diff --git a/src/pages/OnboardingWorkEmail/BaseOnboardingWorkEmail.tsx b/src/pages/OnboardingWorkEmail/BaseOnboardingWorkEmail.tsx
index 15b314007c43..b3ee0cb60f87 100644
--- a/src/pages/OnboardingWorkEmail/BaseOnboardingWorkEmail.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/OnboardingWorkEmail/BaseOnboardingWorkEmail.tsx
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ function BaseOnboardingWorkEmail({shouldUseNativeStyles, route}: BaseOnboardingW
             {/* This screen normally opens onboarding, so there is nothing to go back to unless the intent list sent us here. */}
             <OnboardingHeader
                 shouldShowBackButton={isJoiningCompanyWorkspace && !isConciergeTaskFlow}
-                onBackButtonPress={() => Navigation.goBack(ROUTES.ONBOARDING_PURPOSE.getRoute())}
+                onBackButtonPress={() => Navigation.goBack()}
                 shouldShowCloseButton={isConciergeTaskFlow}
                 onCloseButtonPress={onboardingValues?.isMergingAccountBlocked ? handleConciergeTaskErrorConfirm : returnToOriginReport}
             />
diff --git a/tests/ui/WorkEmailOnboardingNavigation.tsx b/tests/ui/WorkEmailOnboardingNavigation.tsx
index 3c777bdcd92b..9f5097b61342 100644
--- a/tests/ui/WorkEmailOnboardingNavigation.tsx
+++ b/tests/ui/WorkEmailOnboardingNavigation.tsx
@@ -105,26 +105,6 @@ function OnboardingModalNavigatorWithRealWorkspaces() {
     );
 }
 
-// Stands in for the intent list; only whether Back lands on it matters.
-function OnboardingPurposeStub() {
-    return <View testID="onboarding-purpose-stub" />;
-}
-
-function OnboardingModalNavigatorWithPurpose() {
-    return (
-        <OnboardingStack.Navigator screenOptions={{headerShown: false}}>
-            <OnboardingStack.Screen
-                name={SCREENS.ONBOARDING.PURPOSE}
-                component={OnboardingPurposeStub}
-            />
-            <OnboardingStack.Screen
-                name={SCREENS.ONBOARDING.WORK_EMAIL}
-                component={OnboardingWorkEmail}
-            />
-        </OnboardingStack.Navigator>
-    );
-}
-
 // The back button is what is under test in the second-visit case, so that one navigator renders the real screen.
 function OnboardingModalNavigatorWithWorkspaces() {
     return (
@@ -336,37 +316,6 @@ describe('Onboarding work email navigation', () => {
         expect(onboardingValues?.shouldValidate).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
-    it('should return to the intent list when Back is pressed on the work email screen after a refresh', async () => {
-        await TestHelper.signInWithTestUser();
-
-        await act(async () => {
-            await Onyx.merge(ONYXKEYS.NVP_ONBOARDING, {
-                hasCompletedGuidedSetupFlow: false,
-            });
-            await Onyx.merge(ONYXKEYS.ONBOARDING_PURPOSE_SELECTED, CONST.ONBOARDING_CHOICES.JOIN_WORKSPACE);
-            await Onyx.merge(ONYXKEYS.ACCOUNT, {validated: false, isFromPublicDomain: true});
-        });
-
-        // Given a refresh rebuilt the stack from the URL, so the intent list is no longer behind the work email screen
-        renderOnboardingStack([SCREENS.ONBOARDING.WORK_EMAIL], OnboardingModalNavigatorWithPurpose);
-
-        await waitForBatchedUpdatesWithAct();
-
-        // When the user presses Back
-        await waitFor(() => {
-            expect(screen.getByLabelText(TestHelper.translateLocal('common.back'))).toBeOnTheScreen();
-        });
-        fireEvent.press(screen.getByLabelText(TestHelper.translateLocal('common.back')));
-
-        await waitForBatchedUpdatesWithAct();
-
-        // Then the explicit ONBOARDING_PURPOSE fallback replaces the work email screen inside the modal instead of
-        // popping the whole onboarding modal
-        await waitFor(() => {
-            expect(getOnboardingRouteNames()).toEqual([SCREENS.ONBOARDING.PURPOSE]);
-        });
-    });
-
     it('should keep Back working on a later visit to Join a workspace after the merge', async () => {
         await TestHelper.signInWithTestUser();