diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js
index c90c0264a3..9efb7164bb 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js
@@ -277,9 +277,11 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         var RoomAvatar = sdk.getComponent('avatars.RoomAvatar');
 
         var directMessageIndicator;
-        if (this._isDirectMessageRoom(this.props.room.roomId)) {
-            directMessageIndicator = <img src="img/icon_person.svg" className="mx_RoomTile_dm" width="11" height="13" alt="dm"/>;
-        }
+        // Temporarily turning off the LGM badges as isDirectMessageRoom is horribly unperformant
+        // - see https://github.com/vector-im/vector-web/issues/2343
+        // if (this._isDirectMessageRoom(this.props.room.roomId)) {
+        //     directMessageIndicator = <img src="img/icon_person.svg" className="mx_RoomTile_dm" width="11" height="13" alt="dm"/>;
+        // }
 
         // These props are injected by React DnD,
         // as defined by your `collect` function above: