diff --git a/zephyr/static/js/blueslip.js b/zephyr/static/js/blueslip.js
index 16c48d9bb3..236abbcc3a 100644
--- a/zephyr/static/js/blueslip.js
+++ b/zephyr/static/js/blueslip.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ exports.wrap_function = function blueslip_wrap_function(func) {
                     message += ":" + ex.lineNumber;
                 }
             }
-            report_error(message, ex.stack, {show_ui_msg: true});
+            report_error(message, ex.stack);
             throw ex;
         }
     };
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ exports.error = function blueslip_error (msg, more_info) {
 
 exports.fatal = function blueslip_fatal (msg, more_info) {
     if (! page_params.debug_mode) {
-        report_error(msg, Error().stack, {show_ui_msg: true,
-                                          more_info: more_info});
+        report_error(msg, Error().stack, {more_info: more_info});
     }
 
     throw new BlueslipError(msg, more_info);
diff --git a/zephyr/static/js/zephyr.js b/zephyr/static/js/zephyr.js
index 8f884a1dd9..aae6adc734 100644
--- a/zephyr/static/js/zephyr.js
+++ b/zephyr/static/js/zephyr.js
@@ -729,7 +729,6 @@ function maybe_add_narrowed_messages(messages, msg_list) {
         },
         error: function (xhr) {
             // We might want to be more clever here
-            $('#connection-error').show();
             setTimeout(function () {
                 if (msg_list === current_msg_list) {
                     // Don't actually try again if we unnarrowed