diff --git a/src/domain/session/room/InviteViewModel.js b/src/domain/session/room/InviteViewModel.js
index 15fcb5a5..a9cc917f 100644
--- a/src/domain/session/room/InviteViewModel.js
+++ b/src/domain/session/room/InviteViewModel.js
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ import {ViewModel} from "../../ViewModel.js";
 export class InviteViewModel extends ViewModel {
     constructor(options) {
         super(options);
-        const {invite, mediaRepository, refreshRoomViewModel} = options;
+        const {invite, mediaRepository} = options;
         this._invite = invite;
         this._mediaRepository = mediaRepository;
-        this._refreshRoomViewModel = refreshRoomViewModel;
         this._onInviteChange = this._onInviteChange.bind(this);
         this._error = null;
         this._closeUrl = this.urlCreator.urlUntilSegment("session");
@@ -107,17 +106,7 @@ export class InviteViewModel extends ViewModel {
     }
 
     _onInviteChange() {
-        if (this._invite.accepted || this._invite.rejected) {
-            // close invite if rejected, or open room if accepted.
-            // Done with a callback rather than manipulating the nav,
-            // as closing the invite changes the nav path depending whether
-            // we're in a grid view, and opening the room doesn't change
-            // the nav path because the url is the same for an
-            // invite and the room.
-            this._refreshRoomViewModel(this.id);
-        } else {
-            this.emitChange();
-        }
+        this.emitChange();
     }
 
     dispose() {
diff --git a/src/domain/session/room/RoomViewModel.js b/src/domain/session/room/RoomViewModel.js
index 63aa6811..df631b87 100644
--- a/src/domain/session/room/RoomViewModel.js
+++ b/src/domain/session/room/RoomViewModel.js
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ import {ViewModel} from "../../ViewModel.js";
 export class RoomViewModel extends ViewModel {
     constructor(options) {
         super(options);
-        const {room, ownUserId, refreshRoomViewModel} = options;
+        const {room, ownUserId} = options;
         this._room = room;
         this._ownUserId = ownUserId;
-        this._refreshRoomViewModel = refreshRoomViewModel;
         this._timelineVM = null;
         this._onRoomChange = this._onRoomChange.bind(this);
         this._timelineError = null;
@@ -86,13 +85,7 @@ export class RoomViewModel extends ViewModel {
     // room doesn't tell us yet which fields changed,
     // so emit all fields originating from summary
     _onRoomChange() {
-        // if there is now an invite on this (left) room,
-        // show the invite view by refreshing the view model
-        if (this._room.invite) {
-            this._refreshRoomViewModel(this.id);
-        } else {
-            this.emitChange("name");
-        }
+        this.emitChange();
     }
 
     get kind() { return "room"; }