <Condition<Object?>>[
-        (it) => it.isA<WidgetRoute>().page.isA<ChooseAccountPage>(),
         if (withAccount) ...[
           (it) => it.isA<MaterialAccountWidgetRoute>()
             ..accountId.equals(eg.selfAccount.id)
             ..page.isA<HomePage>(),
-          (it) => it.isA<MaterialAccountWidgetRoute>()
-            ..accountId.equals(eg.selfAccount.id)
-            ..page.isA<InboxPage>(),
         ],
+        if (!withAccount)
+          (it) => it.isA<WidgetRoute>().page.isA<ChooseAccountPage>(),
       ];
       check(pushedRoutes.take(expected.length)).deepEquals(expected);
       pushedRoutes.removeRange(0, expected.length);
diff --git a/test/widgets/app_test.dart b/test/widgets/app_test.dart
index b3bd1eebe98..751a30d516d 100644
--- a/test/widgets/app_test.dart
+++ b/test/widgets/app_test.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import 'package:zulip/log.dart';
 import 'package:zulip/model/database.dart';
 import 'package:zulip/widgets/app.dart';
 import 'package:zulip/widgets/home.dart';
-import 'package:zulip/widgets/inbox.dart';
 import 'package:zulip/widgets/page.dart';
 
 import '../example_data.dart' as eg;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ void main() {
       ]);
     });
 
-    testWidgets('when have accounts, go to inbox for first account', (tester) async {
+    testWidgets('when have accounts, go to home page for first account', (tester) async {
       addTearDown(testBinding.reset);
 
       // We'll need per-account data for the account that a page will be opened
@@ -49,13 +48,9 @@ void main() {
       await testBinding.globalStore.insertAccount(eg.otherAccount.toCompanion(false));
 
       check(await initialRoutes(tester)).deepEquals(<Condition<Object?>>[
-        (it) => it.isA<WidgetRoute>().page.isA<ChooseAccountPage>(),
         (it) => it.isA<MaterialAccountWidgetRoute>()
           ..accountId.equals(eg.selfAccount.id)
           ..page.isA<HomePage>(),
-        (it) => it.isA<MaterialAccountWidgetRoute>()
-          ..accountId.equals(eg.selfAccount.id)
-          ..page.isA<InboxPage>(),
       ]);
     });
   });