diff --git a/src/DeviceListener.js b/src/DeviceListener.js
index d2ba8219db..27caba971e 100644
--- a/src/DeviceListener.js
+++ b/src/DeviceListener.js
@@ -225,14 +225,6 @@ export default class DeviceListener {
                         });
                     }
                 }
-            } else if (await cli.secretStorageKeyNeedsUpgrade()) {
-                ToastStore.sharedInstance().addOrReplaceToast({
-                    key: THIS_DEVICE_TOAST_KEY,
-                    title: _t("Encryption upgrade available"),
-                    icon: "verification_warning",
-                    props: {kind: 'upgrade_ssss'},
-                    component: sdk.getComponent("toasts.SetupEncryptionToast"),
-                });
             } else {
                 // cross-signing is ready, and we don't need to upgrade encryption
                 ToastStore.sharedInstance().dismissToast(THIS_DEVICE_TOAST_KEY);
diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/CrossSigningPanel.js b/src/components/views/settings/CrossSigningPanel.js
index cb04d2a018..c2c16615be 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/CrossSigningPanel.js
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/CrossSigningPanel.js
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ export default class CrossSigningPanel extends React.PureComponent {
             userSigningPrivateKeyCached: false,
             sessionBackupKeyCached: false,
             secretStorageKeyInAccount: false,
-            secretStorageKeyNeedsUpgrade: null,
         };
     }
 
@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ export default class CrossSigningPanel extends React.PureComponent {
         const homeserverSupportsCrossSigning =
             await cli.doesServerSupportUnstableFeature("org.matrix.e2e_cross_signing");
         const crossSigningReady = await cli.isCrossSigningReady();
-        const secretStorageKeyNeedsUpgrade = await cli.secretStorageKeyNeedsUpgrade();
 
         this.setState({
             crossSigningPublicKeysOnDevice,
@@ -100,7 +98,6 @@ export default class CrossSigningPanel extends React.PureComponent {
             secretStorageKeyInAccount,
             homeserverSupportsCrossSigning,
             crossSigningReady,
-            secretStorageKeyNeedsUpgrade,
         });
     }
 
@@ -150,7 +147,6 @@ export default class CrossSigningPanel extends React.PureComponent {
             secretStorageKeyInAccount,
             homeserverSupportsCrossSigning,
             crossSigningReady,
-            secretStorageKeyNeedsUpgrade,
         } = this.state;
 
         let errorSection;
@@ -259,10 +255,6 @@ export default class CrossSigningPanel extends React.PureComponent {
                             <td>{_t("Homeserver feature support:")}</td>
                             <td>{homeserverSupportsCrossSigning ? _t("exists") : _t("not found")}</td>
                         </tr>
-                        <tr>
-                            <td>{_t("Secret Storage key format:")}</td>
-                            <td>{secretStorageKeyNeedsUpgrade ? _t("outdated") : _t("up to date")}</td>
-                        </tr>
                    </tbody></table>
                 </details>
                 {errorSection}
diff --git a/src/components/views/toasts/SetupEncryptionToast.js b/src/components/views/toasts/SetupEncryptionToast.js
index 75fd55378c..b5510e85b6 100644
--- a/src/components/views/toasts/SetupEncryptionToast.js
+++ b/src/components/views/toasts/SetupEncryptionToast.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import Modal from '../../../Modal';
-import { MatrixClientPeg } from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
 import * as sdk from "../../../index";
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import DeviceListener from '../../../DeviceListener';
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ export default class SetupEncryptionToast extends React.PureComponent {
             'set_up_encryption',
             'verify_this_session',
             'upgrade_encryption',
-            'upgrade_ssss',
         ]).isRequired,
     };
 
@@ -39,24 +37,6 @@ export default class SetupEncryptionToast extends React.PureComponent {
         DeviceListener.sharedInstance().dismissEncryptionSetup();
     };
 
-    async _waitForCompletion() {
-        if (this.props.kind === 'upgrade_ssss') {
-            return new Promise(resolve => {
-                const recheck = async () => {
-                    const needsUpgrade = await MatrixClientPeg.get().secretStorageKeyNeedsUpgrade();
-                    if (!needsUpgrade) {
-                        MatrixClientPeg.get().removeListener('accountData', recheck);
-                        resolve();
-                    }
-                };
-                MatrixClientPeg.get().on('accountData', recheck);
-                recheck();
-            });
-        } else {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
     _onSetupClick = async () => {
         if (this.props.kind === "verify_this_session") {
             Modal.createTrackedDialog('Verify session', 'Verify session', SetupEncryptionDialog,
@@ -68,7 +48,6 @@ export default class SetupEncryptionToast extends React.PureComponent {
             );
             try {
                 await accessSecretStorage();
-                await this._waitForCompletion();
             } finally {
                 modal.close();
             }
@@ -82,8 +61,6 @@ export default class SetupEncryptionToast extends React.PureComponent {
                 return _t('Verify yourself & others to keep your chats safe');
             case 'verify_this_session':
                 return _t('Other users may not trust it');
-            case 'upgrade_ssss':
-                return _t('Update your secure storage');
         }
     }
 
@@ -92,7 +69,6 @@ export default class SetupEncryptionToast extends React.PureComponent {
             case 'set_up_encryption':
                 return _t('Set up');
             case 'upgrade_encryption':
-            case 'upgrade_ssss':
                 return _t('Upgrade');
             case 'verify_this_session':
                 return _t('Verify');