diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4fa25d3..44d86d53 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 - fixed: Disable duress pin mistakenly disables pin-login for entire account.
+- fixed: Make `deleteRemoteAccount` a no-op while in duress mode.
 
 ## 2.27.3 (2025-05-12)
 
diff --git a/src/core/account/account-api.ts b/src/core/account/account-api.ts
index 32a080d9..920eec6e 100644
--- a/src/core/account/account-api.ts
+++ b/src/core/account/account-api.ts
@@ -443,14 +443,6 @@ export function makeAccountApi(ai: ApiInput, accountId: string): EdgeAccount {
     async deleteRemoteAccount(): Promise<void> {
       const { loginTree } = accountState()
       if (this.isDuressAccount) {
-        await this.logout()
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          ai.props.output.context.api
-            .forgetAccount(this.rootLoginId)
-            .catch(err =>
-              ai.props.log.error('EdgeAccount.deleteRemoteAccount', err)
-            )
-        }, 100)
         return
       }
       await deleteLogin(ai, loginTree)