diff --git a/frontend/app/components/shared/SessionListContainer/components/SessionList/SessionList.tsx b/frontend/app/components/shared/SessionListContainer/components/SessionList/SessionList.tsx
index 97c02d4ca..5f279c394 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/shared/SessionListContainer/components/SessionList/SessionList.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/shared/SessionListContainer/components/SessionList/SessionList.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   setScrollPosition,
   checkForLatestSessions,
 } from 'Duck/search';
-import useTimeout from 'App/hooks/useTimeout';
 import { numberWithCommas } from 'App/utils';
 import { fetchListActive as fetchMetadata } from 'Duck/customField';
 
@@ -82,11 +81,14 @@ function SessionList(props: Props) {
     };
   }, [isBookmark, isVault, activeTab]);
 
-  useTimeout(() => {
-    if (!document.hidden) {
-      props.checkForLatestSessions();
-    }
-  }, AUTOREFRESH_INTERVAL);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const id = setInterval(() => {
+      if (!document.hidden) {
+        props.checkForLatestSessions()
+      }
+    }, AUTOREFRESH_INTERVAL)
+    return () => clearInterval(id)
+  }, [])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // handle scroll position
diff --git a/frontend/app/hooks/useTimeout.ts b/frontend/app/hooks/useTimeout.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ea6dd2ba3..000000000
--- a/frontend/app/hooks/useTimeout.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
-
-const useTimeout = (callback: () => void, delay: number) => {
-  const savedCallback = useRef<() => void>();
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    savedCallback.current = callback;
-  }, [callback]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    function tick() {
-      savedCallback.current && savedCallback.current();
-    }
-    if (delay !== null) {
-      const id = setInterval(tick, delay);
-      return () => clearInterval(id);
-    }
-  }, [delay]);
-};
-
-export default useTimeout;