diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/notifications/requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/notifications/requests_controller.rb
index 0e58379a3..9ae80c28e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/notifications/requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/notifications/requests_controller.rb
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ class Api::V1::Notifications::RequestsController < Api::BaseController
   end
 
   def dismiss
-    @request.update!(dismissed: true)
+    @request.destroy!
     render_empty
   end
 
   private
 
   def load_requests
-    requests = NotificationRequest.where(account: current_account).where(dismissed: truthy_param?(:dismissed) || false).includes(:last_status, from_account: [:account_stat, :user]).to_a_paginated_by_id(
+    requests = NotificationRequest.where(account: current_account).includes(:last_status, from_account: [:account_stat, :user]).to_a_paginated_by_id(
       limit_param(DEFAULT_ACCOUNTS_LIMIT),
       params_slice(:max_id, :since_id, :min_id)
     )
@@ -68,8 +68,4 @@ class Api::V1::Notifications::RequestsController < Api::BaseController
   def pagination_since_id
     @requests.first.id
   end
-
-  def pagination_params(core_params)
-    params.slice(:dismissed).permit(:dismissed).merge(core_params)
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/notification_policy.rb b/app/models/notification_policy.rb
index f10b0c2a8..2bb58004e 100644
--- a/app/models/notification_policy.rb
+++ b/app/models/notification_policy.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ class NotificationPolicy < ApplicationRecord
   private
 
   def pending_notification_requests
-    @pending_notification_requests ||= notification_requests.where(dismissed: false).limit(MAX_MEANINGFUL_COUNT).pick(Arel.sql('count(*), coalesce(sum(notifications_count), 0)::bigint'))
+    @pending_notification_requests ||= notification_requests.limit(MAX_MEANINGFUL_COUNT).pick(Arel.sql('count(*), coalesce(sum(notifications_count), 0)::bigint'))
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/notification_request.rb b/app/models/notification_request.rb
index 6e9cae662..2f601ac36 100644
--- a/app/models/notification_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/notification_request.rb
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@
 #  from_account_id     :bigint(8)        not null
 #  last_status_id      :bigint(8)
 #  notifications_count :bigint(8)        default(0), not null
-#  dismissed           :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
 #  created_at          :datetime         not null
 #  updated_at          :datetime         not null
 #
 
 class NotificationRequest < ApplicationRecord
+  self.ignored_columns += %w(dismissed)
+
   include Paginable
 
   MAX_MEANINGFUL_COUNT = 100
@@ -34,8 +35,6 @@ class NotificationRequest < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def reconsider_existence!
-    return if dismissed?
-
     prepare_notifications_count
 
     if notifications_count.positive?
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20240712064044_remove_dismissed_from_notification_requests.rb b/db/post_migrate/20240712064044_remove_dismissed_from_notification_requests.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d8583807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20240712064044_remove_dismissed_from_notification_requests.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class RemoveDismissedFromNotificationRequests < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  def up
+    safety_assured do
+      execute 'DELETE FROM notification_requests WHERE dismissed'
+      remove_column :notification_requests, :dismissed
+    end
+  end
+
+  def down
+    add_column :notification_requests, :dismissed, :boolean, default: false, null: false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 5f8c7e693..87c49d741 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_06_07_094856) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_07_12_064044) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
@@ -706,11 +706,9 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_06_07_094856) do
     t.bigint "from_account_id", null: false
     t.bigint "last_status_id"
     t.bigint "notifications_count", default: 0, null: false
-    t.boolean "dismissed", default: false, null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.index ["account_id", "from_account_id"], name: "index_notification_requests_on_account_id_and_from_account_id", unique: true
-    t.index ["account_id", "id"], name: "index_notification_requests_on_account_id_and_id", order: { id: :desc }, where: "(dismissed = false)"
     t.index ["from_account_id"], name: "index_notification_requests_on_from_account_id"
     t.index ["last_status_id"], name: "index_notification_requests_on_last_status_id"
   end
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/notification_request_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/notification_request_fabricator.rb
index 05a13b8ef..a20d3b3ef 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/notification_request_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/notification_request_fabricator.rb
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ Fabricator(:notification_request) do
   account
   from_account { Fabricate.build(:account) }
   last_status { Fabricate.build(:status) }
-  dismissed false
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/notification_request_spec.rb b/spec/models/notification_request_spec.rb
index 07bbc3e0a..4adddc194 100644
--- a/spec/models/notification_request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/notification_request_spec.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe NotificationRequest do
   describe '#reconsider_existence!' do
-    subject { Fabricate(:notification_request, dismissed: dismissed) }
-
-    let(:dismissed) { false }
+    subject { Fabricate(:notification_request) }
 
