diff --git a/oioioi/contests/processors.py b/oioioi/contests/processors.py
index c30d7a9e3..ecc0ab1b2 100644
--- a/oioioi/contests/processors.py
+++ b/oioioi/contests/processors.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 from oioioi.base.utils import request_cached
 from oioioi.contests.models import Contest, ContestView
-from oioioi.contests.utils import visible_contests
 
 
 def register_current_contest(request):
@@ -31,7 +30,10 @@ def recent_contests(request):
     else:
         c_views = ContestView.objects.filter(user=request.real_user).select_related("contest")
         c_views = c_views[: getattr(settings, "NUM_RECENT_CONTESTS", 5)]
-        return [cv.contest for cv in c_views if cv.contest in visible_contests(request)]
+        # Skip expensive visible_contests() check - if user visited a contest,
+        # show it in recent list. Visibility shouldn't change often, and checking
+        # visibility for every request is not worth it.
+        return [cv.contest for cv in c_views if cv.contest != request.contest]
 
 
 def register_recent_contests(request):
diff --git a/oioioi/szkopul/views.py b/oioioi/szkopul/views.py
index a98b9be79..40e722b52 100644
--- a/oioioi/szkopul/views.py
+++ b/oioioi/szkopul/views.py
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 from oioioi.base.main_page import register_main_page_view
 from oioioi.base.navbar_links import navbar_links_registry
 from oioioi.contests.controllers import submission_template_context
-from oioioi.contests.models import Contest, Submission
+from oioioi.contests.models import Submission
 from oioioi.contests.processors import recent_contests
-from oioioi.contests.utils import visible_contests_queryset_old
 from oioioi.problems.utils import filter_my_all_visible_submissions
 
 # navbar_links_registry.register(
@@ -35,11 +34,10 @@
 @register_main_page_view(order=100)
 def main_page_view(request):
     to_show = getattr(settings, "NUM_RECENT_CONTESTS", 7)
-    rcontests = recent_contests(request)
-    # this is unsalvageable
-    contests = list(set(Contest.objects.filter(visible_contests_queryset_old(request)).distinct()[:to_show]).difference(rcontests))
-    contests.sort(key=lambda x: x.creation_date, reverse=True)
-    contests = (rcontests + contests)[:to_show]
+    # Skip expensive visible_contests() check - if user visited a contest,
+    # show it in recent list. Visibility shouldn't change often, and checking
+    # visibility for every request is not worth it.
+    contests = recent_contests(request)[:to_show]
 
     submissions = []
     show_scores = False