diff --git a/desktop/docs/dependencies.md b/desktop/docs/dependencies.md
index 502ea6ea9..4f2bd152d 100644
--- a/desktop/docs/dependencies.md
+++ b/desktop/docs/dependencies.md
@@ -42,13 +42,6 @@ This spins up a server for serving files using a protocol handler inside our
 Electron process. This allows us to directly use the output produced by
 `next build` for loading into our renderer process.
 
-### electron-reload
-
-Reloads contents of the BrowserWindow (renderer process) when source files are
-changed.
-
-* TODO (MR): Do we need this? Isn't the next-electron-server HMR covering this?
-
 ## DX
 
 See [web/docs/dependencies#DX](../../web/docs/dependencies.md#dx) for the
diff --git a/desktop/package.json b/desktop/package.json
index 39e5d8b38..0aa24aba3 100644
--- a/desktop/package.json
+++ b/desktop/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         "chokidar": "^3.5.3",
         "compare-versions": "^6.1.0",
         "electron-log": "^4.3.5",
-        "electron-reload": "^2.0.0-alpha.1",
         "electron-store": "^8.0.1",
         "electron-updater": "^4.3.8",
         "ffmpeg-static": "^5.1.0",
diff --git a/desktop/src/main.ts b/desktop/src/main.ts
index 4de93046a..0a1fbe818 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { app, BrowserWindow } from "electron";
-import electronReload from "electron-reload";
 import serveNextAt from "next-electron-server";
 import { initWatcher } from "./services/chokidar";
 import { isDev } from "./utils/common";
@@ -42,19 +41,6 @@ export const setIsUpdateAvailable = (value: boolean): void => {
     updateIsAvailable = value;
 };
 
-/**
- * Hot reload the main process if anything changes in the source directory that
- * we're running from.
- *
- * In particular, this gets triggered when the `tsc -w` rebuilds JS files in the
- * `app/` directory when we change the TS files in the `src/` directory.
- */
-const setupMainHotReload = () => {
-    if (isDev) {
-        electronReload(__dirname, {});
-    }
-};
-
 /**
  * The URL where the renderer HTML is being served from.
  */
@@ -77,7 +63,6 @@ const setupRendererServer = () => {
     serveNextAt(rendererURL);
 };
 
-setupMainHotReload();
 setupRendererServer();
 setupLogging(isDev);
 
diff --git a/desktop/yarn.lock b/desktop/yarn.lock
index b341cad16..5d4016b91 100644
--- a/desktop/yarn.lock
+++ b/desktop/yarn.lock
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ chalk@^4.0.0, chalk@^4.0.2, chalk@^4.1.2:
     ansi-styles "^4.1.0"
     supports-color "^7.1.0"
 
-chokidar@^3.5.2, chokidar@^3.5.3:
+chokidar@^3.5.3:
   version "3.5.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chokidar/-/chokidar-3.5.3.tgz#1cf37c8707b932bd1af1ae22c0432e2acd1903bd"
   integrity sha512-Dr3sfKRP6oTcjf2JmUmFJfeVMvXBdegxB0iVQ5eb2V10uFJUCAS8OByZdVAyVb8xXNz3GjjTgj9kLWsZTqE6kw==
@@ -1162,13 +1162,6 @@ electron-publish@24.5.0:
     lazy-val "^1.0.5"
     mime "^2.5.2"
 
-electron-reload@^2.0.0-alpha.1:
-  version "2.0.0-alpha.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-reload/-/electron-reload-2.0.0-alpha.1.tgz#6cad98df96695ca1d5462dc9407f7c620028ce99"
-  integrity sha512-hTde7gv0TEqxbxlB3pj2CwoyCQ9sdiQrcP8GkpzhosxyVeYM3mZbMEVKCZK3L0fED7Mz5A9IWmK7zEvi4H3P1g==
-  dependencies:
-    chokidar "^3.5.2"
-
 electron-store@^8.0.1:
   version "8.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-store/-/electron-store-8.0.2.tgz#95c8cf81c1e1cf48b24f3ceeea24b921c1ff62d7"