diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/data/db/LibraryDao.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/data/db/LibraryDao.kt
index a0f5f26f..28a92e44 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/data/db/LibraryDao.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/data/db/LibraryDao.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import androidx.room3.Transaction
 import androidx.room3.Upsert
 import androidx.room3.paging.PagingSourceDaoReturnTypeConverter
 import com.subtracks.data.model.Album
-import com.subtracks.data.model.AlbumArtistRef
 import com.subtracks.data.model.AlbumSongItem
 import com.subtracks.data.model.Artist
 import com.subtracks.data.model.Disc
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ import com.subtracks.data.model.Playlist
 import com.subtracks.data.model.PlaylistSong
 import com.subtracks.data.model.PlaylistSongItem
 import com.subtracks.data.model.Song
-import com.subtracks.data.model.SongArtistRef
 import com.subtracks.data.model.Source
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 
@@ -643,16 +641,9 @@ interface LibraryDao {
     @RawQuery(observedEntities = [Album::class])
     fun albumsPaging(query: RoomRawQuery): PagingSource<Int, Album>
 
-    @RawQuery(
-        observedEntities = [
-            Artist::class,
-            Source::class,
-            Album::class,
-            AlbumArtistRef::class,
-            Song::class,
-            SongArtistRef::class,
-        ],
-    )
+    // The fallback art reads albums and credits, but a successful sync writes sources after the
+    // library changes, so observing artists and sources avoids invalidating on every song/album write.
+    @RawQuery(observedEntities = [Artist::class, Source::class])
     fun artistsPaging(query: RoomRawQuery): PagingSource<Int, Artist>
 
     @RawQuery(observedEntities = [Playlist::class])
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/data/db/LibraryDaoTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/data/db/LibraryDaoTest.kt
index 7b5cd1fb..40c3ce64 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/data/db/LibraryDaoTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/data/db/LibraryDaoTest.kt
@@ -652,59 +652,6 @@ class LibraryDaoTest {
             )
         }
 
-    @Test
-    fun artistArtChangesInvalidateTheArtistPagingSource() =
-        runTest {
-            val sourceId = source()
-            val dao = db.libraryDao()
-            dao.upsertArtists(listOf(artist(sourceId, "ar-1", "Artist", albumCount = 1)))
-            dao.upsertAlbums(listOf(album(sourceId, "al-1", "Album", year = null, starred = null)))
-
-            val albumInvalidated = AtomicBoolean(false)
-            val albumPaging = dao.artistsPaging(artistsDefaultQuery(sourceId, 0, "", ArtistSort.Name, false))
-            albumPaging.registerInvalidatedCallback { albumInvalidated.set(true) }
-            albumPaging.page()
-
-            dao.upsertAlbums(
-                listOf(album(sourceId, "al-1", "Album", year = null, starred = null).copy(coverArt = "cover")),
-            )
-            awaitUntil("artist paging observes album writes") { albumInvalidated.get() }
-
-            val songInvalidated = AtomicBoolean(false)
-            val songPaging = dao.artistsPaging(artistsDefaultQuery(sourceId, 0, "", ArtistSort.Name, false))
-            songPaging.registerInvalidatedCallback { songInvalidated.set(true) }
-            songPaging.page()
-
-            dao.upsertSongs(listOf(song(sourceId, "s-1", "Song", starred = null)))
-            awaitUntil("artist paging observes song writes") { songInvalidated.get() }
-
-            val albumCreditInvalidated = AtomicBoolean(false)
-            val albumCreditPaging = dao.artistsPaging(artistsDefaultQuery(sourceId, 0, "", ArtistSort.Name, false))
-            albumCreditPaging.registerInvalidatedCallback { albumCreditInvalidated.set(true) }
-            albumCreditPaging.page()
-
-            db.useWriterConnection { connection ->
-                connection.usePrepared(
-                    "INSERT INTO album_artists (sourceId, albumId, position, artistId, name) " +
-                        "VALUES ($sourceId, 'al-1', 0, 'ar-1', 'Artist')",
-                ) { it.step() }
-            }
-            awaitUntil("artist paging observes album artist writes") { albumCreditInvalidated.get() }
-
-            val songCreditInvalidated = AtomicBoolean(false)
-            val songCreditPaging = dao.artistsPaging(artistsDefaultQuery(sourceId, 0, "", ArtistSort.Name, false))
-            songCreditPaging.registerInvalidatedCallback { songCreditInvalidated.set(true) }
-            songCreditPaging.page()
-
-            db.useWriterConnection { connection ->
-                connection.usePrepared(
-                    "INSERT INTO song_artists (sourceId, songId, position, artistId, name) " +
-                        "VALUES ($sourceId, 's-1', 0, 'ar-1', 'Artist')",
-                ) { it.step() }
-            }
-            awaitUntil("artist paging observes song artist writes") { songCreditInvalidated.get() }
-        }
-
     @Test
     fun albumCreditIdsFindCreditsThroughArtistIndexes() =
         runTest {