diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-message-list.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-message-list.tsx
index 4e85468e9..17a7599b0 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-message-list.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat-message-list.tsx
@@ -62,14 +62,12 @@ const timeChange = (prev: IChatMessage, curr: IChatMessage): TimeFormat | null =
 interface IChatMessageList {
   /** Chat the messages are being rendered from. */
   chat: IChat,
-  /** Whether to make the chatbox fill the height of the screen. */
-  autosize?: boolean,
 }
 
 const START_INDEX = 10000;
 
 /** Scrollable list of chat messages. */
-const ChatMessageList: React.FC<IChatMessageList> = ({ chat, autosize }) => {
+const ChatMessageList: React.FC<IChatMessageList> = ({ chat }) => {
   const intl = useIntl();
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const account = useOwnAccount();
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat.tsx
index 0499a5381..77ac48f47 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/chats/components/chat.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import ChatMessageList from './chat-message-list';
 
 interface ChatInterface {
   chat: IChat,
-  autosize?: boolean,
   inputRef?: MutableRefObject<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>,
   className?: string,
 }
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ interface ChatInterface {
  * Chat UI with just the messages and textarea.
  * Reused between floating desktop chats and fullscreen/mobile chats.
  */
-const Chat: React.FC<ChatInterface> = ({ chat, autosize, inputRef, className }) => {
+const Chat: React.FC<ChatInterface> = ({ chat, inputRef, className }) => {
   const account = useOwnAccount();
 
   const { createChatMessage, acceptChat } = useChatActions(chat.id);
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ const Chat: React.FC<ChatInterface> = ({ chat, autosize, inputRef, className })
   return (
     <Stack className={classNames('overflow-hidden flex flex-grow', className)} onMouseOver={handleMouseOver}>
       <div className='flex-grow h-full overflow-hidden flex justify-center'>
-        <ChatMessageList chat={chat} autosize />
+        <ChatMessageList chat={chat} />
       </div>
 
       <ChatComposer
diff --git a/app/soapbox/queries/chats.ts b/app/soapbox/queries/chats.ts
index 34bd0f532..e6556c14b 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/queries/chats.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/queries/chats.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ const useChatMessages = (chat: IChat) => {
 
   const queryInfo = useInfiniteQuery(ChatKeys.chatMessages(chat.id), ({ pageParam }) => getChatMessages(chat.id, pageParam), {
     enabled: !isBlocked,
+    cacheTime: 0,
+    staleTime: 0,
     getNextPageParam: (config) => {
       if (config.hasMore) {
         return { link: config.link };