diff --git a/components/root/root.jsx b/components/root/root.jsx
index e860fc8c247067d5d6b9e0fe01c03fb5bd1f9eee..590aa4abc7b4abf65f1df186893fb4d3e7862dde 100644
--- a/components/root/root.jsx
+++ b/components/root/root.jsx
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ export default class Root extends React.Component {
 
         const toResetPasswordScreen = this.props.location.pathname === '/reset_password_complete';
 
+        // Remove any redirects - the mobile apps do no work with the instance
+        // XXX: Should we make this a proper option/toggle somewhere.
+        if (false) {
         // redirect to the mobile landing page if the user hasn't seen it before
         if (iosDownloadLink && UserAgent.isIosWeb() && !BrowserStore.hasSeenLandingPage() && !toResetPasswordScreen) {
             this.props.history.push('/get_ios_app?redirect_to=' + encodeURIComponent(this.props.location.pathname) + encodeURIComponent(this.props.location.search));
@@ -211,6 +214,7 @@ export default class Root extends React.Component {
             this.props.history.push('/get_android_app?redirect_to=' + encodeURIComponent(this.props.location.pathname) + encodeURIComponent(this.props.location.search));
             BrowserStore.setLandingPageSeen(true);
         }
+        }
     }
 
     redirectIfNecessary = (props) => {