diff --git a/packages/bridge-ui/src/utils/switchNetwork.ts b/packages/bridge-ui/src/utils/switchNetwork.ts
index 1e531c99598..92954950e73 100644
--- a/packages/bridge-ui/src/utils/switchNetwork.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge-ui/src/utils/switchNetwork.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,5 @@
-import { get } from 'svelte/store';
 import { switchNetwork as wagmiSwitchNetwork } from 'wagmi/actions';
 
-import { srcChain } from '../store/chain';
-import { Deferred } from './Deferred';
-
 export async function switchNetwork(chainId: number) {
-  const prevChainId = get(srcChain)?.id;
-
-  if (prevChainId === chainId) return;
-
   await wagmiSwitchNetwork({ chainId });
-
-  // What are we doing here? we have a watcher waiting for network changes.
-  // When this happens this watcher is called and takes care of setting
-  // the signer and chains in the store. We are actually waiting here
-  // for these stores to change due to some race conditions in the UI.
-  // There will be a better design around this in alpha-4: fewer stores
-  // and '$:' tags. They're evil.
-  const deferred = new Deferred<void>();
-
-  // This will prevent an unlikely infinite loop
-  const starting = Date.now();
-  const timeout = 5000; // TODO: config?
-
-  const waitForNetworkChange = () => {
-    const srcChainId = get(srcChain)?.id;
-
-    if (srcChainId && srcChainId !== prevChainId) {
-      // We have finally set the chain in the store. We're done here.
-      deferred.resolve();
-    } else if (Date.now() > starting + timeout) {
-      // Wait, what???
-      deferred.reject(new Error('timeout switching network'));
-    } else {
-      setTimeout(waitForNetworkChange, 300); // TODO: config those 300?
-    }
-  };
-
-  waitForNetworkChange();
-
-  return deferred.promise;
 }
diff --git a/packages/bridge-ui/src/wagmi/watcher.ts b/packages/bridge-ui/src/wagmi/watcher.ts
index 73f786e08a2..d5487fa805c 100644
--- a/packages/bridge-ui/src/wagmi/watcher.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge-ui/src/wagmi/watcher.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ const setChain = (chainId: number) => {
     srcChain.set(L1Chain);
     destChain.set(L2Chain);
 
-    log(`Network swtiched to ${L1Chain.name}`);
+    log(`Network switched to ${L1Chain.name}`);
   } else if (chainId === L2Chain.id) {
     srcChain.set(L2Chain);
     destChain.set(L1Chain);
 
-    log(`Network swtiched to ${L2Chain.name}`);
+    log(`Network switched to ${L2Chain.name}`);
   } else {
     isSwitchChainModalOpen.set(true);
   }