diff --git a/web-admin/src/features/billing/banner/BillingBannerManager.svelte b/web-admin/src/features/billing/banner/BillingBannerManager.svelte
index 1f7520f0edf..f15739f7a8c 100644
--- a/web-admin/src/features/billing/banner/BillingBannerManager.svelte
+++ b/web-admin/src/features/billing/banner/BillingBannerManager.svelte
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   import { onNavigate } from "$app/navigation";
   import type { V1OrganizationPermissions } from "@rilldata/web-admin/client";
   import BillingBannerManagerForAdmins from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/billing/banner/BillingBannerManagerForAdmins.svelte";
-  import BillingBannerManagerForViewers from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/billing/banner/BillingBannerManagerForViewers.svelte";
   import { BillingBannerID } from "@rilldata/web-common/components/banner/constants";
   import { eventBus } from "@rilldata/web-common/lib/event-bus/event-bus";
 
@@ -20,6 +19,4 @@
 
 {#if organizationPermissions.manageOrg}
   <BillingBannerManagerForAdmins {organization} />
-{:else if organizationPermissions.readOrg && organizationPermissions.readProjects}
-  <BillingBannerManagerForViewers {organization} />
 {/if}
diff --git a/web-admin/src/features/billing/banner/BillingBannerManagerForViewers.svelte b/web-admin/src/features/billing/banner/BillingBannerManagerForViewers.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b42f36ccb4..00000000000
--- a/web-admin/src/features/billing/banner/BillingBannerManagerForViewers.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<script lang="ts">
-  import { areAllProjectsHibernating } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/organizations/selectors";
-  import {
-    BillingBannerID,
-    BillingBannerPriority,
-  } from "@rilldata/web-common/components/banner/constants";
-  import { eventBus } from "@rilldata/web-common/lib/event-bus/event-bus";
-
-  export let organization: string;
-
-  $: allProjectsHibernating = areAllProjectsHibernating(organization);
-
-  $: if ($allProjectsHibernating.data) {
-    // we have a generic banner for viewers when org is defunct for some reason and projects are hibernating
-    eventBus.emit("add-banner", {
-      id: BillingBannerID,
-      priority: BillingBannerPriority,
-      message: {
-        type: "default",
-        message:
-          "This org’s projects are hibernating. Please reach out to your administrator to regain access.",
-        iconType: "sleep",
-      },
-    });
-  }
-</script>
diff --git a/web-admin/src/features/billing/issues/useBillingIssueMessage.ts b/web-admin/src/features/billing/issues/useBillingIssueMessage.ts
index bbc80690b17..849e842fe79 100644
--- a/web-admin/src/features/billing/issues/useBillingIssueMessage.ts
+++ b/web-admin/src/features/billing/issues/useBillingIssueMessage.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   isTeamPlan,
 } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/billing/plans/utils";
 import { useCategorisedOrganizationBillingIssues } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/billing/selectors";
-import { areAllProjectsHibernating } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/organizations/selectors";
 import type { BannerMessage } from "@rilldata/web-common/lib/event-bus/events";
 import { derived } from "svelte/store";
 
@@ -32,32 +31,20 @@ export function useBillingIssueMessage(organization: string) {
     [
       createAdminServiceGetOrganization(organization),
       useCategorisedOrganizationBillingIssues(organization),
-      areAllProjectsHibernating(organization),
     ],
-    ([orgResp, categorisedIssuesResp, allProjectsHibernatingResp]) => {
-      if (
-        orgResp.isLoading ||
-        categorisedIssuesResp.isLoading ||
-        allProjectsHibernatingResp.isLoading
-      ) {
+    ([orgResp, categorisedIssuesResp]) => {
+      if (orgResp.isLoading || categorisedIssuesResp.isLoading) {
         return {
           isFetching: true,
           isLoading: true,
           error: undefined,
         };
       }
-      if (
-        orgResp.error ||
-        categorisedIssuesResp.error ||
-        allProjectsHibernatingResp.error
-      ) {
+      if (orgResp.error || categorisedIssuesResp.error) {
         return {
           isFetching: false,
           isLoading: false,
-          error:
-            orgResp.error ??
-            categorisedIssuesResp.error ??
-            allProjectsHibernatingResp.error,
+          error: orgResp.error ?? categorisedIssuesResp.error,
         };
       }
 
@@ -100,24 +87,6 @@ export function useBillingIssueMessage(organization: string) {
           };
       }
 
