diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/MemberList.js b/src/components/views/rooms/MemberList.js
index 1a3f710063..dbbc9c6a7e 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/MemberList.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/MemberList.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
         this.memberDict = this.getMemberDict();
 
-        state.members = this.roomMembers(INITIAL_LOAD_NUM_MEMBERS);
+        state.members = this.roomMembers();
         return state;
     },
 
@@ -83,19 +83,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         }
     },
 
-    componentDidMount: function() {
-        var self = this;
-
-        // Lazy-load in more than the first N members
-        setTimeout(function() {
-            if (!self.isMounted()) return;
-            // lazy load to prevent it blocking the first render
-            self.setState({
-                members: self.roomMembers()
-            });
-        }, 50);
-    },
-
 /*
     onRoomTimeline: function(ev, room, toStartOfTimeline, removed, data) {
         // ignore anything but real-time updates at the end of the room: