diff --git a/src/user-picker/New1to1PmScreen.js b/src/user-picker/New1to1PmScreen.js
index 06f9f68cf6f..7eec8e35852 100644
--- a/src/user-picker/New1to1PmScreen.js
+++ b/src/user-picker/New1to1PmScreen.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import UserList from '../users/UserList';
 import type { UserOrBot } from '../types';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from '../react-redux';
 import { pm1to1NarrowFromUser } from '../utils/narrow';
-import { getUsers, getPresence } from '../selectors';
+import { getUsers } from '../selectors';
 import { navigateBack, doNarrow } from '../actions';
 import { useNavigation } from '../react-navigation';
 
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ type Props = $ReadOnly<{|
 export default function New1to1PmScreen(props: Props): Node {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const users = useSelector(getUsers);
-  const presences = useSelector(getPresence);
 
   const navigation = useNavigation();
   const handleUserNarrow = useCallback(
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ export default function New1to1PmScreen(props: Props): Node {
 
   return (
     <Screen search scrollEnabled={false} searchBarOnChange={setFilter}>
-      <UserList users={users} filter={filter} presences={presences} onPress={handleUserNarrow} />
+      <UserList users={users} filter={filter} onPress={handleUserNarrow} />
     </Screen>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/user-picker/UserPickerCard.js b/src/user-picker/UserPickerCard.js
index 2353aa170c8..02a55c7e0d9 100644
--- a/src/user-picker/UserPickerCard.js
+++ b/src/user-picker/UserPickerCard.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { IconDone } from '../common/Icons';
 import UserList from '../users/UserList';
 import AvatarList from './AvatarList';
 import AnimatedScaleComponent from '../animation/AnimatedScaleComponent';
-import { getUsers, getPresence } from '../selectors';
+import { getUsers } from '../selectors';
 import { getOwnUserId } from '../users/userSelectors';
 
 const styles = createStyleSheet({
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ export default function UserPickerCard(props: Props): Node {
   const { filter, showOwnUser } = props;
 
   const users = useSelector(state => getUsersToShow(state, showOwnUser));
-  const presences = useSelector(getPresence);
 
   const [selectedState, setSelectedState] = useState<$ReadOnlyArray<UserOrBot>>([]);
   const listRef = useRef<FlatList<UserOrBot> | null>(null);
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ export default function UserPickerCard(props: Props): Node {
       <UserList
         filter={filter}
         users={users}
-        presences={presences}
         selected={selectedState}
         onPress={(user: UserOrBot) => {
           setSelectedState(state => {
diff --git a/src/users/UserList.js b/src/users/UserList.js
index 5302ae53cb0..c62d4d4e27a 100644
--- a/src/users/UserList.js
+++ b/src/users/UserList.js
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import type { Node } from 'react';
 import { SectionList } from 'react-native';
 import { useSelector } from '../react-redux';
 
-import type { PresenceState, UserOrBot } from '../types';
+import type { UserOrBot } from '../types';
 import { createStyleSheet } from '../styles';
 import SectionHeader from '../common/SectionHeader';
 import SearchEmptyState from '../common/SearchEmptyState';
 import UserItem from './UserItem';
 import { sortUserList, filterUserList, groupUsersByStatus } from './userHelpers';
 import { getMutedUsers } from '../selectors';
+import { getPresence } from '../directSelectors';
 
 const styles = createStyleSheet({
   list: {
@@ -22,13 +23,14 @@ type Props = $ReadOnly<{|
   filter: string,
   users: $ReadOnlyArray<UserOrBot>,
   selected?: $ReadOnlyArray<UserOrBot>,
-  presences: PresenceState,
   onPress: (user: UserOrBot) => void,
 |}>;
 
 export default function UserList(props: Props): Node {
-  const { filter, users, presences, onPress, selected = [] } = props;
+  const { filter, users, onPress, selected = [] } = props;
   const mutedUsers = useSelector(getMutedUsers);
+  const presences = useSelector(getPresence);
+
   const filteredUsers = filterUserList(users, filter).filter(user => !mutedUsers.has(user.user_id));
 
   if (filteredUsers.length === 0) {