diff --git a/site/src/pages/WorkspacesPage/WorkspacesPage.tsx b/site/src/pages/WorkspacesPage/WorkspacesPage.tsx
index fda18b62e9fb3..772e086a42325 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/WorkspacesPage/WorkspacesPage.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/WorkspacesPage/WorkspacesPage.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const WorkspacesPage: FC = () => {
 
       <WorkspacesPageView
         filter={workspacesState.context.filter}
-        isLoading={workspacesState.hasTag("loading")}
+        isLoading={!workspaceRefs}
         workspaceRefs={workspaceRefs}
         onFilter={(query) => {
           setSearchParams({ filter: query })
diff --git a/site/src/xServices/workspaces/workspacesXService.ts b/site/src/xServices/workspaces/workspacesXService.ts
index 466798e38ae5f..9bc3df854b711 100644
--- a/site/src/xServices/workspaces/workspacesXService.ts
+++ b/site/src/xServices/workspaces/workspacesXService.ts
@@ -218,9 +218,7 @@ export const workspacesMachine = createMachine(
     },
     initial: "idle",
     states: {
-      idle: {
-        tags: ["loading"],
-      },
+      idle: {},
       gettingWorkspaces: {
         entry: "clearGetWorkspacesError",
         invoke: {