diff --git a/src/web/login.coverage.test.ts b/src/web/login.coverage.test.ts
index 3c92cf942..8b3673006 100644
--- a/src/web/login.coverage.test.ts
+++ b/src/web/login.coverage.test.ts
@@ -80,22 +80,6 @@ describe("loginWeb coverage", () => {
     expect(secondSock.ws.close).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("formats retry failure when restart login also closes", async () => {
-    formatErrorMock.mockReturnValueOnce("status=408 Request Time-out QR refs attempts ended");
-    waitForWaConnectionMock
-      .mockRejectedValueOnce({ output: { statusCode: 515 } })
-      .mockRejectedValueOnce({
-        output: {
-          statusCode: 408,
-          payload: { error: "Request Time-out", message: "QR refs attempts ended" },
-        },
-      });
-
-    await expect(loginWeb(false, waitForWaConnectionMock as never)).rejects.toThrow(
-      /status=408 Request Time-out QR refs attempts ended/i,
-    );
-  });
-
   it("clears creds and throws when logged out", async () => {
     waitForWaConnectionMock.mockRejectedValueOnce({
       output: { statusCode: DisconnectReason.loggedOut },
diff --git a/src/web/login.ts b/src/web/login.ts
index edecaba33..b336f8ebe 100644
--- a/src/web/login.ts
+++ b/src/web/login.ts
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ export async function loginWeb(
         await wait(retry);
         console.log(success("✅ Linked after restart; web session ready."));
         return;
-      } catch (retryErr) {
-        const formatted = formatError(retryErr);
-        console.error(
-          danger(`WhatsApp Web connection ended after restart before fully opening. ${formatted}`),
-        );
-        throw new Error(formatted, { cause: retryErr });
       } finally {
         setTimeout(() => retry.ws?.close(), 500);
       }