diff --git a/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/src/AbstractClient.tsx b/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/src/AbstractClient.tsx
index c87413348..87b59145a 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/src/AbstractClient.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-frontend-core/src/AbstractClient.tsx
@@ -379,9 +379,6 @@ export default abstract class AbstractClient extends EventEmitter {
             });
           }
         } catch (error) {
-          // This is only called if the connection is dead. Not in expected
-          // and recoverable cases like a missing receiver/method.
-          this.disconnect();
           reject(new Error('Unable to send, connection error: ' + error));
         }
       } else {