diff --git a/src/components/viewManager/ViewManagerPage.tsx b/src/components/viewManager/ViewManagerPage.tsx
index ada011a365..efba34f2d6 100644
--- a/src/components/viewManager/ViewManagerPage.tsx
+++ b/src/components/viewManager/ViewManagerPage.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Action } from 'history';
-import { FunctionComponent, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { FunctionComponent, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useLocation, useNavigationType } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import globalize from 'lib/globalize';
@@ -58,13 +58,6 @@ const ViewManagerPage: FunctionComponent<ViewManagerPageProps> = ({
     isThemeMediaSupported = false,
     transition
 }) => {
-    /**
-     * HACK: This is a hack to workaround intentional behavior in React strict mode when running in development.
-     * Legacy views will break if loaded twice so we need to avoid that. This will likely stop working in React 19.
-     * refs: https://stackoverflow.com/a/72238236
-     */
-    const isLoaded = useRef(false);
-
     const location = useLocation();
     const navigationType = useNavigationType();
 
@@ -98,11 +91,7 @@ const ViewManagerPage: FunctionComponent<ViewManagerPageProps> = ({
                 });
         };
 
-        if (!isLoaded.current) loadPage();
-
-        return () => {
-            isLoaded.current = true;
-        };
+        loadPage();
     },
     // location.state and navigationType are NOT included as dependencies here since dialogs will update state while the current view stays the same
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps