diff --git a/aeron-archive/src/main/java/io/aeron/archive/ControlSessionAdapter.java b/aeron-archive/src/main/java/io/aeron/archive/ControlSessionAdapter.java
index 8833731700..d0fd98e443 100644
--- a/aeron-archive/src/main/java/io/aeron/archive/ControlSessionAdapter.java
+++ b/aeron-archive/src/main/java/io/aeron/archive/ControlSessionAdapter.java
@@ -1061,22 +1061,8 @@ void abortControlSessionByImage(final Image image)
 
     void removeControlSession(final long controlSessionId)
     {
-        final SessionInfo info = controlSessionByIdMap.remove(controlSessionId);
+        controlSessionByIdMap.remove(controlSessionId);
         conductor.removeReplayTokensForSession(controlSessionId);
-        if (null != info)
-        {
-            if (info.controlSession.isInactive() && info.image.activeTransportCount() > 0)
-            {
-                final ExclusivePublication controlPublication = info.controlSession.controlPublication();
-                final int publicationSessionId = controlPublication.sessionId();
-                if (info.image.sessionId() == publicationSessionId ||
-                    info.image.correlationId() == Long.parseLong(
-                    ChannelUri.parse(controlPublication.channel()).get(RESPONSE_CORRELATION_ID_PARAM_NAME, "-1")))
-                {
-                    info.image.reject("stale ControlSession: sessionId=" + info.controlSession.sessionId());
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     private ControlSession setupSessionAndChannelForReplay(
diff --git a/aeron-archive/src/test/java/io/aeron/archive/ArchiveTest.java b/aeron-archive/src/test/java/io/aeron/archive/ArchiveTest.java
index 8161b01090..c99d06c16b 100644
--- a/aeron-archive/src/test/java/io/aeron/archive/ArchiveTest.java
+++ b/aeron-archive/src/test/java/io/aeron/archive/ArchiveTest.java
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ void shouldTimeoutInactiveArchiveClients(final String controlRequestChannel, fin
         try (MediaDriver driver = MediaDriver.launch(new MediaDriver.Context()
             .aeronDirectoryName(CommonContext.generateRandomDirName())
             .statusMessageTimeoutNs(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(80))
-            .imageLivenessTimeoutNs(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(2000))
+            .imageLivenessTimeoutNs(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(1000))
             .timerIntervalNs(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(100))
             .enableExperimentalFeatures(true));
             Archive archive = Archive.launch(TestContexts.localhostArchive()
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ void shouldTimeoutInactiveArchiveClients(final String controlRequestChannel, fin
                 .archiveId(archiveId)
                 .archiveDir(tmpDir.resolve("archive").toFile())
                 .aeronDirectoryName(driver.context().aeronDirectoryName())
-                .connectTimeoutNs(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(1000))
+                .connectTimeoutNs(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(500))
                 .sessionLivenessCheckIntervalNs(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(1))))
         {
             final AeronArchive.Context ctx = new AeronArchive.Context()
@@ -927,9 +927,7 @@ void shouldTimeoutInactiveArchiveClients(final String controlRequestChannel, fin
 
                 assertTrue(client1.archiveProxy().publication().isConnected());
                 assertTrue(client1.controlResponsePoller().subscription().isConnected());
-                assertEquals(
-                    controlRequestChannel.startsWith(CommonContext.IPC_CHANNEL),
-                    client2.archiveProxy().publication().isConnected());
+                assertTrue(client2.archiveProxy().publication().isConnected());
                 assertFalse(client2.controlResponsePoller().subscription().isConnected());
             }
         }
diff --git a/aeron-client/src/main/java/io/aeron/Image.java b/aeron-client/src/main/java/io/aeron/Image.java
index e48751d3bd..2edc38fa46 100644
--- a/aeron-client/src/main/java/io/aeron/Image.java
+++ b/aeron-client/src/main/java/io/aeron/Image.java
@@ -830,13 +830,7 @@ public int rawPoll(final RawBlockHandler handler, final int blockLengthLimit)
         return length;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Force the driver to disconnect this image from the remote publication.
-     *
-     * @param reason an error message to be forwarded back to the publication.
-     * @since 1.47.0
-     */
-    public void reject(final String reason)
+    void reject(final String reason)
     {
         subscription.rejectImage(correlationId, position(), reason);
     }