diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index aed5870..296cf24 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ These are the available commands:
 - **sub foo**: subscribe to package <code>foo</code>
 - **unsub foo**: unsubscribe from package <code>foo</code>
 - **follow foo**: subscribe to all packages maintained by Nixpkgs maintainer <code>foo</code>
-- **unfollow foo**: unsubscribe to all packages maintained by Nixpkgs maintainer <code>foo</code>
 - **subs**: list subscriptions
 - **help**: show this help message
 
diff --git a/message_handlers.go b/message_handlers.go
index aa6bb4c..3feae5c 100644
--- a/message_handlers.go
+++ b/message_handlers.go
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ func handleSubs(evt *event.Event) {
 
 func handleFollowUnfollow(msg string, evt *event.Event) {
 	matches := regexes.Follow().FindStringSubmatch(msg)
-	un := matches[1]
-	handle := matches[2]
+	handle := matches[1]
 	pjson := h.packagesJSONFetcher()
 
 	slog.Info("received follow", "handle", handle, "sender", evt.Sender)
@@ -178,16 +177,10 @@ func handleFollowUnfollow(msg string, evt *event.Event) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if un != "" {
-		if _, err := clients.db.Exec("DELETE FROM subscriptions WHERE mxid = ? AND attr_path IN ?", evt.Sender, aps); err != nil {
+	for _, ap := range aps {
+		if err := subscribe(ap, evt); err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
-	} else {
-		for _, ap := range aps {
-			if err := subscribe(ap, evt); err != nil {
-				panic(err)
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 	var l []string
diff --git a/regexes/regexes.go b/regexes/regexes.go
index 71f5ecc..81558c1 100644
--- a/regexes/regexes.go
+++ b/regexes/regexes.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import "regexp"
 var (
 	dangerous = regexp.MustCompile(`^sub (?:[*?]+|\w+\.\*)$`)
 	subscribe = regexp.MustCompile(`^(un)?sub ([\w_?*.-]+)$`)
-	follow    = regexp.MustCompile(`^(un)?follow (\w+)$`)
+	follow    = regexp.MustCompile(`^follow (\w+)$`)
 )
 
 // These two regexps are for parsing logs.
diff --git a/regexes/regexes_test.go b/regexes/regexes_test.go
index ba10970..30c18f4 100644
--- a/regexes/regexes_test.go
+++ b/regexes/regexes_test.go
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ func TestFollowRegexp(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("should match", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ss := []string{
 			"follow foo",
-			"unfollow bar",
 		}
 		for _, s := range ss {
 			if !Follow().MatchString(s) {