diff --git a/app/features/chat/components/Chat.tsx b/app/features/chat/components/Chat.tsx
index b61312784..65b79913e 100644
--- a/app/features/chat/components/Chat.tsx
+++ b/app/features/chat/components/Chat.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ export function Chat({
   onUnmount,
   disabled,
   missingUserName,
-}: ChatProps & { chat: ReturnType<typeof useChat> }) {
+}: Omit<ChatProps, "revalidates" | "onNewMessage"> & {
+  chat: ReturnType<typeof useChat>;
+}) {
   const { t } = useTranslation(["common"]);
   const messagesContainerRef = React.useRef<HTMLOListElement>(null);
   const inputRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
diff --git a/app/features/sendouq/routes/q.match.$id.tsx b/app/features/sendouq/routes/q.match.$id.tsx
index 655468c3e..69b1c030b 100644
--- a/app/features/sendouq/routes/q.match.$id.tsx
+++ b/app/features/sendouq/routes/q.match.$id.tsx
@@ -1026,7 +1026,9 @@ function BottomSection({
     ].filter(Boolean) as ChatProps["rooms"];
   }, [data.matchChatCode, data.groupChatCode]);
 
-  const chat = useChat({ rooms: chatRooms, onNewMessage });
+  // revalidates: false because we don't want the user to lose the weapons
+  // they are reporting when the match gets suddenly locked
+  const chat = useChat({ rooms: chatRooms, onNewMessage, revalidates: false });
 
   const onChatMount = React.useCallback(() => {
     setChatVisible(true);
@@ -1053,16 +1055,12 @@ function BottomSection({
 
   const chatElement = (
     <Chat
-      onNewMessage={onNewMessage}
       chat={chat}
       onMount={onChatMount}
       onUnmount={onChatUnmount}
       users={chatUsers}
       rooms={chatRooms}
       disabled={!data.canPostChatMessages}
-      // we don't want the user to lose the weapons they are reporting
-      // when the match gets suddenly locked
-      revalidates={false}
     />
   );