diff --git a/components/drops/view/part/DropPartMarkdown.tsx b/components/drops/view/part/DropPartMarkdown.tsx
index 76499e310b..c85017f7ec 100644
--- a/components/drops/view/part/DropPartMarkdown.tsx
+++ b/components/drops/view/part/DropPartMarkdown.tsx
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ export interface DropPartMarkdownProps {
   readonly onQuoteClick: (drop: ApiDrop) => void;
   readonly textSize?: "sm" | "md";
   readonly currentDropId?: string;
-  readonly currentSerialNo?: number;
 }
 
 function DropPartMarkdown({
@@ -226,7 +225,6 @@ function DropPartMarkdown({
   onQuoteClick,
   textSize,
   currentDropId,
-  currentSerialNo,
 }: DropPartMarkdownProps) {
   const isMobile = useIsMobileScreen();
   const { emojiMap, findNativeEmoji } = useEmoji();
@@ -245,9 +243,8 @@ function DropPartMarkdown({
       createLinkRenderer({
         onQuoteClick,
         currentDropId,
-        currentSerialNo,
       }),
-    [onQuoteClick, currentDropId, currentSerialNo]
+    [onQuoteClick, currentDropId]
   );
 
   const { customRenderer, renderParagraph, processContent } = useMemo(
diff --git a/components/drops/view/part/DropPartMarkdownWithPropLogger.tsx b/components/drops/view/part/DropPartMarkdownWithPropLogger.tsx
index 14033ccc79..d6129a24d9 100644
--- a/components/drops/view/part/DropPartMarkdownWithPropLogger.tsx
+++ b/components/drops/view/part/DropPartMarkdownWithPropLogger.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ function areEqual(
     "partContent",
     "textSize",
     "currentDropId",
-    "currentSerialNo",
   ];
 
   for (const key of propsToCheck) {
diff --git a/components/drops/view/part/dropPartMarkdown/handlers/seize.tsx b/components/drops/view/part/dropPartMarkdown/handlers/seize.tsx
index e050b3cccb..80be3f265f 100644
--- a/components/drops/view/part/dropPartMarkdown/handlers/seize.tsx
+++ b/components/drops/view/part/dropPartMarkdown/handlers/seize.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { renderSeizeQuote } from "../renderers";
 interface CreateSeizeHandlersConfig {
   readonly onQuoteClick: (drop: ApiDrop) => void;
   readonly currentDropId?: string;
-  readonly currentSerialNo?: number;
 }
 
 const ensureSeizeQuote = (href: string): SeizeQuoteLinkInfo => {
@@ -30,19 +29,11 @@ const ensureSeizeQuote = (href: string): SeizeQuoteLinkInfo => {
 };
 
 const createSeizeQuoteHandler = (
-  onQuoteClick: (drop: ApiDrop) => void,
-  currentSerialNo?: number
+  onQuoteClick: (drop: ApiDrop) => void
 ): LinkHandler => ({
   match: (href) => Boolean(parseSeizeQuoteLink(href)),
   render: (href) => {
-    const quoteInfo = ensureSeizeQuote(href);
-
-    // Prevent infinite recursion when a drop references itself by serialNo
-    if (currentSerialNo && quoteInfo.serialNo && Number.parseInt(quoteInfo.serialNo, 10) === currentSerialNo) {
-      throw new Error("Seize quote link matches current drop");
-    }
-
-    const content = renderSeizeQuote(quoteInfo, onQuoteClick, href);
+    const content = renderSeizeQuote(ensureSeizeQuote(href), onQuoteClick, href);
     if (!content) {
       throw new Error("Unable to render seize quote link");
     }
@@ -135,9 +126,8 @@ const createSeizeDropHandler = (currentDropId?: string): LinkHandler =>
 export const createSeizeHandlers = ({
   onQuoteClick,
   currentDropId,
-  currentSerialNo,
 }: CreateSeizeHandlersConfig): LinkHandler[] => [
-  createSeizeQuoteHandler(onQuoteClick, currentSerialNo),
+  createSeizeQuoteHandler(onQuoteClick),
   createSeizeGroupHandler(),
   createSeizeWaveHandler(),
   createSeizeDropHandler(currentDropId),
diff --git a/components/drops/view/part/dropPartMarkdown/linkHandlers.tsx b/components/drops/view/part/dropPartMarkdown/linkHandlers.tsx
index 8b32caf6b8..0253158984 100644
--- a/components/drops/view/part/dropPartMarkdown/linkHandlers.tsx
+++ b/components/drops/view/part/dropPartMarkdown/linkHandlers.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {
 interface LinkRendererConfig {
   readonly onQuoteClick: (drop: ApiDrop) => void;
   readonly currentDropId?: string;
-  readonly currentSerialNo?: number;
 }
 
 interface LinkRenderer {
@@ -58,9 +57,8 @@ const findMatch = (
 export const createLinkRenderer = ({
   onQuoteClick,
   currentDropId,
-  currentSerialNo,
 }: LinkRendererConfig): LinkRenderer => {
-  const seizeHandlers = createSeizeHandlers({ onQuoteClick, currentDropId, currentSerialNo });
+  const seizeHandlers = createSeizeHandlers({ onQuoteClick, currentDropId });
   const handlers = createLinkHandlers();
 
   const renderImage: LinkRenderer["renderImage"] = ({ src }) => {
diff --git a/components/waves/drops/WaveDropPartContentMarkdown.tsx b/components/waves/drops/WaveDropPartContentMarkdown.tsx
index 4843ea1607..3af3ed54ac 100644
--- a/components/waves/drops/WaveDropPartContentMarkdown.tsx
+++ b/components/waves/drops/WaveDropPartContentMarkdown.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ const WaveDropPartContentMarkdown: React.FC<
           partContent={part.content}
           onQuoteClick={onQuoteClick}
           currentDropId={drop?.id}
-          currentSerialNo={drop?.serial_no}
         />
         {drop?.updated_at && drop.updated_at !== drop.created_at && (
           <div className="tw-text-[10px] tw-leading-none tw-text-iron-500 tw-font-normal tw-mt-0.5">
diff --git a/components/waves/drops/WaveDropQuote.tsx b/components/waves/drops/WaveDropQuote.tsx
index 9d98ee1c89..fdcd903b0f 100644
--- a/components/waves/drops/WaveDropQuote.tsx
+++ b/components/waves/drops/WaveDropQuote.tsx
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ const WaveDropQuote: React.FC<WaveDropQuoteProps> = ({
                 textSize="sm"
                 onQuoteClick={onQuoteClick}
                 currentDropId={drop?.id}
-                currentSerialNo={drop?.serial_no}
               />
             </div>
           </div>