diff --git a/src/components/views/spaces/SpacePanel.tsx b/src/components/views/spaces/SpacePanel.tsx
index f273e3c523a..e1f62445f74 100644
--- a/src/components/views/spaces/SpacePanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/spaces/SpacePanel.tsx
@@ -219,17 +219,10 @@ const CreateSpaceButton = ({
     }
 
     const onNewClick = menuDisplayed ? closeMenu : () => {
-        // persist that the user has interacted with this, use it to dismiss the beta dot
-        localStorage.setItem("mx_seenSpaces", "1");
         if (!isPanelCollapsed) setPanelCollapsed(true);
         openMenu();
     };
 
-    let betaDot: JSX.Element;
-    if (!localStorage.getItem("mx_seenSpaces") && !SpaceStore.instance.spacePanelSpaces.length) {
-        betaDot = <div className="mx_BetaDot" />;
-    }
-
     return <li
         className={classNames("mx_SpaceItem mx_SpaceItem_new", {
             "collapsed": isPanelCollapsed,
@@ -245,7 +238,6 @@ const CreateSpaceButton = ({
             onClick={onNewClick}
             isNarrow={isPanelCollapsed}
         />
-        { betaDot }
 
         { contextMenu }
     </li>;