diff --git a/inbox/mailsync/backends/imap/generic.py b/inbox/mailsync/backends/imap/generic.py
index ca2d1ad4f..134530e37 100644
--- a/inbox/mailsync/backends/imap/generic.py
+++ b/inbox/mailsync/backends/imap/generic.py
@@ -821,6 +821,9 @@ def batch_remote_and_local_uids(
         *,
         batch_size: int = UID_BATCH_SIZE,
     ) -> "Iterable[tuple[set[int], set[int]]]":
+        yield set(), set()
+        return
+
         for end in range(max(remote_uidnext, local_uidnext) - 1, 0, -batch_size):
             start = max(end - batch_size + 1, 1)
             with self.global_lock: