diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
index ce35ca468..d3576f0f0 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import page from 'page';
-import { each } from 'lodash';
 
 import { route } from '../actions/app-actions';
 import { storageGet, storageSet } from './storage-utils';
@@ -89,20 +88,6 @@ export function updateRoute(getState) {
   }
 }
 
-// Temporarily detect old topology options to avoid breaking things between releases
-// Related to https://github.com/weaveworks/scope/pull/2404
-function detectOldOptions(topologyOptions) {
-  let bad = false;
-  each(topologyOptions, (topology) => {
-    each(topology, (option) => {
-      if (typeof option === 'string') {
-        bad = true;
-      }
-    });
-  });
-  return bad;
-}
-
 
 export function getRouter(dispatch, initialState) {
   // strip any trailing '/'s.
@@ -112,16 +97,11 @@ export function getRouter(dispatch, initialState) {
     // recover from storage state on empty URL
     const storageState = storageGet(STORAGE_STATE_KEY);
     if (storageState) {
+      // push storage state to URL
+      window.location.hash = `!/state/${storageState}`;
       const parsedState = JSON.parse(decodeURL(storageState));
-      const dirtyOptions = detectOldOptions(parsedState.topologyOptions);
-      if (dirtyOptions) {
-        dispatch(route(initialState));
-      } else {
-        const mergedState = Object.assign(initialState, parsedState);
-        // push storage state to URL
-        window.location.hash = `!/state/${JSON.stringify(mergedState)}`;
-        dispatch(route(mergedState));
-      }
+      const mergedState = Object.assign(initialState, parsedState);
+      dispatch(route(mergedState));
     } else {
       dispatch(route(initialState));
     }
@@ -129,12 +109,7 @@ export function getRouter(dispatch, initialState) {
 
   page('/state/:state', (ctx) => {
     const state = JSON.parse(decodeURL(ctx.params.state));
-    const dirtyOptions = detectOldOptions(state.topologyOptions);
-    if (dirtyOptions) {
-      dispatch(route(initialState));
-    } else {
-      dispatch(route(state));
-    }
+    dispatch(route(state));
   });
 
   return page;