diff --git a/src/boot/after_store.js b/src/boot/after_store.js
index bc86cb1e4..0b4825ca0 100644
--- a/src/boot/after_store.js
+++ b/src/boot/after_store.js
@@ -467,11 +467,6 @@ const afterStoreSetup = async ({ pinia, store, storageError, i18n }) => {
   // "Plugins are only applied to stores created after the plugins themselves, and after pinia is passed to the app, otherwise they won't be applied."
   app.use(pinia)
 
-  app.config.errorHandler = (error, instance, info) => {
-    console.error('GLOBAL ERROR HANDLER', error, instance, info)
-    useInterfaceStore().setGlobalError({ error, instance, info })
-  }
-
   const waitForAllStoresToLoad = async () => {
     // the stores that do not persist technically do not need to be awaited here,
     // but that involves either hard-coding the stores in some place (prone to errors)
diff --git a/src/components/user_card/user_card.js b/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
index f3e2b8f85..31a513130 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
+++ b/src/components/user_card/user_card.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import ProgressButton from 'src/components/progress_button/progress_button.vue'
 import Select from 'src/components/select/select.vue'
 import UserAvatar from 'src/components/user_avatar/user_avatar.vue'
 import UserLink from 'src/components/user_link/user_link.vue'
-import FollowButton from 'src/components/follow_button/follow_button.vue'
 
 import { useEmojiStore } from 'src/stores/emoji.js'
 import { useInstanceStore } from 'src/stores/instance.js'
@@ -139,7 +138,9 @@ export default {
       () => import('src/components/account_actions/account_actions.vue'),
     ),
     ProgressButton,
-    FollowButton,
+    FollowButton: defineAsyncComponent(
+      () => import('src/components/follow_button/follow_button.vue'),
+    ),
     Select,
     UserLink,
     UserNote: defineAsyncComponent(
diff --git a/src/stores/interface.js b/src/stores/interface.js
index 4d5d2a8e4..21c1e9f8a 100644
--- a/src/stores/interface.js
+++ b/src/stores/interface.js
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export const useInterfaceStore = defineStore('interface', {
     },
     layoutType: 'normal',
     globalNotices: [],
-    globalError: null,
     layoutHeight: 0,
     lastTimeline: null,
     foreignProfileBackground: null,
@@ -177,9 +176,6 @@ export const useInterfaceStore = defineStore('interface', {
     removeGlobalNotice(notice) {
       this.globalNotices = this.globalNotices.filter((n) => n !== notice)
     },
-    setGlobalError(data) {
-      this.globalError = data
-    },
     pushGlobalNotice({
       messageKey,
       messageArgs = {},