diff --git a/protocol/communities_messenger_test.go b/protocol/communities_messenger_test.go
index fab89c9c8a..3492111f54 100644
--- a/protocol/communities_messenger_test.go
+++ b/protocol/communities_messenger_test.go
@@ -3630,7 +3630,7 @@ func (s *MessengerCommunitiesSuite) TestHandleImport() {
 	message.Sig = crypto.FromECDSAPub(&s.owner.identity.PublicKey)
 	message.Payload = wrappedPayload
 
-	filter := s.alice.transport.FilterByChatID(chat.ID)
+	filter := s.alice.transport.FilterByChatID(community.UniversalChatID())
 	importedMessages := make(map[transport.Filter][]*types.Message, 0)
 
 	importedMessages[*filter] = append(importedMessages[*filter], message)
diff --git a/protocol/messenger_communities.go b/protocol/messenger_communities.go
index f5bed916f9..f3ac36c296 100644
--- a/protocol/messenger_communities.go
+++ b/protocol/messenger_communities.go
@@ -953,11 +953,6 @@ func (m *Messenger) initCommunityChats(community *communities.Community) ([]*Cha
 
 	chats := CreateCommunityChats(community, m.getTimesource())
 
-	for _, chat := range chats {
-		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: chat.ID, PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic()})
-
-	}
-
 	// Load transport filters
 	filters, err := m.transport.InitPublicFilters(publicFiltersToInit)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -2400,25 +2395,12 @@ func (m *Messenger) CreateCommunityChat(communityID types.HexBytes, c *protobuf.
 	response.CommunityChanges = []*communities.CommunityChanges{changes}
 
 	var chats []*Chat
-	var publicFiltersToInit []transport.FiltersToInitialize
 	for chatID, chat := range changes.ChatsAdded {
 		c := CreateCommunityChat(changes.Community.IDString(), chatID, chat, m.getTimesource())
 		chats = append(chats, c)
-		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: c.ID, PubsubTopic: changes.Community.PubsubTopic()})
-
 		response.AddChat(c)
 	}
 
-	// Load filters
-	filters, err := m.transport.InitPublicFilters(publicFiltersToInit)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	_, err = m.scheduleSyncFilters(filters)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	err = m.saveChats(chats)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -2442,24 +2424,12 @@ func (m *Messenger) EditCommunityChat(communityID types.HexBytes, chatID string,
 	response.CommunityChanges = []*communities.CommunityChanges{changes}
 
 	var chats []*Chat
-	var publicFiltersToInit []transport.FiltersToInitialize
 	for chatID, change := range changes.ChatsModified {
 		c := CreateCommunityChat(community.IDString(), chatID, change.ChatModified, m.getTimesource())
 		chats = append(chats, c)
-		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: c.ID, PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic()})
 		response.AddChat(c)
 	}
 
-	// Load filters
-	filters, err := m.transport.InitPublicFilters(publicFiltersToInit)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	_, err = m.scheduleSyncFilters(filters)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	return &response, m.saveChats(chats)
 }
 
@@ -2492,16 +2462,12 @@ func (m *Messenger) InitCommunityFilters(communityFiltersToInitialize []transpor
 func (m *Messenger) DefaultFilters(o *communities.Community) []transport.FiltersToInitialize {
 	cID := o.IDString()
 	uncompressedPubKey := common.PubkeyToHex(o.PublicKey())[2:]
-	updatesChannelID := o.StatusUpdatesChannelID()
-	mlChannelID := o.MagnetlinkMessageChannelID()
 	memberUpdateChannelID := o.MemberUpdateChannelID()
 
 	communityPubsubTopic := o.PubsubTopic()
 
