diff --git a/packages/desktop-client/src/hooks/useLocalPref.ts b/packages/desktop-client/src/hooks/useLocalPref.ts
index 3da16da937..d5c236cc76 100644
--- a/packages/desktop-client/src/hooks/useLocalPref.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop-client/src/hooks/useLocalPref.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
-
 import { useLocalStorage } from 'usehooks-ts';
 
 import { type LocalPrefs } from 'loot-core/src/types/prefs';
@@ -18,25 +16,8 @@ export function useLocalPref<K extends keyof LocalPrefs>(
 ): [LocalPrefs[K], SetLocalPrefAction<K>] {
   const [budgetId] = useMetadataPref('id');
 
-  const [value, setValue] = useLocalStorage<LocalPrefs[K]>(
-    `${budgetId}-${prefName}`,
-    undefined,
-    {
-      deserializer: JSON.parse,
-      serializer: JSON.stringify,
-    },
-  );
-
-  // Migrate from old pref storage location (metadata.json) to local storage
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  const [metadataPref] = useMetadataPref(prefName as any);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (value !== undefined || metadataPref === undefined) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    setValue(metadataPref);
-  }, [value, metadataPref, setValue]);
-
-  return [value, setValue];
+  return useLocalStorage<LocalPrefs[K]>(`${budgetId}-${prefName}`, undefined, {
+    deserializer: JSON.parse,
+    serializer: JSON.stringify,
+  });
 }
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/3718.md b/upcoming-release-notes/3718.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a62702a592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/3718.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [MatissJanis]
+---
+
+SyncedPrefs: remove no longer necessary migration.