diff --git a/wallets/client/hooks/global.js b/wallets/client/hooks/global.js
index 3684b568e..354cb044a 100644
--- a/wallets/client/hooks/global.js
+++ b/wallets/client/hooks/global.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { useMe } from '@/components/me'
 import { useIndexedDB } from '@/components/use-indexeddb'
 import { FAILED_INVOICES } from '@/fragments/invoice'
 import { isTemplate, isWallet } from '@/wallets/lib/util'
-import { WebLnProvider } from '@/wallets/lib/protocols/webln'
+import { useWeblnEvents } from '@/wallets/lib/protocols/webln'
 import { useWalletsQuery } from '@/wallets/client/hooks/query'
 import { useWalletPayment } from '@/wallets/client/hooks/payment'
 import { useGenerateRandomKey, useSetKey, useIsWrongKey, useDeleteOldDb } from '@/wallets/client/hooks/crypto'
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ export function WalletsProvider ({ children }) {
     <WalletsContext.Provider value={state}>
       <WalletsDispatchContext.Provider value={dispatch}>
         <WalletHooks>
-          <WebLnProvider>
-            {children}
-          </WebLnProvider>
+          {children}
         </WalletHooks>
       </WalletsDispatchContext.Provider>
     </WalletsContext.Provider>
@@ -101,6 +99,7 @@ function WalletHooks ({ children }) {
   useAutomatedRetries()
   useKeyInit()
   useDeleteLocalWallets()
+  useWeblnEvents()
 
   return children
 }
diff --git a/wallets/lib/protocols/webln.js b/wallets/lib/protocols/webln.js
index 75d8d3c8a..a3ced4327 100644
--- a/wallets/lib/protocols/webln.js
+++ b/wallets/lib/protocols/webln.js
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ export default {
   isAvailable: () => window?.weblnEnabled
 }
 
-export function WebLnProvider ({ children }) {
+// this hook is used to check if the lightning browser extension is still enabled
+// in which case we will also not attempt to use WebLN
+// for payments using the `isAvailable` function above
+export function useWeblnEvents () {
   useEffect(() => {
     const onEnable = () => {
       window.weblnEnabled = true
@@ -33,6 +36,4 @@ export function WebLnProvider ({ children }) {
       window.removeEventListener('webln:disabled', onDisable)
     }
   }, [])
-
-  return children
 }