diff --git a/components/header.js b/components/header.js
index bedb8810a..079ee0998 100644
--- a/components/header.js
+++ b/components/header.js
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ function WalletSummary ({ me }) {
   if (me.privates?.hideWalletBalance) {
     return <HiddenWalletSummary abbreviate fixedWidth />
   }
-  const sats = me.privates?.sats + me.weblnSats
-  return `${abbrNum(sats)}`
+  return `${abbrNum(me.privates?.sats)}`
 }
 
 function Back () {
diff --git a/components/hidden-wallet-summary.js b/components/hidden-wallet-summary.js
index 59ee1e7c5..161f03b31 100644
--- a/components/hidden-wallet-summary.js
+++ b/components/hidden-wallet-summary.js
@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@ export default function HiddenWalletSummary ({ abbreviate, fixedWidth }) {
     setWidth(ref.current?.offsetWidth)
   }, [])
 
-  const sats = me.privates?.sats + me.weblnSats
-
   return (
     <span
       ref={ref} style={{ width: fixedWidth ? width : undefined }}
       className='d-inline-block text-monospace' align='right' onPointerEnter={() => setHover(true)} onPointerLeave={() => setHover(false)}
     >
-      {hover ? (abbreviate ? abbrNum(sats) : numWithUnits(sats, { abbreviate: false, format: true })) : '******'}
+      {hover ? (abbreviate ? abbrNum(me.privates?.sats) : numWithUnits(me.privates?.sats, { abbreviate: false, format: true })) : '******'}
     </span>
   )
 }
diff --git a/components/me.js b/components/me.js
index 686846848..d3d61fae2 100644
--- a/components/me.js
+++ b/components/me.js
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ export const MeContext = React.createContext({
 export function MeProvider ({ me, children }) {
   const { data } = useQuery(ME, SSR ? {} : { pollInterval: 1000, nextFetchPolicy: 'cache-and-network' })
 
-  const futureMe = data?.me || me
-  // weblnSats is initially undefined on page load for some reason
-  if (futureMe.weblnSats === undefined) futureMe.weblnSats = 0
-
   return (
     <MeContext.Provider value={data?.me || me}>
       {children}
diff --git a/components/webln.js b/components/webln.js
index 72f4c52de..b1835485a 100644
--- a/components/webln.js
+++ b/components/webln.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { createContext, createRef, useContext, useEffect, useImperativeHandle, useState } from 'react'
+import { createContext, useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 
 const WebLNContext = createContext({})
-export const WebLNContextRef = createRef()
 
 const fetchWebLNProvider = async () => {
   // sync provider from local storage
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ const fetchWebLNProvider = async () => {
 export function WebLNProvider ({ children }) {
   const [provider, setProvider] = useState(null)
   const [info, setInfo] = useState(null)
-  const [balance, setBalance] = useState(0)
 
   const initProvider = async (provider) => {
     const WebLNProviders = await import('@getalby/bitcoin-connect').then((mod) => mod.WebLNProviders)
@@ -33,14 +31,11 @@ export function WebLNProvider ({ children }) {
     setProvider(provider)
     const info = await provider.getInfo()
     setInfo(o => ({ ...o, ...info }))
-    const { balance } = await provider.getBalance()
-    setBalance(balance)
   }
 
   const clearProvider = () => {
     setProvider(null)
     setInfo(null)
-    setBalance(0)
   }
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -80,23 +75,7 @@ export function WebLNProvider ({ children }) {
     }
   }, [])
 
-  // poll balance
-  // TODO is there a better way?
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!provider) return
-    // TODO check rate limiting of services - is every 15 seconds too often? (it probably is)
-    const BALANCE_POLL = 15000 // 15 seconds
-    const interval = setInterval(() => {
-      provider?.getBalance().then(({ balance }) => setBalance(balance)).catch(console.error)
-    }, BALANCE_POLL)
-    return () => clearInterval(interval)
-  }, [provider])
-
-  const value = { provider, setProvider, info, balance }
-
-  // required to resolve fields marked with @client using values from WebLN context
-  useImperativeHandle(WebLNContextRef, () => value)
-
+  const value = { provider, setProvider, info }
   return (
     <WebLNContext.Provider value={value}>
       {children}
diff --git a/fragments/users.js b/fragments/users.js
index 166731efc..0aee792c9 100644
--- a/fragments/users.js
+++ b/fragments/users.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ export const ME = gql`
       id
       name
       bioId
-      weblnSats @client
       privates {
         autoDropBolt11s
         diagnostics
diff --git a/lib/apollo.js b/lib/apollo.js
index ce385dc2b..d8f45a2fb 100644
--- a/lib/apollo.js
+++ b/lib/apollo.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { ApolloClient, InMemoryCache, HttpLink } from '@apollo/client'
 import { decodeCursor, LIMIT } from './cursor'
 import { SSR } from './constants'
-import { WebLNContextRef } from '../components/webln'
 
 function isFirstPage (cursor, existingThings, limit = LIMIT) {
   if (cursor) {
@@ -189,14 +188,6 @@ function getClient (uri) {
         }
       }
     }),
-    resolvers: {
-      User: {
-        weblnSats: (user, args, { cache }) => {
-          const balance = WebLNContextRef.current?.balance
-          return balance
-        }
-      }
-    },
     assumeImmutableResults: true,
     defaultOptions: {
       watchQuery: {
diff --git a/pages/wallet.js b/pages/wallet.js
index 53cd17aa3..e951b8092 100644
--- a/pages/wallet.js
+++ b/pages/wallet.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function YouHaveSats () {
       <span className='text-monospace'>{me && (
         me.privates?.hideWalletBalance
           ? <HiddenWalletSummary />
-          : numWithUnits(me.privates?.sats + me.weblnSats, { abbreviate: false, format: true })
+          : numWithUnits(me.privates?.sats, { abbreviate: false, format: true })
       )}
       </span>
     </h2>