diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/context/review-panel/hooks/use-review-panel-state.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/context/review-panel/hooks/use-review-panel-state.ts
index d5c4fa0cbc..67af94ca1a 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/context/review-panel/hooks/use-review-panel-state.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/context/review-panel/hooks/use-review-panel-state.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ function useReviewPanelState(): ReviewPanelStateReactIde {
   >('editor.wantTrackChanges')
   const [openDocId] =
     useScopeValue<ReviewPanel.Value<'openDocId'>>('editor.open_doc_id')
-  const [shouldCollapse, setShouldCollapse] = useScopeValue<
-    ReviewPanel.Value<'shouldCollapse'>
-  >('reviewPanel.fullTCStateCollapsed')
+  const [shouldCollapse, setShouldCollapse] =
+    useState<ReviewPanel.Value<'shouldCollapse'>>(true)
   const [lineHeight] = useScopeValue<number>(
     'reviewPanel.rendererData.lineHeight'
   )
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/scope-adapters/review-panel-context-adapter.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/scope-adapters/review-panel-context-adapter.ts
index c82cb21a3d..ca3c43606a 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/scope-adapters/review-panel-context-adapter.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/scope-adapters/review-panel-context-adapter.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ export default function populateReviewPanelScope(store: ReactScopeValueStore) {
   })
   store.set('users', {})
   store.set('reviewPanel.resolvedComments', {})
-  store.set('reviewPanel.fullTCStateCollapsed', true)
   store.set('reviewPanel.rendererData.lineHeight', 0)
   store.set('reviewPanel.trackChangesState', {})
   store.set('reviewPanel.trackChangesOnForEveryone', false)