diff --git a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js
index bf2e7beb16..277985ba1d 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js
@@ -249,17 +249,6 @@ export default React.createClass({
         return this.state.defaultIsUrl || "https://vector.im";
     },
 
-    /**
-     * Whether to skip the server details phase of registration and start at the
-     * actual form.
-     * @return {boolean}
-     *     If there was a configured default HS or default server name, skip the
-     *     the server details.
-     */
-    skipServerDetailsForRegistration() {
-        return !!this.state.defaultHsUrl;
-    },
-
     componentWillMount: function() {
         SdkConfig.put(this.props.config);
 
@@ -1973,7 +1962,6 @@ export default React.createClass({
                     defaultServerDiscoveryError={this.state.defaultServerDiscoveryError}
                     defaultHsUrl={this.getDefaultHsUrl()}
                     defaultIsUrl={this.getDefaultIsUrl()}
-                    skipServerDetails={this.skipServerDetailsForRegistration()}
                     brand={this.props.config.brand}
                     customHsUrl={this.getCurrentHsUrl()}
                     customIsUrl={this.getCurrentIsUrl()}
diff --git a/src/components/structures/auth/Registration.js b/src/components/structures/auth/Registration.js
index df87c1b9ca..708118bb22 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/auth/Registration.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/auth/Registration.js
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         customIsUrl: PropTypes.string,
         defaultHsUrl: PropTypes.string,
         defaultIsUrl: PropTypes.string,
-        skipServerDetails: PropTypes.bool,
         brand: PropTypes.string,
         email: PropTypes.string,
         // registration shouldn't know or care how login is done.
@@ -69,26 +68,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     getInitialState: function() {
         const serverType = ServerType.getTypeFromHsUrl(this.props.customHsUrl);
 
-        const customURLsAllowed = !SdkConfig.get()['disable_custom_urls'];
-        let initialPhase = this.getDefaultPhaseForServerType(serverType);
-        if (
-            // if we have these two, skip to the good bit
-            // (they could come in from the URL params in a
-            // registration email link)
-            (this.props.clientSecret && this.props.sessionId) ||
-            // if custom URLs aren't allowed, skip to form
-            !customURLsAllowed ||
-            // if other logic says to, skip to form
-            this.props.skipServerDetails
-        ) {
-            // TODO: It would seem we've now added enough conditions here that the initial
-            // phase will _always_ be the form. It's tempting to remove the complexity and
-            // just do that, but we keep tweaking and changing auth, so let's wait until
-            // things settle a bit.
-            // Filed https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/8886 to track this.
-            initialPhase = PHASE_REGISTRATION;
-        }
-
         return {
             busy: false,
             errorText: null,
@@ -111,7 +90,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             hsUrl: this.props.customHsUrl,
             isUrl: this.props.customIsUrl,
             // Phase of the overall registration dialog.
-            phase: initialPhase,
+            phase: PHASE_REGISTRATION,
             flows: null,
         };
     },