diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomListHeader.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomListHeader.tsx
index 0fb16545cd0..516e9ed62c2 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomListHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomListHeader.tsx
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ const RoomListHeader = ({ spacePanelDisabled, onVisibilityChange }: IProps) => {
     // If the user can't do anything on the plus menu, don't show it. This aims to target the
     // plus menu shown on the Home tab primarily: the user has options to use the menu for
     // communities and spaces, but is at risk of no options on the Home tab.
-    const canShowPlusMenu = canCreateRooms || canExploreRooms || activeSpace || communityId;
+    const canShowPlusMenu = canCreateRooms || canExploreRooms || activeSpace;
 
     let contextMenu: JSX.Element;
     if (mainMenuDisplayed) {
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.tsx
index 02b2fda3285..96905fc586d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.tsx
@@ -189,11 +189,6 @@ export default class RoomTile extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
         }
     };
 
-    private onCommunityUpdate = (roomId: string) => {
-        if (roomId !== this.props.room.roomId) return;
-        this.forceUpdate(); // we don't have anything to actually update
-    };
-
     private onRoomPreviewChanged = (room: Room) => {
         if (this.props.room && room.roomId === this.props.room.roomId) {
             this.generatePreview();