diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index f80941fce..8eca54689 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
 
-import { DrawerContent, GuiState, useSetGuiValue } from "@framework/GuiMessageBroker";
+import { DrawerContent, GuiState } from "@framework/GuiMessageBroker";
 import { LayoutElement, Workbench } from "@framework/Workbench";
 import { NavBar } from "@framework/internal/components/NavBar";
 import { SettingsContentPanels } from "@framework/internal/components/SettingsContentPanels";
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ function App() {
     const workbench = React.useRef<Workbench>(new Workbench());
     const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
-    const setLoadingEnsembleSet = useSetGuiValue(workbench.current.getGuiMessageBroker(), GuiState.LoadingEnsembleSet);
-
     React.useEffect(() => {
         if (!workbench.current.loadLayoutFromLocalStorage()) {
             workbench.current.makeLayout(layout);
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ function App() {
         if (storedEnsembleIdents) {
             workbench.current.getGuiMessageBroker().setState(GuiState.LoadingEnsembleSet, true);
             workbench.current.loadAndSetupEnsembleSetInSession(queryClient, storedEnsembleIdents).then(() => {
-                setLoadingEnsembleSet(false);
+                workbench.current.getGuiMessageBroker().setState(GuiState.LoadingEnsembleSet, false);
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/framework/GuiMessageBroker.ts b/frontend/src/framework/GuiMessageBroker.ts
index 2f232952a..6ecc49d5a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/framework/GuiMessageBroker.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/framework/GuiMessageBroker.ts
@@ -169,11 +169,3 @@ export function useGuiValue<T extends GuiState>(guiMessageBroker: GuiMessageBrok
     const [state] = useGuiState(guiMessageBroker, key);
     return state;
 }
-
-export function useSetGuiValue<T extends GuiState>(
-    guiMessageBroker: GuiMessageBroker,
-    key: T
-): (value: GuiStateTypes[T] | ((prev: GuiStateTypes[T]) => GuiStateTypes[T])) => void {
-    const [, setter] = useGuiState(guiMessageBroker, key);
-    return setter;
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/framework/internal/components/Content/private-components/ViewWrapper/viewWrapper.tsx b/frontend/src/framework/internal/components/Content/private-components/ViewWrapper/viewWrapper.tsx
index e1e1e145f..542caabcc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/framework/internal/components/Content/private-components/ViewWrapper/viewWrapper.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/framework/internal/components/Content/private-components/ViewWrapper/viewWrapper.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
 
-import { DrawerContent, GuiEvent, GuiState, useGuiState, useSetGuiValue } from "@framework/GuiMessageBroker";
+import { DrawerContent, GuiEvent, GuiState, useGuiState } from "@framework/GuiMessageBroker";
 import { ModuleInstance } from "@framework/ModuleInstance";
 import { Workbench } from "@framework/Workbench";
 import { Point, pointDifference, pointRelativeToDomRect, pointerEventToPoint } from "@lib/utils/geometry";
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ export const ViewWrapper: React.FC<ViewWrapperProps> = (props) => {
         GuiState.SettingsPanelWidthInPercent
     );
 
-    const setActiveModuleInstanceId = useSetGuiValue(
-        props.workbench.getGuiMessageBroker(),
-        GuiState.ActiveModuleInstanceId
-    );
-
     const guiMessageBroker = props.workbench.getGuiMessageBroker();
 
     const timeRef = React.useRef<number | null>(null);
@@ -76,7 +71,7 @@ export const ViewWrapper: React.FC<ViewWrapperProps> = (props) => {
             setDrawerContent(DrawerContent.ModuleSettings);
         }
         if (props.isActive) return;
-        setActiveModuleInstanceId(props.moduleInstance.getId());
+        props.workbench.getGuiMessageBroker().setState(GuiState.ActiveModuleInstanceId, props.moduleInstance.getId());
     }
 
     function handlePointerDown() {