diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/gallery-viewer/gallery-viewer.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/gallery-viewer/gallery-viewer.svelte
index 9d7e45db0e..034ee0767f 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/gallery-viewer/gallery-viewer.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/shared-components/gallery-viewer/gallery-viewer.svelte
@@ -63,14 +63,11 @@
     const _assets = assets;
     updateSlidingWindow();
 
-    const rowWidth = Math.floor(viewport.width);
-    const rowHeight = rowWidth < 850 ? 100 : 235;
-
     geometry = getJustifiedLayoutFromAssets(_assets, {
       spacing: 2,
       heightTolerance: 0.15,
-      rowHeight,
-      rowWidth,
+      rowHeight: 235,
+      rowWidth: Math.floor(viewport.width),
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/web/src/lib/stores/assets-store.svelte.ts b/web/src/lib/stores/assets-store.svelte.ts
index 18c0624d32..ca52a5266b 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/stores/assets-store.svelte.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/stores/assets-store.svelte.ts
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ export type AssetStoreOptions = Omit<AssetApiGetTimeBucketsRequest, 'size'> & {
   timelineAlbumId?: string;
   deferInit?: boolean;
 };
-export type AssetStoreLayoutOptions = {
-  rowHeight: number;
-};
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 function updateObject(target: any, source: any): boolean {
   if (!target) {
@@ -578,7 +576,6 @@ export class AssetStore {
 
   // --- private
   static #INIT_OPTIONS = {};
-  #rowHeight = 235;
   #viewportHeight = $state(0);
   #viewportWidth = $state(0);
   #scrollTop = $state(0);
@@ -621,7 +618,6 @@ export class AssetStore {
     const changed = value !== this.#viewportWidth;
     this.#viewportWidth = value;
     this.suspendTransitions = true;
-    this.#rowHeight = value < 850 ? 100 : 235;
     // side-effect - its ok!
     void this.#updateViewportGeometry(changed);
   }
@@ -797,11 +793,6 @@ export class AssetStore {
     this.#updateViewportGeometry(false);
   }
 
-  updateLayoutOptions(options: AssetStoreLayoutOptions) {
-    this.#rowHeight = options.rowHeight;
-    this.refreshLayout();
-  }
-
   async #init(options: AssetStoreOptions) {
     // doing the following outside of the task reduces flickr
     this.isInitialized = false;
@@ -871,11 +862,10 @@ export class AssetStore {
 
   createLayoutOptions() {
     const viewportWidth = this.viewportWidth;
-
     return {
       spacing: 2,
       heightTolerance: 0.15,
-      rowHeight: this.#rowHeight,
+      rowHeight: 235,
       rowWidth: Math.floor(viewportWidth),
     };
   }