diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
index b9194904d8ae6ba4f02cd3beb2b2a4a8182e2ce4..1c1c770c34bc902301ee10f69d258b407180a8e6 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ const ManuscriptLayout = ({
         {get(currentUser, 'permissions.canMakeDecision', false) && (
           <ManuscriptEicDecision
             formValues={get(formValues, 'eicDecision')}
-            isFetching={isFetching.recommendationsFetching}
             messagesLabel={messagesLabel}
             mt={2}
             options={
diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js
index f4da1be387ee8d5712469c099b4d19a80baf4903..a28b8024fce00361293d72b3dbcd0cacbc39d5ee 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import {
 } from 'pubsweet-components-faraday/src/redux/errors'
 import {
   createRecommendation,
-  recommendationsFetching,
   selectReviewRecommendations,
   selectEditorialRecommendations,
 } from 'pubsweet-components-faraday/src/redux/recommendations'
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ export default compose(
       },
       isFetching: {
         editorsFetching: selectFetching(state),
-        recommendationsFetching: recommendationsFetching(state),
       },
       formValues: {
         eicDecision: getFormValues('eic-decision')(state),
diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/redux/recommendations.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/redux/recommendations.js
index 154e043de88b4100daca4a96da85243fa26ebb20..ca29439df0359cb18192540c09bcaf9610bb826a 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/redux/recommendations.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/redux/recommendations.js
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ export const selectReviewRecommendations = (state, fragmentId) =>
     r => r.recommendationType === 'review',
   )
 
-export const recommendationsFetching = state =>
-  get(state, 'recommendations', false)
 // #endregion
 
 // #region Actions
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/redux/recommendations.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/redux/recommendations.js
index 4eec8b5a2f3701787ea6446bb1db09b165044a08..26e9ad321a8e2cf9434b9d23196ac25d5f2c69fc 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/redux/recommendations.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/redux/recommendations.js
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ export const selectReviewRecommendations = (state, fragmentId) =>
     }))
 // #endregion
 
-export const recommendationsFetching = state =>
-  get(state, 'recommendations', false)
-
 // #region Actions
 // error handling and fetching is handled by the autosave reducer
 export const createRecommendation = ({