diff --git a/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift b/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift
index ca3764b..89cffea 100644
--- a/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift
+++ b/Shared/Models/WriteFreelyModel.swift
@@ -13,19 +13,7 @@ class WriteFreelyModel: ObservableObject {
     @Published var isLoggingIn: Bool = false
     @Published var isProcessingRequest: Bool = false
     @Published var hasNetworkConnection: Bool = true
-    @Published var selectedPost: WFAPost? {
-        didSet {
-            if let post = selectedPost {
-                if post.status != PostStatus.published.rawValue {
-                    editor.setLastDraft(post)
-                } else {
-                    editor.clearLastDraft()
-                }
-            } else {
-                editor.clearLastDraft()
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    @Published var selectedPost: WFAPost?
     @Published var isPresentingDeleteAlert: Bool = false
     @Published var isPresentingLoginErrorAlert: Bool = false
     @Published var isPresentingNetworkErrorAlert: Bool = false
diff --git a/Shared/Navigation/ContentView.swift b/Shared/Navigation/ContentView.swift
index ee33945..bdd6d3e 100644
--- a/Shared/Navigation/ContentView.swift
+++ b/Shared/Navigation/ContentView.swift
@@ -12,30 +12,6 @@ struct ContentView: View {
             Text("Select a post, or create a new local draft.")
                 .foregroundColor(.secondary)
         }
-        .onAppear(perform: {
-            if let lastDraft = self.model.editor.fetchLastDraft() {
-                model.selectedPost = lastDraft
-            } else {
-                let managedPost = WFAPost(context: LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.viewContext)
-                managedPost.createdDate = Date()
-                managedPost.title = ""
-                managedPost.body = ""
-                managedPost.status = PostStatus.local.rawValue
-                switch self.model.preferences.font {
-                case 1:
-                    managedPost.appearance = "sans"
-                case 2:
-                    managedPost.appearance = "wrap"
-                default:
-                    managedPost.appearance = "serif"
-                }
-                if let languageCode = Locale.current.languageCode {
-                    managedPost.language = languageCode
-                    managedPost.rtl = Locale.characterDirection(forLanguage: languageCode) == .rightToLeft
-                }
-                model.selectedPost = managedPost
-            }
-        })
         .environmentObject(model)
         .alert(isPresented: $model.isPresentingDeleteAlert) {
             Alert(
diff --git a/Shared/PostEditor/PostEditorModel.swift b/Shared/PostEditor/PostEditorModel.swift
index ca8959f..d8a5683 100644
--- a/Shared/PostEditor/PostEditorModel.swift
+++ b/Shared/PostEditor/PostEditorModel.swift
@@ -8,31 +8,5 @@ enum PostAppearance: String {
 }
 
 struct PostEditorModel {
-    let lastDraftObjectURLKey = "lastDraftObjectURLKey"
-    private(set) var lastDraft: WFAPost?
 
-    mutating func setLastDraft(_ post: WFAPost) {
-        lastDraft = post
-        UserDefaults.standard.set(post.objectID.uriRepresentation(), forKey: lastDraftObjectURLKey)
-    }
-
-    mutating func fetchLastDraft() -> WFAPost? {
-        let coordinator = LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.persistentStoreCoordinator
-
-        // See if we have a lastDraftObjectURI
-        guard let lastDraftObjectURI = UserDefaults.standard.url(forKey: lastDraftObjectURLKey) else { return nil }
-
-        // See if we can get an ObjectID from the URI representation
-        guard let lastDraftObjectID = coordinator.managedObjectID(forURIRepresentation: lastDraftObjectURI) else {
-            return nil
-        }
-
-        lastDraft = LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.viewContext.object(with: lastDraftObjectID) as? WFAPost
-        return lastDraft
-    }
-
-    mutating func clearLastDraft() {
-        lastDraft = nil
-        UserDefaults.standard.removeObject(forKey: lastDraftObjectURLKey)
-    }
 }
diff --git a/iOS/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift b/iOS/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift
index 818d4bd..e2ae217 100644
--- a/iOS/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift
+++ b/iOS/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift
@@ -128,17 +128,6 @@ struct PostEditorView: View {
                 updatingBodyFromServer = true
             }
         })
-        .onChange(of: post.status, perform: { _ in
-            if post.status != PostStatus.published.rawValue {
-                DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                    model.editor.setLastDraft(post)
-                }
-            } else {
-                DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                    model.editor.clearLastDraft()
-                }
-            }
-        })
         .onChange(of: selectedCollection, perform: { [selectedCollection] newCollection in
             if post.collectionAlias == newCollection?.alias {
                 return
diff --git a/macOS/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift b/macOS/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift
index ba7cb53..1b023c2 100644
--- a/macOS/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift
+++ b/macOS/PostEditor/PostEditorView.swift
@@ -41,17 +41,6 @@ struct PostEditorView: View {
                 post.status = PostStatus.published.rawValue
             }
         })
-        .onChange(of: post.status, perform: { _ in
-            if post.status != PostStatus.published.rawValue {
-                DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                    model.editor.setLastDraft(post)
-                }
-            } else {
-                DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                    model.editor.clearLastDraft()
-                }
-            }
-        })
         .onDisappear(perform: {
             if post.title.count == 0
                 && post.body.count == 0