diff --git a/src/posthog-persistence.ts b/src/posthog-persistence.ts
index 71017e659..5d70c625a 100644
--- a/src/posthog-persistence.ts
+++ b/src/posthog-persistence.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export class PostHogPersistence {
     expire_days: number | undefined
     default_expiry: number | undefined
     cross_subdomain: boolean | undefined
-    user_state: 'anonymous' | 'identified'
 
     constructor(config: PostHogConfig) {
         // clean chars that aren't accepted by the http spec for cookie values
@@ -81,17 +80,13 @@ export class PostHogPersistence {
             this.storage = memoryStore
         } else if (storage_type === 'cookie') {
             this.storage = cookieStore
-        } else {
+        } else if (localPlusCookieStore.is_supported()) {
             // selected storage type wasn't supported, fallback to 'localstorage+cookie' if possible
-            if (localPlusCookieStore.is_supported()) {
-                this.storage = localPlusCookieStore
-            } else {
-                this.storage = cookieStore
-            }
+            this.storage = localPlusCookieStore
+        } else {
+            this.storage = cookieStore
         }
 
-        this.user_state = 'anonymous'
-
         this.load()
         this.update_config(config)
         this.save()