diff --git a/react/features/notifications/constants.ts b/react/features/notifications/constants.ts
index 0d7a838fcf..996a601c23 100644
--- a/react/features/notifications/constants.ts
+++ b/react/features/notifications/constants.ts
@@ -112,3 +112,10 @@ export const SILENT_JOIN_THRESHOLD = 30;
  * Amount of participants beyond which no left notification will be emitted.
  */
 export const SILENT_LEFT_THRESHOLD = 30;
+
+/**
+ * The identifier for the transcriber notifications.
+ *
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+export const TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_ID = 'TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION';
diff --git a/react/features/transcribing/actionTypes.ts b/react/features/transcribing/actionTypes.ts
index df2346f441..f777d23367 100644
--- a/react/features/transcribing/actionTypes.ts
+++ b/react/features/transcribing/actionTypes.ts
@@ -32,17 +32,3 @@ export const _TRANSCRIBER_LEFT = 'TRANSCRIBER_LEFT';
  */
 export const _POTENTIAL_TRANSCRIBER_JOINED
     = 'POTENTIAL_TRANSCRIBER_JOINED';
-
-/**
- * The type of Redux action which sets the pending transcribing notification UID
- * to use it for when hiding the notification is necessary, or unsets it when
- * undefined (or no param) is passed.
- *
- * {
- *     type: SET_PENDING_TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_UID,
- *     uid: ?number
- * }
- * @public
- */
-export const SET_PENDING_TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_UID
-    = 'SET_PENDING_TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_UID';
diff --git a/react/features/transcribing/actions.ts b/react/features/transcribing/actions.ts
index db4e8828e6..965157ca85 100644
--- a/react/features/transcribing/actions.ts
+++ b/react/features/transcribing/actions.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { IStore } from '../app/types';
-import { hideNotification, showErrorNotification, showNotification } from '../notifications/actions';
-import { NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT_TYPE } from '../notifications/constants';
+import { showErrorNotification, showNotification } from '../notifications/actions';
+import {
+    NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT_TYPE,
+    TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_ID
+} from '../notifications/constants';
 
 import {
-    SET_PENDING_TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_UID,
     _POTENTIAL_TRANSCRIBER_JOINED,
     _TRANSCRIBER_JOINED,
     _TRANSCRIBER_LEFT
@@ -61,54 +62,14 @@ export function potentialTranscriberJoined(participantId: string) {
  * Signals that the pending transcribing notification should be shown on the
  * screen.
  *
- * @returns {Function}
+ * @returns {showNotification}
  */
 export function showPendingTranscribingNotification() {
-    return async (dispatch: IStore['dispatch']) => {
-        const notification = await dispatch(showNotification({
-            descriptionKey: 'transcribing.pending',
-            titleKey: 'dialog.transcribing'
-        }, NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT_TYPE.LONG));
-
-        if (notification) {
-            dispatch(setPendingTranscribingNotificationUid(notification.uid));
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-/**
- * Sets UID of the the pending transcribing notification to use it when hiding
- * the notification is necessary, or unsets it when undefined (or no param) is
- * passed.
- *
- * @param {?number} uid - The UID of the notification.
- * @returns {{
- *     type: SET_PENDING_TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_UID,
- *     uid: number
- * }}
- */
-export function setPendingTranscribingNotificationUid(uid?: string) {
-    return {
-        type: SET_PENDING_TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_UID,
-        uid
-    };
-}
-
-/**
- * Signals that the pending transcribing notification should be removed from the
- * screen.
- *
- * @returns {Function}
- */
-export function hidePendingTranscribingNotification() {
-    return (dispatch: IStore['dispatch'], getState: IStore['getState']) => {
-        const { pendingNotificationUid } = getState()['features/transcribing'];
-
-        if (pendingNotificationUid) {
-            dispatch(hideNotification(pendingNotificationUid));
-            dispatch(setPendingTranscribingNotificationUid());
-        }
-    };
+    return showNotification({
+        descriptionKey: 'transcribing.pending',
+        titleKey: 'dialog.transcribing',
+        uid: TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_ID
+    }, NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT_TYPE.LONG);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -120,7 +81,8 @@ export function hidePendingTranscribingNotification() {
 export function showStoppedTranscribingNotification() {
     return showNotification({
         descriptionKey: 'transcribing.off',
-        titleKey: 'dialog.transcribing'
+        titleKey: 'dialog.transcribing',
+        uid: TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_ID
     }, NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT_TYPE.SHORT);
 }
 
@@ -133,6 +95,7 @@ export function showStoppedTranscribingNotification() {
 export function showTranscribingError() {
     return showErrorNotification({
         descriptionKey: 'transcribing.error',
-        titleKey: 'transcribing.failedToStart'
+        titleKey: 'transcribing.failedToStart',
+        uid: TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_ID
     }, NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT_TYPE.LONG);
 }
diff --git a/react/features/transcribing/middleware.ts b/react/features/transcribing/middleware.ts
index 61dfb04058..e57ddfed5e 100644
--- a/react/features/transcribing/middleware.ts
+++ b/react/features/transcribing/middleware.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { batch } from 'react-redux';
-
 import {
     HIDDEN_PARTICIPANT_JOINED,
     HIDDEN_PARTICIPANT_LEFT,
@@ -14,7 +12,6 @@ import {
     _TRANSCRIBER_LEFT
 } from './actionTypes';
 import {
-    hidePendingTranscribingNotification,
     potentialTranscriberJoined,
     showPendingTranscribingNotification,
     showStoppedTranscribingNotification,
@@ -78,10 +75,7 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(({ dispatch, getState }) => next => action => {
         const { participant } = action;
 
         if (potentialTranscriberJIDs.includes(participant.id) && participant.name === TRANSCRIBER_DISPLAY_NAME) {
-            batch(() => {
-                dispatch(transcriberJoined(participant.id));
-                dispatch(hidePendingTranscribingNotification());
-            });
+            dispatch(transcriberJoined(participant.id));
         }
 
         break;
diff --git a/react/features/transcribing/reducer.ts b/react/features/transcribing/reducer.ts
index 481f842849..c219590b63 100644
--- a/react/features/transcribing/reducer.ts
+++ b/react/features/transcribing/reducer.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import ReducerRegistry from '../base/redux/ReducerRegistry';
 
 import {
-    SET_PENDING_TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_UID,
     _POTENTIAL_TRANSCRIBER_JOINED,
     _TRANSCRIBER_JOINED,
     _TRANSCRIBER_LEFT
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ function _getInitialState() {
 
 export interface ITranscribingState {
     isTranscribing: boolean;
-    pendingNotificationUid?: string;
     potentialTranscriberJIDs: string[];
     transcriberJID?: string | null;
 }
@@ -74,11 +72,6 @@ ReducerRegistry.register<ITranscribingState>('features/transcribing',
                 ...state,
                 potentialTranscriberJIDs: [ action.transcriberJID, ...state.potentialTranscriberJIDs ]
             };
-        case SET_PENDING_TRANSCRIBING_NOTIFICATION_UID:
-            return {
-                ...state,
-                pendingNotificationUid: action.uid
-            };
         default:
             return state;
         }