diff --git a/protocol/messenger_contacts.go b/protocol/messenger_contacts.go
index 2d0a0a83fa..835670f457 100644
--- a/protocol/messenger_contacts.go
+++ b/protocol/messenger_contacts.go
@@ -973,38 +973,16 @@ func (m *Messenger) BlockContact(ctx context.Context, contactID string, fromSync
 	//		 https://github.com/status-im/status-go/issues/3720
 	if !fromSyncing {
 		updatedAt := m.GetCurrentTimeInMillis()
-		_, err = m.DismissAllActivityCenterNotificationsFromUser(ctx, contactID, updatedAt)
+		notifications, err := m.DismissAllActivityCenterNotificationsFromUser(ctx, contactID, updatedAt)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		response.AddActivityCenterNotifications(notifications)
 	}
 
 	return response, nil
 }
 
-// The same function as the one above.
-// Should be removed with https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop/issues/8805
-func (m *Messenger) BlockContactDesktop(ctx context.Context, contactID string) (*MessengerResponse, error) {
-	response := &MessengerResponse{}
-
-	err := m.blockContact(ctx, response, contactID, true, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	response, err = m.DeclineAllPendingGroupInvitesFromUser(ctx, response, contactID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	notifications, err := m.DismissAllActivityCenterNotificationsFromUser(ctx, contactID, m.GetCurrentTimeInMillis())
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	response.AddActivityCenterNotifications(notifications)
-	return response, nil
-}
-
 func (m *Messenger) UnblockContact(contactID string) (*MessengerResponse, error) {
 	response := &MessengerResponse{}
 	contact, ok := m.allContacts.Load(contactID)
diff --git a/services/ext/api.go b/services/ext/api.go
index e516882d56..7f76140841 100644
--- a/services/ext/api.go
+++ b/services/ext/api.go
@@ -345,13 +345,6 @@ func (api *PublicAPI) BlockContact(ctx context.Context, contactID string) (*prot
 	return api.service.messenger.BlockContact(ctx, contactID, false)
 }
 
-// This function is the same as the one above, but used only on the desktop side, since at the end it doesn't set
-// `Added` flag to `false`, but only `Blocked` to `true`
-func (api *PublicAPI) BlockContactDesktop(ctx context.Context, contactID string) (*protocol.MessengerResponse, error) {
-	api.logger.Info("blocking contact", zap.String("contact", contactID))
-	return api.service.messenger.BlockContactDesktop(ctx, contactID)
-}
-
 func (api *PublicAPI) UnblockContact(parent context.Context, contactID string) (*protocol.MessengerResponse, error) {
 	return api.service.messenger.UnblockContact(contactID)
 }