diff --git a/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js b/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js
index ef13c793..0a20da6b 100644
--- a/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js
+++ b/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@
   }
   async function render(navigated) {
     // A refresh due while this render reads would replace it: a navigation would lose its heading focus.
-    clearTimeout(timer);
     const route = routeOf(), [path, query = ''] = route.split('?'), board = path === '/' || path === '';
     const g = ++gen;
     document.body.classList.toggle('on-bus', !board);