diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fcf08d668..e9228a729 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
     "react-window": "^1.1.1",
     "redux": "^4.0.0",
     "redux-persist": "^5.10.0",
-    "redux-persist-transform-filter": "^0.0.18",
     "rsocket-core": "^0.0.6",
     "rsocket-tcp-server": "^0.0.6",
     "socket.io": "^2.0.4",
diff --git a/src/init.js b/src/init.js
index f252c8581..47ede982c 100644
--- a/src/init.js
+++ b/src/init.js
@@ -14,34 +14,15 @@ import Logger from './fb-stubs/Logger.js';
 import App from './App.js';
 import BugReporter from './fb-stubs/BugReporter.js';
 import {createStore} from 'redux';
-import {persistStore, persistReducer} from 'redux-persist';
-import createFilter from 'redux-persist-transform-filter';
-import storage from 'redux-persist/lib/storage/index.js';
-import autoMergeLevel2 from 'redux-persist/lib/stateReconciler/autoMergeLevel2';
+import {persistStore} from 'redux-persist';
 import reducers from './reducers/index.js';
 import dispatcher from './dispatcher/index.js';
 import {setupMenuBar} from './MenuBar.js';
 import TooltipProvider from './ui/components/TooltipProvider.js';
 const path = require('path');
 
-const reducer: typeof reducers = persistReducer(
-  {
-    key: 'root',
-    stateReconciler: autoMergeLevel2,
-    transforms: [
-      createFilter('connections', [
-        'userPreferredDevice',
-        'userPreferredPlugin',
-        'userPreferredApp',
-      ]),
-    ],
-    storage,
-  },
-  reducers,
-);
-
 const store = createStore(
-  reducer,
+  reducers,
   window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__(),
 );
 persistStore(store);
diff --git a/src/reducers/index.js b/src/reducers/index.js
index 197811622..b03ed1941 100644
--- a/src/reducers/index.js
+++ b/src/reducers/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import application from './application.js';
 import connections from './connections.js';
 import pluginStates from './pluginStates.js';
 import notifications from './notifications.js';
+import {persistReducer} from 'redux-persist';
+import storage from 'redux-persist/lib/storage/index.js';
 
 import type {
   State as ApplicationState,
@@ -45,7 +47,18 @@ export type Store = ReduxStore<
 
 export default combineReducers({
   application,
-  connections,
+  connections: persistReducer(
+    {
+      key: 'connections',
+      storage,
+      whitelist: [
+        'userPreferredDevice',
+        'userPreferredPlugin',
+        'userPreferredApp',
+      ],
+    },
+    connections,
+  ),
   pluginStates,
   notifications,
 });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c51f3c2bb..c248bf7c1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4253,48 +4253,20 @@ lodash-es@^4.17.5:
   version "4.17.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash-es/-/lodash-es-4.17.10.tgz#62cd7104cdf5dd87f235a837f0ede0e8e5117e05"
 
-lodash.clonedeep@^4.5.0:
-  version "4.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.clonedeep/-/lodash.clonedeep-4.5.0.tgz#e23f3f9c4f8fbdde872529c1071857a086e5ccef"
-
 lodash.debounce@^4.0.8:
   version "4.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.debounce/-/lodash.debounce-4.0.8.tgz#82d79bff30a67c4005ffd5e2515300ad9ca4d7af"
 
-lodash.forin@^4.4.0:
-  version "4.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.forin/-/lodash.forin-4.4.0.tgz#5d3f20ae564011fbe88381f7d98949c9c9519731"
-
-lodash.get@^4.4.2:
-  version "4.4.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.get/-/lodash.get-4.4.2.tgz#2d177f652fa31e939b4438d5341499dfa3825e99"
-
-lodash.isempty@^4.4.0:
-  version "4.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.isempty/-/lodash.isempty-4.4.0.tgz#6f86cbedd8be4ec987be9aaf33c9684db1b31e7e"
-
 lodash.isplainobject@^4.0.6:
   version "4.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.isplainobject/-/lodash.isplainobject-4.0.6.tgz#7c526a52d89b45c45cc690b88163be0497f550cb"
   integrity sha1-fFJqUtibRcRcxpC4gWO+BJf1UMs=
 
-lodash.pickby@^4.6.0:
-  version "4.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.pickby/-/lodash.pickby-4.6.0.tgz#7dea21d8c18d7703a27c704c15d3b84a67e33aff"
-
-lodash.set@^4.3.2:
-  version "4.3.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.set/-/lodash.set-4.3.2.tgz#d8757b1da807dde24816b0d6a84bea1a76230b23"
-
 lodash.sortby@^4.7.0:
   version "4.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.sortby/-/lodash.sortby-4.7.0.tgz#edd14c824e2cc9c1e0b0a1b42bb5210516a42438"
   integrity sha1-7dFMgk4sycHgsKG0K7UhBRakJDg=
 
-lodash.unset@^4.5.2:
-  version "4.5.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.unset/-/lodash.unset-4.5.2.tgz#370d1d3e85b72a7e1b0cdf2d272121306f23e4ed"
-
 lodash@^4.0.1, lodash@^4.17.10, lodash@^4.17.4, lodash@^4.17.5, lodash@^4.2.0, lodash@^4.3.0:
   version "4.17.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.10.tgz#1b7793cf7259ea38fb3661d4d38b3260af8ae4e7"
@@ -5429,18 +5401,6 @@ redux-mock-store@^1.5.3:
   dependencies:
     lodash.isplainobject "^4.0.6"
 
-redux-persist-transform-filter@^0.0.18:
-  version "0.0.18"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/redux-persist-transform-filter/-/redux-persist-transform-filter-0.0.18.tgz#bc9901a0267bd64631099b4e7bb4d48c00647418"
-  dependencies:
-    lodash.clonedeep "^4.5.0"
-    lodash.forin "^4.4.0"
-    lodash.get "^4.4.2"
-    lodash.isempty "^4.4.0"
-    lodash.pickby "^4.6.0"
-    lodash.set "^4.3.2"
-    lodash.unset "^4.5.2"
-
 redux-persist@^5.10.0:
   version "5.10.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/redux-persist/-/redux-persist-5.10.0.tgz#5d8d802c5571e55924efc1c3a9b23575283be62b"