diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/api/hooks/accounts/use-account.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/api/hooks/accounts/use-account.ts
index 7110f7ed3..2a5a75199 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/api/hooks/accounts/use-account.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/api/hooks/accounts/use-account.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
 import { Entities } from '@/entity-store/entities';
 import { useEntity } from '@/entity-store/hooks/use-entity';
-import { useAppSelector } from '@/hooks/use-app-selector';
 import { useClient } from '@/hooks/use-client';
 import { useFeatures } from '@/hooks/use-features';
 import { useLoggedIn } from '@/hooks/use-logged-in';
+import { useCredentialAccount } from '@/queries/accounts/use-account-credentials';
 import { useRelationshipQuery } from '@/queries/accounts/use-relationship';
 
 import type { Account } from 'pl-api';
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ interface UseAccountOpts {
   withRelationship?: boolean;
 }
 
+const ADMIN_PERMISSION = 0x1n;
+
+const hasAdminPermission = (permissions?: string): boolean | undefined => {
+  if (!permissions) return undefined;
+
+  try {
+    return (BigInt(permissions) & ADMIN_PERMISSION) === ADMIN_PERMISSION;
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
+
 const useAccount = (accountId?: string, opts: UseAccountOpts = {}) => {
   const client = useClient();
   const features = useFeatures();
@@ -26,7 +38,7 @@ const useAccount = (accountId?: string, opts: UseAccountOpts = {}) => {
     { enabled: !!accountId },
   );
 
-  const meta = useAppSelector((state) => (accountId ? state.accounts_meta[accountId] : undefined));
+  const { data: credentialAccount } = useCredentialAccount(me === accountId);
 
   const { data: relationship, isLoading: isRelationshipLoading } = useRelationshipQuery(
     withRelationship ? entity?.id : undefined,
@@ -35,20 +47,28 @@ const useAccount = (accountId?: string, opts: UseAccountOpts = {}) => {
   const isBlocked = entity?.relationship?.blocked_by === true;
   const isUnavailable = me === entity?.id ? false : isBlocked && !features.blockersVisible;
 
-  const account = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      entity
-        ? {
-            ...entity,
-            relationship,
-            __meta: { meta, ...entity.__meta },
-            // @ts-ignore
-            is_admin: meta?.role ? (meta.role.permissions & 0x1) === 0x1 : entity.is_admin,
-          }
-        : undefined,
-    [entity, relationship],
+  const credentialIsAdmin = useMemo(
+    () => hasAdminPermission(credentialAccount?.role?.permissions),
+    [credentialAccount?.role?.permissions],
   );
 
+  const account = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!entity) return undefined;
+
+    const mergedRelationship = relationship ?? entity.relationship;
+    const mergedIsAdmin = credentialIsAdmin ?? entity.is_admin;
+
+    if (mergedRelationship === entity.relationship && mergedIsAdmin === entity.is_admin) {
+      return entity;
+    }
+
+    return {
+      ...entity,
+      relationship: mergedRelationship,
+      is_admin: mergedIsAdmin,
+    };
+  }, [entity, relationship, credentialIsAdmin]);
+
   return {
     ...result,
     isRelationshipLoading,
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/queries/accounts/use-account-credentials.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/queries/accounts/use-account-credentials.ts
index 03f1ec5bf..97675c457 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/queries/accounts/use-account-credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/queries/accounts/use-account-credentials.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import { useClient } from '@/hooks/use-client';
 
 import type { UpdateCredentialsParams } from 'pl-api';
 
-const useCredentialAccount = () => {
+const useCredentialAccount = (enabled = true) => {
   const client = useClient();
   const currentAccount = useCurrentAccount();
 
   return useQuery({
     queryKey: [currentAccount, 'credentialAccount'],
     queryFn: () => client.settings.verifyCredentials(),
-    enabled: currentAccount !== 'unauthenticated',
+    enabled: currentAccount !== 'unauthenticated' && enabled,
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/accounts-meta.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/accounts-meta.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f7a841c60..000000000
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/accounts-meta.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Accounts Meta: private user data only the owner should see.
- * @module pl-fe/reducers/accounts_meta
- */
-import { create, type Immutable } from 'mutative';
-
-import {
-  VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_SUCCESS,
-  AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_SUCCESS,
-  type AuthAction,
-} from '@/actions/auth';
-import { ME_FETCH_SUCCESS, ME_PATCH_SUCCESS, type MeAction } from '@/actions/me';
-
-import type { Account, CredentialAccount } from 'pl-api';
-
-interface AccountMeta {
-  pleroma: Account['__meta']['pleroma'];
-  source?: CredentialAccount['source'];
-}
-
-type State = Immutable<Record<string, AccountMeta | undefined>>;
-
-const importAccount = (state: State, account: CredentialAccount): State =>
-  create(
-    state,
-    (draft) => {
-      const existing = draft[account.id];
-
-      draft[account.id] = {
-        pleroma: account.__meta.pleroma ?? existing?.pleroma,
-        source: account.source ?? existing?.source,
-      };
-    },
-    { enableAutoFreeze: true },
-  );
-
-const accounts_meta = (state: Readonly<State> = {}, action: AuthAction | MeAction): State => {
-  switch (action.type) {
-    case ME_FETCH_SUCCESS:
-    case ME_PATCH_SUCCESS:
-      return importAccount(state, action.me);
-    case VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_SUCCESS:
-    case AUTH_ACCOUNT_REMEMBER_SUCCESS:
-      return importAccount(state, action.account);
-    default:
-      return state;
-  }
-};
-
-export { accounts_meta as default };
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/index.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/index.ts
index 538a1e534..3ba8d9eb8 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { AUTH_LOGGED_OUT } from '@/actions/auth';
 import * as BuildConfig from '@/build-config';
 import entities from '@/entity-store/reducer';
 
-import accounts_meta from './accounts-meta';
 import admin from './admin';
 import auth from './auth';
 import compose from './compose';
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ import statuses from './statuses';
 import timelines from './timelines';
 
 const reducers = {
-  accounts_meta,
   admin,
   auth,
   compose,