diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupDiscoveryScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupDiscoveryScreen.kt
index 99384a7078..eb107ed216 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupDiscoveryScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupDiscoveryScreen.kt
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.R
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.icons.symbols.Icon
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.icons.symbols.MaterialSymbols
-import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.model.Channel
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.model.Note
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.model.nip29RelayGroups.RelayGroupChannel
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.feeds.FeedContentState
@@ -442,10 +441,7 @@ private fun RelayGroupRailRow(
         .notes.stateFlow
         .collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
     val messageCount = notesState.channel.notes.size()
-    // Derive the newest message from the note cache (not Channel.lastNote) so the preview + its
-    // timestamp advance in lockstep with the count as new kind-9s stream in — the same approach
-    // Concord's list previews use. Reading lastNote directly can lag behind the cache.
-    val lastNote = remember(notesState) { newestGroupChatMessage(notesState.channel) }
+    val lastNote = notesState.channel.lastNote
 
     val participatingFollows = remember(channelState, follows) { channel.participatingFollows(follows) }
 
@@ -702,18 +698,6 @@ private fun CompactFollowFaces(
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * The newest chat message loaded for this group, derived from the note cache each time it changes
- * rather than read from [Channel.lastNote] — so the row's preview + timestamp advance in lockstep
- * with the live message count as the warm-up subscription streams new kind-9s in (mirrors how
- * Concord's list previews stay current). NIP-29 threads (kind-11/1111) live in a separate collection,
- * so `notes` is already just the chat timeline; only skip notes whose event hasn't loaded yet.
- */
-private fun newestGroupChatMessage(channel: Channel): Note? =
-    channel.notes
-        .filter { _, note -> note.event != null }
-        .minWithOrNull(Channel.DefaultFeedOrder)
-
 /**
  * Display cap for the loaded-message counter — kept in step with the discovery preview's fetch
  * limit (RELAY_GROUP_WARMUP_LIMIT), so a chat that returns the full page reads as "50+".