diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/SessionActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/SessionActivity.kt
index 4a3b55990..f322d68ca 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/SessionActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/SessionActivity.kt
@@ -493,16 +493,6 @@ class SessionActivity : ComponentActivity(), SurfaceHolder.Callback {
                     onHardwareKeyboard = { drawerOpen = false; pcKeyboardOpen = !pcKeyboardOpen },
                     onSteamMenu = if (SessionState.mode == SessionService.MODE_STEAM) ({ sendSteamGuide() }) else null,
                     onQam = if (SessionState.mode == SessionService.MODE_STEAM) ({ triggerSteamQam() }) else null,
-                    // The desktop with Steam's desktop client in it, in this session's place: the
-                    // session ends with status 0 and onSessionEnded starts the relaunch (Stop's
-                    // finish() would skip it).
-                    onSwitchToDesktop = if (SessionState.mode == SessionService.MODE_STEAM) ({
-                        drawerOpen = false
-                        SessionState.relaunch = Intent(this@SessionActivity, SessionActivity::class.java)
-                            .putExtra(SessionService.EXTRA_MODE, SessionService.MODE_DESKTOP)
-                            .putExtra(SessionService.EXTRA_STEAM_UI, "desktop")
-                        SessionService.stop(this@SessionActivity)
-                    }) else null,
                     backActionsInverted = backActionsInverted,
                     onBackActionsInverted = { inverted ->
                         SessionPrefs.setBackActionsInverted(this@SessionActivity, inverted)
@@ -1083,8 +1073,8 @@ class SessionActivity : ComponentActivity(), SurfaceHolder.Callback {
         if (status == 0) {
             runOnUiThread {
                 if (isFinishing || isDestroyed) return@runOnUiThread
-                // A session asked for in this one's place (the desktop's Steam launchers, the
-                // drawer's DESKTOP) starts here: this activity restarts on its intent, as an agent
+                // A session asked for in this one's place (the desktop's Steam launchers or
+                // Steam's Switch to Desktop) starts here: this activity restarts on its intent, as an agent
                 // start does. startActivity(next) could not do it - the activity is singleTop, so
                 // the request landed in this instance's onNewIntent and went with its finish().
                 SessionState.relaunch?.let { next ->
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/SessionOverlay.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/SessionOverlay.kt
index 257ba6db2..ff2d44df4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/SessionOverlay.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/ui/SessionOverlay.kt
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ class DrawerActions(
     val onHardwareKeyboard: () -> Unit,
     val onSteamMenu: (() -> Unit)?,
     val onQam: (() -> Unit)?,
-    /** Steam sessions: end Big Picture and open the desktop with Steam's desktop client in it. */
-    val onSwitchToDesktop: (() -> Unit)? = null,
     val onOsc: (String) -> Unit,
     val onSuspendPolicy: (String) -> Unit,
     val onBackActionsInverted: (Boolean) -> Unit,
@@ -329,14 +327,6 @@ fun SessionDrawer(open: Boolean, page: Int, controllerActive: Boolean, onPageCha
                             if (!qamStartedOnPress) a.onQam.invoke()
                             qamStartedOnPress = false
                         }
-                        // Big Picture's own "Switch to Desktop" waits on SteamOS Manager for ever
-                        // here; this does the switch without the client.
-                        if (a.onSwitchToDesktop != null) {
-                            QuickAction(stringResource(R.string.drawer_desktop), Icons.Outlined.DesktopWindows, Modifier.weight(1f).then(focus.track(page, "desktop")), compact = short) {
-                                host.open = null
-                                a.onSwitchToDesktop.invoke()
-                            }
-                        }
                     }
                 }