diff --git a/app/contact-import.tsx b/app/contact-import.tsx
index c6667f5..b72d343 100644
--- a/app/contact-import.tsx
+++ b/app/contact-import.tsx
@@ -8,31 +8,17 @@ import {
 } from '@ui-kitten/components'
 import { useRouter } from 'expo-router'
 import { StyledComponent } from 'nativewind'
-import { useMemo } from 'react'
 
 import ContactImportList from '../src/components/ContactImport/ContactImportSearch'
 import EmptyView from '../src/components/EmptyView'
 import SafeAreaView from '../src/components/SafeAreaView'
-import { usePalsContacts } from '../src/contexts/PalsContacts'
 import useDeviceContacts from '../src/hooks/useDeviceContacts'
 
 const ContactImport = () => {
   const deviceContacts = useDeviceContacts(
     'to start adding contacts into Pals.',
   )
-  const [palsContacts] = usePalsContacts()
   const router = useRouter()
-  // Exclude contacts that are already imported
-  const contactsToImport = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      deviceContacts?.filter(
-        (deviceContact) =>
-          !palsContacts.find(
-            (palsContact) => palsContact.id === deviceContact.id,
-          ),
-      ),
-    [deviceContacts, palsContacts],
-  )
 
   return (
     <SafeAreaView>
@@ -56,8 +42,8 @@ const ContactImport = () => {
             title="Contact Import"
           />
           <Divider />
-          {contactsToImport?.length ? (
-            <ContactImportList contactsToImport={contactsToImport} />
+          {deviceContacts?.length ? (
+            <ContactImportList contactsToImport={deviceContacts} />
           ) : (
             <EmptyView bodyText="You have no contacts to import." />
           )}
diff --git a/app/index.tsx b/app/index.tsx
index 57428aa..dd0082d 100644
--- a/app/index.tsx
+++ b/app/index.tsx
@@ -20,14 +20,12 @@ import {
 } from '../src/contexts/PalsContactsList'
 import { exportPalsDataToFs, importPalsDataToApp } from '../src/fsHelpers'
 import useLoadPalsContacts from '../src/hooks/useLoadPalsContacts'
-import useSyncPalsContacts from '../src/hooks/useSyncPalsContacts'
 
 const MainScreen = () => {
   const [selectedPalsContactListIndex, setSelectedPalsContactListIndex] =
     usePalsContactsList()
   const [palsContacts, setPalsContacts] = usePalsContacts()
   useLoadPalsContacts()
-  useSyncPalsContacts()
 
   return (
     <SafeAreaView>
diff --git a/src/contactsHelpers.ts b/src/contactsHelpers.ts
index 3a50081..0367d10 100644
--- a/src/contactsHelpers.ts
+++ b/src/contactsHelpers.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage'
 import * as Contacts from 'expo-contacts'
+import * as Crypto from 'expo-crypto'
 import { Alert } from 'react-native'
 
 import { DEFAULT_ALERT_BUTTON_TEXT, PALS_CONTACTS_KEY } from './constants'
@@ -60,9 +61,9 @@ export const addPalsContactToStorage = async (
   selectedListName: PalsContactListName,
 ) => {
   // This is where we pick the fields we want to store
-  const { id, name, image } = contact
+  const { name, image } = contact
   const newPalsContact: PalsContact = {
-    id,
+    id: Crypto.randomUUID(),
     name,
     image,
     interactions: [],
diff --git a/src/hooks/useSyncPalsContacts.ts b/src/hooks/useSyncPalsContacts.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 21d80dc..0000000
--- a/src/hooks/useSyncPalsContacts.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react'
-import { Alert, AppState } from 'react-native'
-
-import { DEFAULT_ALERT_BUTTON_TEXT } from '../constants'
-import { getDeviceContacts, setPalsContactsToStorage } from '../contactsHelpers'
-import { usePalsContacts } from '../contexts/PalsContacts'
-
-const useSyncPalsContacts = () => {
-  const [palsContacts, setPalsContacts] = usePalsContacts()
-
-  const syncPalsContactsData = useCallback(async () => {
-    try {
-      const deviceContacts = await getDeviceContacts({
-        permissionRequestReason: 'to sync your contacts with Pals.',
-      })
-
-      setPalsContacts((prevPalsContacts) => {
-        let hasUpdated = false
-        const nextPalsContacts = prevPalsContacts.map((prevPalsContact) => {
-          const matchingDeviceContact = deviceContacts.find(
-            (deviceContact) => deviceContact.id === prevPalsContact.id,
-          )
-
-          if (
-            !matchingDeviceContact ||
-            (matchingDeviceContact.name === prevPalsContact.name &&
-              matchingDeviceContact.image === prevPalsContact.image)
-          )
-            return prevPalsContact
-
-          hasUpdated = true
-
-          // This should mirror properties used in `addPalsContactToStorage`
-          return {
-            ...prevPalsContact,
-            name: matchingDeviceContact.name,
-            image: matchingDeviceContact.image,
-          }
-        })
-
-        if (hasUpdated) {
-          // Update stored contacts in the background
-          setPalsContactsToStorage(nextPalsContacts)
-
-          return nextPalsContacts
-        }
-
-        return prevPalsContacts
-      })
-    } catch {
-      Alert.alert(
-        'Error',
-        'Error syncing your Pals contact with your device contacts.',
-        [{ text: DEFAULT_ALERT_BUTTON_TEXT }],
-        { cancelable: true },
-      )
-    }
-  }, [setPalsContacts])
-
-  // Sync Pals contacts with device contacts
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (palsContacts.length) {
-      const subscription = AppState.addEventListener(
-        'change',
-        (nextAppState) => {
-          if (nextAppState === 'active') syncPalsContactsData()
-        },
-      )
-
-      syncPalsContactsData()
-
-      return subscription.remove
-    }
-  }, [palsContacts.length, syncPalsContactsData])
-}
-
-export default useSyncPalsContacts