     context 'when there are remaining notifications' do
       before do
@@ -28,14 +26,6 @@ RSpec.describe NotificationRequest do
         subject.reconsider_existence!
       end
 
-      context 'when dismissed' do
-        let(:dismissed) { true }
-
-        it 'leaves request intact' do
-          expect(subject.destroyed?).to be false
-        end
-      end
-
       it 'removes the request' do
         expect(subject.destroyed?).to be true
       end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/requests_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/requests_spec.rb
index 23ddfd2bd..d3a975324 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/requests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/notifications/requests_spec.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ RSpec.describe 'Requests' do
 
     before do
       Fabricate(:notification_request, account: user.account)
-      Fabricate(:notification_request, account: user.account, dismissed: true)
     end
 
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'write write:notifications'
@@ -29,16 +28,6 @@ RSpec.describe 'Requests' do
         expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
       end
     end
-
-    context 'with dismissed' do
-      let(:params) { { dismissed: '1' } }
-
-      it 'returns http success', :aggregate_failures do
-        subject
-
-        expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   describe 'POST /api/v1/notifications/requests/:id/accept' do
@@ -78,15 +67,14 @@ RSpec.describe 'Requests' do
       post "/api/v1/notifications/requests/#{notification_request.id}/dismiss", headers: headers
     end
 
-    let(:notification_request) { Fabricate(:notification_request, account: user.account) }
+    let!(:notification_request) { Fabricate(:notification_request, account: user.account) }
 
     it_behaves_like 'forbidden for wrong scope', 'read read:notifications'
 
-    it 'returns http success and dismisses the notification request', :aggregate_failures do
-      subject
+    it 'returns http success and destroys the notification request', :aggregate_failures do
+      expect { subject }.to change(NotificationRequest, :count).by(-1)
 
       expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
-      expect(notification_request.reload.dismissed?).to be true
     end
 
     context 'when notification request belongs to someone else' do
diff --git a/spec/services/notify_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/notify_service_spec.rb
index c695855be..c7e00129b 100644
--- a/spec/services/notify_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/notify_service_spec.rb
@@ -129,6 +129,39 @@ RSpec.describe NotifyService do
     end
   end
 
+  context 'with filtered notifications' do
+    let(:unknown)  { Fabricate(:account, username: 'unknown') }
+    let(:status)   { Fabricate(:status, account: unknown) }
+    let(:activity) { Fabricate(:mention, account: recipient, status: status) }
+    let(:type)     { :mention }
+
+    before do
+      Fabricate(:notification_policy, account: recipient, filter_not_following: true)
+    end
+
+    it 'creates a filtered notification' do
+      expect { subject }.to change(Notification, :count)
+      expect(Notification.last).to be_filtered
+    end
+
+    context 'when no notification request exists' do
+      it 'creates a notification request' do
+        expect { subject }.to change(NotificationRequest, :count)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when a notification request exists' do
+      let!(:notification_request) do
+        Fabricate(:notification_request, account: recipient, from_account: unknown, last_status: Fabricate(:status, account: unknown))
+      end
+
+      it 'updates the existing notification request' do
+        expect { subject }.to_not change(NotificationRequest, :count)
+        expect(notification_request.reload.last_status).to eq status
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe NotifyService::DismissCondition do
     subject { described_class.new(notification) }