-      if (allProjectsHibernatingResp.data) {
-        return {
-          isFetching: false,
-          isLoading: false,
-          error: undefined,
-          data: <BillingIssueMessage>{
-            type: "default",
-            title: "Your org’s projects are hibernating.",
-            description: "",
-            iconType: "sleep",
-            cta: {
-              type: "wake-projects",
-              text: "Wake projects",
-            },
-          },
-        };
-      }
-
       return {
         isFetching: false,
         isLoading: false,
diff --git a/web-admin/src/features/organizations/selectors.ts b/web-admin/src/features/organizations/selectors.ts
index fd552749ad9..757ed9adbd4 100644
--- a/web-admin/src/features/organizations/selectors.ts
+++ b/web-admin/src/features/organizations/selectors.ts
@@ -4,26 +4,7 @@ import {
   type V1GetOrganizationResponse,
   type V1Organization,
 } from "@rilldata/web-admin/client";
-import { listProjectsForOrgQueryOptions } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/projects/list-projects-query-options";
-import { queryClient } from "@rilldata/web-common/lib/svelte-query/globalQueryClient";
 import type { FetchQueryOptions } from "@tanstack/query-core";
-import { createQuery } from "@tanstack/svelte-query";
-
-export function areAllProjectsHibernating(organization: string) {
-  return createQuery({
-    ...listProjectsForOrgQueryOptions(organization),
-    select: (data) =>
-      data.projects?.length &&
-      data.projects.every((p) => !p.primaryDeploymentId),
-  });
-}
-
-export async function fetchAllProjectsHibernating(organization: string) {
-  const projectsResp = await queryClient.fetchQuery(
-    listProjectsForOrgQueryOptions(organization),
-  );
-  return projectsResp.projects?.every((p) => !p.primaryDeploymentId) ?? false;
-}
 
 function normalizeOrganization(
   organization: string | V1Organization | undefined,
diff --git a/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/+page.svelte b/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/+page.svelte
index f3084a86e71..d7756a6b97f 100644
--- a/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/+page.svelte
+++ b/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/+page.svelte
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { page } from "$app/stores";
   import ContentContainer from "@rilldata/web-common/components/layout/ContentContainer.svelte";
-  import OrganizationHibernating from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/organizations/hibernating/OrganizationHibernating.svelte";
-  import { areAllProjectsHibernating } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/organizations/selectors";
   import { createAdminServiceGetOrganization } from "../../client";
   import { listProjectsForOrgQueryOptions } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/projects/list-projects-query-options";
   import { createQuery } from "@tanstack/svelte-query";
@@ -11,8 +9,6 @@
   import { Button } from "@rilldata/web-common/components/button";
   import { projectWelcomeEnabled } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/welcome/project/welcome-status.ts";
 
-  export let data;
-  $: ({ organizationPermissions } = data);
   $: ({
     params: { organization: orgName },
   } = $page);
@@ -22,7 +18,6 @@
     ...listProjectsForOrgQueryOptions(orgName),
     enabled: !!$org.data?.organization,
   });
-  $: allProjectsHibernating = areAllProjectsHibernating(orgName);
 
   $: title = $org.data?.organization?.displayName || orgName;
 </script>
@@ -49,11 +44,6 @@
           </Button>
         </div>
       {/if}
-    {:else if $allProjectsHibernating.data}
-      <OrganizationHibernating
-        organization={orgName}
-        {organizationPermissions}
-      />
     {:else}
       <div class="flex flex-col gap-y-8">
         <OrganizationHero {title} />
diff --git a/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/+layout.ts b/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/+layout.ts
index c53d813c0be..538b1baa8fc 100644
--- a/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/+layout.ts
+++ b/web-admin/src/routes/[organization]/[project]/+layout.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-import { type RpcStatus } from "@rilldata/web-admin/client";
-import { hasBlockerIssues } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/billing/selectors";
 import { extractBranchFromPath } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/branches/branch-utils.ts";
 import { maybeRedirectToEditableDeployment } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/branches/deployment-utils.ts";
 import { isEditPage } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/navigation/nav-utils.ts";
-import { fetchAllProjectsHibernating } from "@rilldata/web-admin/features/organizations/selectors";
-import { error, redirect } from "@sveltejs/kit";
-import { isAxiosError } from "axios";
+import { error } from "@sveltejs/kit";
 
 export const load = async ({
   params: { organization, project },
@@ -13,26 +9,10 @@ export const load = async ({
   route,
   url,
 }) => {
-  const { organizationPermissions, issues } = await parent();
+  const { organizationPermissions } = await parent();
 
   if (!organizationPermissions.manageOrg) return;
 
-  let projectHibernating = false;
-  try {
-    projectHibernating = await fetchAllProjectsHibernating(organization);
-  } catch (e) {
-    if (!isAxiosError<RpcStatus>(e) || !e.response) {
-      throw error(500, "Error fetching projects for the organization");
-    }
-
-    throw error(e.response.status, e.response.data.message);
-  }
-
-  // if all projects were hibernated due to a blocker issue on org then take the user to projects page
-  if (hasBlockerIssues(issues) && projectHibernating) {
-    throw redirect(307, `/${organization}`);
-  }
-
   // Edit pages handle their own branch routing; everything below is non-edit only.
   if (isEditPage({ route })) return;