diff --git a/src/www/app/app.ts b/src/www/app/app.ts
index 6993c5afe47..a22c3cd10de 100644
--- a/src/www/app/app.ts
+++ b/src/www/app/app.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ export class App {
       this.displayPrivacyView();
     }
     this.displayZeroStateUi();
-    this.pullClipboardText();
   }
 
   showLocalizedError(error?: Error, toastDuration = 10000) {
@@ -300,6 +299,7 @@ export class App {
 
   private requestPromptAddServer() {
     this.rootEl.promptAddServer();
+    this.pullClipboardText();
   }
 
   // Caches an ignored server access key so we don't prompt the user to add it again.
diff --git a/src/www/app/cordova_main.ts b/src/www/app/cordova_main.ts
index 025d713ecfb..75c3372a31a 100644
--- a/src/www/app/cordova_main.ts
+++ b/src/www/app/cordova_main.ts
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ const OUTLINE_PLUGIN_NAME = 'OutlinePlugin';
 
 // Pushes a clipboard event whenever the app is brought to the foreground.
 class CordovaClipboard extends AbstractClipboard {
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-    document.addEventListener('resume', this.emitEvent.bind(this));
-  }
-
   getContents() {
     return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
       cordova.plugins.clipboard.paste(resolve, reject);