diff --git a/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageList.java b/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageList.java
index e9b4c6774..2ece07bf3 100644
--- a/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageList.java
+++ b/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageList.java
@@ -1103,7 +1103,6 @@ public class MessageList extends ListActivity implements OnItemClickListener, On
                 if (accountExists && mOkToRecurse) {
                     // launch network lookup
                     mControllerCallback.mWaitForMailboxType = mMailboxType;
-                    mControllerCallback.mWaitForMailboxAccountId = mAccountId;
                     mController.updateMailboxList(mAccountId, mControllerCallback);
                 } else {
                     // We don't want to do the network lookup, or the account doesn't exist in the
@@ -1437,24 +1436,16 @@ public class MessageList extends ListActivity implements OnItemClickListener, On
         // This is used to alter the connection banner operation for sending messages
         MessagingException mSendMessageException;
 
-        // These are preset for use by updateMailboxListCallback
+        // This is preset for use by updateMailboxListCallback
         int mWaitForMailboxType = -1;
-        long mWaitForMailboxAccountId = -1;
 
         // TODO check accountKey and only react to relevant notifications
         public void updateMailboxListCallback(MessagingException result, long accountKey,
                 int progress) {
-            // Special case to show a banner here if we can't refresh the account
-            if (accountKey == mWaitForMailboxAccountId) {
-                // Display error
-                if (result != null) {
-                    updateBanner(result, progress, mMailboxId);
-                }
-                // Reset the account watcher so we don't respond again
-                if (result != null || progress == 100) {
-                    mWaitForMailboxAccountId = -1;
-                }
-            }
+            // updateMailboxList is never the end goal in MessageList, so we don't show
+            // these errors.  There are a couple of corner cases that we miss reporting, but
+            // this is better than reporting a number of non-problem intermediate states.
+            // updateBanner(result, progress, mMailboxId);
 
             updateProgress(result, progress);
             if (progress == 100) {