diff --git a/db/demo.zip b/db/demo.zip
index 20bcbf9ba..8e3f73b1a 100644
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diff --git a/src/services/backend_script_api.js b/src/services/backend_script_api.js
index 197f149b3..d9452ee67 100644
--- a/src/services/backend_script_api.js
+++ b/src/services/backend_script_api.js
@@ -387,12 +387,10 @@ function BackendScriptApi(currentNote, apiParams) {
     this.sql = sql;
 
     /**
-     * Trigger tree refresh in all connected clients. This is required when some tree change happens in
-     * the backend.
-     *
-     * @returns {Promise<void>}
+     * @method
+     * @deprecated - this is now no-op since all the changes should be gracefully handled per widget
      */
-    this.refreshTree = ws.refreshTree;
+    this.refreshTree = () => {};
 
     /**
      * @return {{syncVersion, appVersion, buildRevision, dbVersion, dataDirectory, buildDate}|*} - object representing basic info about running Trilium version