diff --git a/static/app/components/replays/table/useReplayTableSort.tsx b/static/app/components/replays/table/useReplayTableSort.tsx
index 438e2101797d2b..511f20f9e9c988 100644
--- a/static/app/components/replays/table/useReplayTableSort.tsx
+++ b/static/app/components/replays/table/useReplayTableSort.tsx
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ interface Props {
   queryParamKey?: string;
 }
 
-const DEFAULT_SORT = {field: 'started_at', kind: 'desc'} as const;
+const DECODED_DEFAULT_REPLAY_LIST_SORT: Sort = {field: 'started_at', kind: 'desc'};
+export const DEFAULT_REPLAY_LIST_SORT = encodeSort(DECODED_DEFAULT_REPLAY_LIST_SORT);
 
 export default function useReplayTableSort({
-  defaultSort = DEFAULT_SORT,
+  defaultSort = DECODED_DEFAULT_REPLAY_LIST_SORT,
   queryParamKey = 'sort',
 }: Props = {}) {
   const organization = useOrganization();
diff --git a/static/app/utils/replays/fetchReplayList.tsx b/static/app/utils/replays/fetchReplayList.tsx
index 1adde8fc346219..904e087352fc52 100644
--- a/static/app/utils/replays/fetchReplayList.tsx
+++ b/static/app/utils/replays/fetchReplayList.tsx
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import {mapResponseToReplayRecord} from 'sentry/utils/replays/replayDataUtils';
 import type RequestError from 'sentry/utils/requestError/requestError';
 import type {ReplayListQueryReferrer, ReplayListRecord} from 'sentry/views/replays/types';
 
-export const DEFAULT_SORT = '-started_at';
-
 type State = {
   fetchError: undefined | RequestError;
   pageLinks: null | string;
diff --git a/static/app/utils/replays/hooks/useReplayList.tsx b/static/app/utils/replays/hooks/useReplayList.tsx
index cc58a33c6392ae..c69c40428ae741 100644
--- a/static/app/utils/replays/hooks/useReplayList.tsx
+++ b/static/app/utils/replays/hooks/useReplayList.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ type State = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof fetchReplayList>> & {isFetching: boolean}
 
 type Result = State;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated due to its reliance on EventView which is unpleasant to work with
+ * Use useApiQuery instead
+ */
 function useReplayList({
   enabled = true,
   eventView,
diff --git a/static/app/views/issueDetails/groupReplays/useReplaysFromIssue.tsx b/static/app/views/issueDetails/groupReplays/useReplaysFromIssue.tsx
index d6685445d94bff..9f11f509d3ba9f 100644
--- a/static/app/views/issueDetails/groupReplays/useReplaysFromIssue.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/issueDetails/groupReplays/useReplaysFromIssue.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ import {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState} from 'react';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/react';
 import type {Location} from 'history';
 
+import {DEFAULT_REPLAY_LIST_SORT} from 'sentry/components/replays/table/useReplayTableSort';
 import {ALL_ACCESS_PROJECTS} from 'sentry/constants/pageFilters';
 import {IssueCategory, type Group} from 'sentry/types/group';
 import type {Organization} from 'sentry/types/organization';
 import EventView from 'sentry/utils/discover/eventView';
 import {decodeScalar} from 'sentry/utils/queryString';
-import {DEFAULT_SORT} from 'sentry/utils/replays/fetchReplayList';
 import type RequestError from 'sentry/utils/requestError/requestError';
 import useApi from 'sentry/utils/useApi';
 import useCleanQueryParamsOnRouteLeave from 'sentry/utils/useCleanQueryParamsOnRouteLeave';
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export default function useReplaysFromIssue({
       query: replayIds.length ? `id:[${String(replayIds)}]` : `id:1`,
       range: '90d',
       projects: [],
-      orderby: decodeScalar(location.query.sort, DEFAULT_SORT),
+      orderby: decodeScalar(location.query.sort, DEFAULT_REPLAY_LIST_SORT),
     });
   }, [location.query.sort, replayIds]);
 
diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/transactionSummary/transactionReplays/useReplaysFromTransaction.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/transactionSummary/transactionReplays/useReplaysFromTransaction.tsx
index 2afb57413723a4..0e21d5e6a40a0b 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/transactionSummary/transactionReplays/useReplaysFromTransaction.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/transactionSummary/transactionReplays/useReplaysFromTransaction.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState} from 'react';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/react';
 import type {Location} from 'history';
 
+import {DEFAULT_REPLAY_LIST_SORT} from 'sentry/components/replays/table/useReplayTableSort';
 import type {Organization} from 'sentry/types/organization';
 import EventView from 'sentry/utils/discover/eventView';
 import {doDiscoverQuery} from 'sentry/utils/discover/genericDiscoverQuery';
 import {decodeScalar} from 'sentry/utils/queryString';
-import {DEFAULT_SORT} from 'sentry/utils/replays/fetchReplayList';
 import useApi from 'sentry/utils/useApi';
 import type {ReplayListLocationQuery} from 'sentry/views/replays/types';
 import {REPLAY_LIST_FIELDS} from 'sentry/views/replays/types';
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function useReplaysFromTransaction({
       fields: REPLAY_LIST_FIELDS,
       projects: [],
       query: response.replayIds.length ? `id:[${String(response.replayIds)}]` : undefined,
-      orderby: decodeScalar(location.query.sort, DEFAULT_SORT),
+      orderby: decodeScalar(location.query.sort, DEFAULT_REPLAY_LIST_SORT),
     });
   }, [location.query.sort, response.replayIds]);