diff --git a/ui/src/utils/getInitialState.js b/ui/src/utils/getInitialState.js
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index 73bd26771c..0000000000
--- a/ui/src/utils/getInitialState.js
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-export default function getInitialState(localStorage, hosts, alerts) {
-  const existingTimeSettingsString = localStorage.getItem('time');
-
-
-  const h = {};
-  hosts.forEach((host) => {
-    h[host] = {url: host};
-  });
-
-  const time = Object.assign({
-    bounds: {
-      lower: 'now() - 15m',
-      upper: 'now()',
-    },
-    groupByInterval: 60,
-  }, JSON.parse(existingTimeSettingsString || '{}'));
-
-  // Why are we getting hosts for all pages?
-  // I've copied alerts here in the same way.
-  return {
-    hosts: h,
-    alerts: alerts,
-    time,
-  };
-}