diff --git a/public/locales/en.json b/public/locales/en.json
index fc93302f..3388f249 100644
--- a/public/locales/en.json
+++ b/public/locales/en.json
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@
     "self_row_label": "You",
     "self_row_preview": "Settings & profile",
     "message_me_label": "me",
-    "status_e2ee": "e2ee",
     "username": "Username",
     "username_placeholder": "username",
     "server": "Server",
diff --git a/public/locales/ru.json b/public/locales/ru.json
index da58ca0f..56f6a7e3 100644
--- a/public/locales/ru.json
+++ b/public/locales/ru.json
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@
     "self_row_label": "Я",
     "self_row_preview": "Настройки и профиль",
     "message_me_label": "я",
-    "status_e2ee": "e2ee",
     "username": "Имя пользователя",
     "username_placeholder": "username",
     "server": "Сервер",
diff --git a/src/app/pages/client/direct/Direct.tsx b/src/app/pages/client/direct/Direct.tsx
index f08f9f2c..3f2489bc 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/client/direct/Direct.tsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/client/direct/Direct.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useAtomValue } from 'jotai';
-import { Box, Button, Icon, Icons, Text, color, config, toRem } from 'folds';
+import { Box, Button, Icon, Icons, Text, color, toRem } from 'folds';
 import { useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual';
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { SyncState } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
-import { useSyncState } from '../../../hooks/useSyncState';
 import { factoryRoomIdByActivity } from '../../../utils/sort';
 import { NavCategory, NavEmptyCenter, NavEmptyLayout } from '../../../components/nav';
 import { getDirectCreatePath, getDirectRoomPath } from '../../pathUtils';
@@ -27,8 +25,6 @@ import { DirectStreamHeader } from './DirectStreamHeader';
 import { DirectNewChatRow } from './DirectNewChatRow';
 import { DirectSelfRow } from './DirectSelfRow';
 
-const MONO_FONT = '"JetBrains Mono Variable", ui-monospace, monospace';
-
 type ListItem =
   | { kind: 'invite'; entry: DirectInviteEntry }
   | { kind: 'spam-toggle'; spamCount: number; expanded: boolean }
@@ -65,67 +61,6 @@ function DirectEmpty() {
   );
 }
 
-function DirectFooterStatus() {
-  const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const mx = useMatrixClient();
-  const [syncState, setSyncState] = useState<SyncState | null>(() => mx.getSyncState());
-  useSyncState(
-    mx,
-    useCallback((state: SyncState) => {
-      setSyncState(state);
-    }, [])
-  );
-  // Re-read post-mount to close the same render-to-effect gap as in
-  // SyncIndicator — useState initializer runs before useSyncState attaches
-  // its listener.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setSyncState(mx.getSyncState());
-  }, [mx]);
-
-  // Steady-state mapping (same source-of-truth philosophy as SyncIndicator):
-  //   - SDK Syncing  → green dot, all is well
-  //   - SDK Error    → red dot, give-up state
-  //   - everything else (transitional Reconnecting / Catchup / etc) → muted
-  //     `currentColor` so the dot reads as a transitional gray under the
-  //     parent's 0.45 opacity.
-  const dotBackground =
-    syncState === SyncState.Error
-      ? color.Critical.Main
-      : syncState === SyncState.Syncing
-      ? color.Success.Main
-      : 'currentColor';
-
-  return (
-    <Box
-      alignItems="Center"
-      gap="200"
-      style={{
-        padding: `${toRem(8)} ${toRem(14)}`,
-        borderTop: `${config.borderWidth.B300} solid ${color.Surface.ContainerLine}`,
-        fontFamily: MONO_FONT,
-        fontSize: toRem(11),
-        color: color.Surface.OnContainer,
-        opacity: 0.45,
-      }}
-    >
-      <span
-        style={{
-          width: toRem(6),
-          height: toRem(6),
-          borderRadius: '50%',
-          background: dotBackground,
-          display: 'inline-block',
-          transition: 'background 200ms ease',
-        }}
-        aria-hidden
-      />
-      <span>vojo.chat</span>
-      <Box grow="Yes" />
-      <span>{t('Direct.status_e2ee')}</span>
-    </Box>
-  );
-}
-
 type SpamToggleRowProps = {
   spamCount: number;
   expanded: boolean;
@@ -344,7 +279,6 @@ export function Direct() {
       )}
       <DirectNewChatRow />
       <DirectSelfRow />
-      <DirectFooterStatus />
     </PageNav>
   );
 }