diff --git a/js/models/conversations.js b/js/models/conversations.js
index 17797e4c6..310852c20 100644
--- a/js/models/conversations.js
+++ b/js/models/conversations.js
@@ -1744,10 +1744,7 @@
       await this.setSessionResetStatus(SessionResetEnum.request_received);
       // send empty message, this will trigger the new session to propagate
       // to the reset initiator.
-      window.libloki.api.sendBackgroundMessage(
-        this.id,
-        window.textsecure.OutgoingMessage.DebugMessageType.SESSION_RESET_RECV
-      );
+      await window.libloki.api.sendSessionEstablishedMessage(this.id);
     },
 
     isSessionResetReceived() {
@@ -1783,10 +1780,7 @@
     async onNewSessionAdopted() {
       if (this.get('sessionResetStatus') === SessionResetEnum.initiated) {
         // send empty message to confirm that we have adopted the new session
-        window.libloki.api.sendBackgroundMessage(
-          this.id,
-          window.textsecure.OutgoingMessage.DebugMessageType.SESSION_RESET
-        );
+        await window.libloki.api.sendSessionEstablishedMessage(this.id);
       }
       await this.createAndStoreEndSessionMessage({
         type: 'incoming',
diff --git a/libloki/api.js b/libloki/api.js
index f820421af..6c831a3a3 100644
--- a/libloki/api.js
+++ b/libloki/api.js
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@
     );
     await libsession.getMessageQueue().send(user, sessionEstablished);
   }
-
-  async function sendBackgroundMessage(pubKey, debugMessageType) {
-    const backgroundMessage = textsecure.OutgoingMessage.buildBackgroundMessage(
-      pubKey,
-      debugMessageType
-    );
-    await backgroundMessage.sendToNumber(pubKey, false);
-  }
   // Serialise as <Element0.length><Element0><Element1.length><Element1>...
   // This is an implementation of the reciprocal of contacts_parser.js
   function serialiseByteBuffers(buffers) {
@@ -213,7 +205,6 @@
 
   window.libloki.api = {
     sendSessionEstablishedMessage,
-    sendBackgroundMessage,
     sendSessionRequestsToMembers,
     createContactSyncProtoMessage,
     createGroupSyncProtoMessage,
diff --git a/libloki/test/messages.js b/libloki/test/messages.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ff2ed3c4a..000000000
--- a/libloki/test/messages.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/* global assert */
-
-describe('Loki Messages', () => {
-  describe('#backgroundMessage', () => {
-    it('structure is valid', () => {
-      const pubkey =
-        '05050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050505050';
-      const backgroundMessage = window.textsecure.OutgoingMessage.buildBackgroundMessage(
-        pubkey
-      );
-
-      const validBackgroundObject = {
-        server: null,
-        numbers: [pubkey],
-        // For now, a background message contains only a loki address message as
-        // it must not be an empty message for android
-      };
-
-      const validBgMessage = {
-        dataMessage: null,
-        syncMessage: null,
-        callMessage: null,
-        nullMessage: null,
-        receiptMessage: null,
-        typingMessage: null,
-        preKeyBundleMessage: null,
-        pairingAuthorisation: null,
-      };
-
-      const lokiAddressMessage = {
-        p2pAddress: null,
-        p2pPort: null,
-        type: 1,
-      };
-
-      assert.isNumber(backgroundMessage.timestamp);
-      assert.isFunction(backgroundMessage.callback);
-      assert.deepInclude(backgroundMessage, validBackgroundObject);
-      assert.deepInclude(backgroundMessage.message, validBgMessage);
-      assert.deepInclude(
-        backgroundMessage.message.lokiAddressMessage,
-        lokiAddressMessage
-      );
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/libtextsecure/outgoing_message.js b/libtextsecure/outgoing_message.js
index 0c13e9d2e..3b229714b 100644
--- a/libtextsecure/outgoing_message.js
+++ b/libtextsecure/outgoing_message.js
@@ -671,57 +671,6 @@ OutgoingMessage.buildSessionRequestMessage = function buildSessionRequestMessage
   );
 };
 
-OutgoingMessage.buildSessionEstablishedMessage = pubKey => {
-  const nullMessage = new textsecure.protobuf.NullMessage();
-  const content = new textsecure.protobuf.Content({
-    nullMessage,
-  });
-
-  // The below message type will ignore auto FR
-  const options = { messageType: 'onlineBroadcast' };
-  return new textsecure.OutgoingMessage(
-    null, // server
-    Date.now(), // timestamp,
-    [pubKey], // numbers
-    content, // message
-    true, // silent
-    () => null, // callback
-    options
-  );
-};
-
-OutgoingMessage.buildBackgroundMessage = function buildBackgroundMessage(
-  pubKey,
-  debugMessageType
-) {
-  const p2pAddress = null;
-  const p2pPort = null;
-  // We result loki address message for sending "background" messages
-  const type = textsecure.protobuf.LokiAddressMessage.Type.HOST_UNREACHABLE;
-
-  // This is needed even if LokiAddressMessage shouldn't be used.
-  // looks like the message is not sent or dropped on reception
-  // if the content is completely empty
-  const lokiAddressMessage = new textsecure.protobuf.LokiAddressMessage({
-    p2pAddress,
-    p2pPort,
-    type,
-  });
-  const content = new textsecure.protobuf.Content({ lokiAddressMessage });
-
-  const options = { messageType: 'onlineBroadcast', debugMessageType };
-  // Send a empty message with information about how to contact us directly
-  return new OutgoingMessage(
-    null, // server
-    Date.now(), // timestamp,
-    [pubKey], // numbers
-    content, // message
-    true, // silent
-    () => null, // callback
-    options
-  );
-};
-
 OutgoingMessage.DebugMessageType = DebugMessageType;
 
 window.textsecure = window.textsecure || {};