 	filters := []transport.FiltersToInitialize{
 		{ChatID: cID, PubsubTopic: communityPubsubTopic},
-		{ChatID: updatesChannelID, PubsubTopic: communityPubsubTopic},
-		{ChatID: mlChannelID, PubsubTopic: communityPubsubTopic},
 		{ChatID: memberUpdateChannelID, PubsubTopic: communityPubsubTopic},
 		{ChatID: uncompressedPubKey, PubsubTopic: shard.DefaultNonProtectedPubsubTopic()},
 	}
@@ -2721,15 +2687,6 @@ func (m *Messenger) UpdateCommunityFilters(community *communities.Community) err
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	for chatID := range community.Chats() {
-		communityChatID := community.IDString() + chatID
-		_, err := m.transport.RemoveFilterByChatID(communityChatID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: communityChatID, PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic()})
-	}
-
 	_, err := m.transport.InitPublicFilters(publicFiltersToInit)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -3376,12 +3333,10 @@ func (m *Messenger) handleCommunityResponse(state *ReceivedMessageState, communi
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	removedChatIDs := make([]string, 0)
 	for id := range communityResponse.Changes.ChatsRemoved {
 		chatID := community.ChatID(id)
 		_, ok := state.AllChats.Load(chatID)
 		if ok {
-			removedChatIDs = append(removedChatIDs, chatID)
 			state.AllChats.Delete(chatID)
 			err := m.DeleteChat(chatID)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -3411,7 +3366,6 @@ func (m *Messenger) handleCommunityResponse(state *ReceivedMessageState, communi
 	// Update relevant chats names and add new ones
 	// Currently removal is not supported
 	chats := CreateCommunityChats(community, state.Timesource)
-	var publicFiltersToInit []transport.FiltersToInitialize
 	for i, chat := range chats {
 
 		oldChat, ok := state.AllChats.Load(chat.ID)
@@ -3420,10 +3374,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) handleCommunityResponse(state *ReceivedMessageState, communi
 			state.AllChats.Store(chat.ID, chats[i])
 
 			state.Response.AddChat(chat)
-			publicFiltersToInit = append(publicFiltersToInit, transport.FiltersToInitialize{
-				ChatID:      chat.ID,
-				PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic(),
-			})
+
 			// Update name, currently is the only field is mutable
 		} else if oldChat.Name != chat.Name ||
 			oldChat.Description != chat.Description ||
@@ -3442,23 +3393,6 @@ func (m *Messenger) handleCommunityResponse(state *ReceivedMessageState, communi
 		}
 	}
 
-	for _, chatID := range removedChatIDs {
-		_, err := m.transport.RemoveFilterByChatID(chatID)
-		if err != nil {
-			m.logger.Error("couldn't remove filter", zap.Error(err))
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Load transport filters
-	filters, err := m.transport.InitPublicFilters(publicFiltersToInit)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	_, err = m.scheduleSyncFilters(filters)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	for _, requestToJoin := range communityResponse.RequestsToJoin {
 		// Activity Center notification
 		notification, err := m.persistence.GetActivityCenterNotificationByID(requestToJoin.ID)
diff --git a/protocol/messenger_filter_init.go b/protocol/messenger_filter_init.go
index e66030a004..cb32ffd0e2 100644
--- a/protocol/messenger_filter_init.go
+++ b/protocol/messenger_filter_init.go
@@ -182,12 +182,12 @@ func (m *Messenger) processSingleChat(chat *Chat, communityInfo map[string]*comm
 		filters = append(filters, transport.FiltersToInitialize{ChatID: chat.ID})
 
 	case ChatTypeCommunityChat:
-		filter, err := m.processCommunityChat(chat, communityInfo)
+		// Since universalChatID is being used, no specific filters needs to be registered for all community chats.
+		// Reasoning: https://github.com/status-im/status-go/pull/5993
+		err := m.processCommunityChat(chat, communityInfo)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
-		filters = append(filters, filter)
-
 	case ChatTypeOneToOne:
 		pk, err := chat.PublicKey()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -209,13 +209,13 @@ func (m *Messenger) processSingleChat(chat *Chat, communityInfo map[string]*comm
 	return filters, publicKeys, nil
 }
 
-func (m *Messenger) processCommunityChat(chat *Chat, communityInfo map[string]*communities.Community) (transport.FiltersToInitialize, error) {
+func (m *Messenger) processCommunityChat(chat *Chat, communityInfo map[string]*communities.Community) error {
 	community, ok := communityInfo[chat.CommunityID]
 	if !ok {
 		var err error
 		community, err = m.communitiesManager.GetByIDString(chat.CommunityID)
 		if err != nil {
-			return transport.FiltersToInitialize{}, err
+			return err
 		}
 		communityInfo[chat.CommunityID] = community
 	}
@@ -229,10 +229,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) processCommunityChat(chat *Chat, communityInfo map[string]*c
 		}
 	}
 
-	return transport.FiltersToInitialize{
-		ChatID:      chat.ID,
-		PubsubTopic: community.PubsubTopic(),
-	}, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (m *Messenger) processPrivateGroupChat(chat *Chat) ([]*ecdsa.PublicKey, error) {