diff --git a/src/app/modules/main/chat_section/module.nim b/src/app/modules/main/chat_section/module.nim
index 34c0d8d6ff0..26cd3c29c9c 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/main/chat_section/module.nim
+++ b/src/app/modules/main/chat_section/module.nim
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ method onCategoryNameChanged*(self: Module, category: Category) =
   self.view.chatsModel().renameCategory(category.id, category.name)
 
 method onCommunityChannelDeletedOrChatLeft*(self: Module, chatId: string) =
-  if(not self.chatContentModules.contains(chatId)):
+  if not self.chatContentModules.contains(chatId):
     return
   self.view.chatsModel().removeItemById(chatId)
   self.removeSubmodule(chatId)
@@ -1197,6 +1197,7 @@ method blockContact*(self: Module, publicKey: string) =
 method onContactBlocked*(self: Module, publicKey: string) =
   self.view.contactRequestsModel().removeItemById(publicKey)
   self.view.chatsModel().changeBlockedOnItemById(publicKey, blocked=true)
+  self.onCommunityChannelDeletedOrChatLeft(publicKey)
 
 method onContactUnblocked*(self: Module, publicKey: string) =
   self.view.chatsModel().changeBlockedOnItemById(publicKey, blocked=false)
diff --git a/src/app_service/service/chat/service.nim b/src/app_service/service/chat/service.nim
index 3ec1d2b8e7a..708da8fe12d 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/chat/service.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/chat/service.nim
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ type
     role*: MemberRole
     joined*: bool
 
-  RpcResponseArgs* = ref object of Args
-    response*: RpcResponse[JsonNode]
-
   CheckChannelPermissionsResponseArgs* = ref object of Args
     communityId*: string
     chatId*: string
@@ -120,7 +117,6 @@ const SIGNAL_CHAT_MEMBER_UPDATED* = "chatMemberUpdated"
 const SIGNAL_CHAT_SWITCH_TO_OR_CREATE_1_1_CHAT* = "switchToOrCreateOneToOneChat"
 const SIGNAL_CHAT_ADDED_OR_UPDATED* = "chatAddedOrUpdated"
 const SIGNAL_CHAT_CREATED* = "chatCreated"
-const SIGNAL_CHAT_REQUEST_UPDATE_AFTER_SEND* = "chatRequestUpdateAfterSend"
 const SIGNAL_CHECK_CHANNEL_PERMISSIONS_RESPONSE* = "checkChannelPermissionsResponse"
 const SIGNAL_CHECK_ALL_CHANNELS_PERMISSIONS_RESPONSE* = "checkAllChannelsPermissionsResponse"
 const SIGNAL_CHECK_ALL_CHANNELS_PERMISSIONS_FAILED* = "checkAllChannelsPermissionsFailed"
@@ -183,10 +179,6 @@ QtObject:
         for clearedHistoryDto in receivedData.clearedHistories:
           self.events.emit(SIGNAL_CHAT_HISTORY_CLEARED, ChatArgs(chatId: clearedHistoryDto.chatId))
 
-    self.events.on(SIGNAL_CHAT_REQUEST_UPDATE_AFTER_SEND) do(e: Args):
-      var args = RpcResponseArgs(e)
-      discard self.processMessengerResponse(args.response)
-
   proc asyncGetActiveChats*(self: Service) =
     let arg = AsyncGetActiveChatsTaskArg(
       tptr: asyncGetActiveChatsTask,
diff --git a/src/app_service/service/contacts/service.nim b/src/app_service/service/contacts/service.nim
index 37b5b00cdfc..7a32927fc25 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/contacts/service.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/contacts/service.nim
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ type
     publicKey*: string
     ok*: bool
 
-  RpcResponseArgs* = ref object of Args
-    response*: RpcResponse[JsonNode]
-
   AppendChatMessagesArgs* = ref object of Args
     chatId*: string
     messages*: JsonNode
@@ -395,9 +392,9 @@ QtObject:
     if self.contacts.hasKey(publicKey):
       if self.contacts[publicKey].dto.added and not self.contacts[publicKey].dto.removed and contact.added and not contact.removed:
         signal = SIGNAL_CONTACT_UPDATED
-    if contact.removed:
-      singletonInstance.globalEvents.showContactRemoved("Contact removed", fmt "You removed {contact.displayName} as a contact", contact.id)
-      signal = SIGNAL_CONTACT_REMOVED
+      if contact.removed and not self.contacts[publicKey].dto.removed:
+        singletonInstance.globalEvents.showContactRemoved("Contact removed", fmt "You removed {contact.displayName} as a contact", contact.id)
+        signal = SIGNAL_CONTACT_REMOVED
 
     self.contacts[publicKey] = self.constructContactDetails(contact)
     self.events.emit(signal, ContactArgs(contactId: publicKey))
diff --git a/src/backend/contacts.nim b/src/backend/contacts.nim
index 74abaf4eafa..d0b35311897 100644
--- a/src/backend/contacts.nim
+++ b/src/backend/contacts.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ proc getContacts*(): RpcResponse[JsonNode] =
   result = callPrivateRPC("contacts".prefix, payload)
 
 proc blockContact*(id: string): RpcResponse[JsonNode] =
-  result = callPrivateRPC("blockContactDesktop".prefix, %* [id])
+  result = callPrivateRPC("blockContact".prefix, %* [id])
 
 proc unblockContact*(id: string): RpcResponse[JsonNode] =
   result = callPrivateRPC("unblockContact".prefix, %* [id])
diff --git a/vendor/status-go b/vendor/status-go
index e6c2f89f034..3b0601428b4 160000
--- a/vendor/status-go
+++ b/vendor/status-go
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e6c2f89f03479e0dfd80226f68d51ffc3dd1a2b4
+Subproject commit 3b0601428b4b65b8aedea5e859d7d10ddcf35484