diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Browser/Tab.cpp b/Userland/Applications/Browser/Tab.cpp
index c1587f7e6b..6c8c2f2196 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Browser/Tab.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Browser/Tab.cpp
@@ -646,13 +646,15 @@ void Tab::update_bookmark_button(const String& url)
 
 void Tab::did_become_active()
 {
-    Web::ResourceLoader::the().on_load_counter_change = [this] {
-        if (Web::ResourceLoader::the().pending_loads() == 0) {
-            m_statusbar->set_text("");
-            return;
-        }
-        m_statusbar->set_text(String::formatted("Loading ({} pending resources...)", Web::ResourceLoader::the().pending_loads()));
-    };
+    if (m_type == Type::InProcessWebView) {
+        Web::ResourceLoader::the().on_load_counter_change = [this] {
+            if (Web::ResourceLoader::the().pending_loads() == 0) {
+                m_statusbar->set_text("");
+                return;
+            }
+            m_statusbar->set_text(String::formatted("Loading ({} pending resources...)", Web::ResourceLoader::the().pending_loads()));
+        };
+    }
 
     BookmarksBarWidget::the().on_bookmark_click = [this](auto& url, unsigned modifiers) {
         if (modifiers & Mod_Ctrl)
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Browser/main.cpp b/Userland/Applications/Browser/main.cpp
index 5329ff9d44..50f1e785f3 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Browser/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Browser/main.cpp
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
     auto app = GUI::Application::construct(argc, argv);
 
-    // Connect to the RequestServer and the WebSocket service immediately so we can drop the "unix" pledge.
-    Web::ResourceLoader::the();
-    Web::HTML::WebSocketClientManager::the();
+    if (Browser::s_single_process) {
+        // Connect to the RequestServer and the WebSocket service immediately so we don't need to unveil their portals.
+        Web::ResourceLoader::the();
+        Web::HTML::WebSocketClientManager::the();
+    }
 
     // Connect to LaunchServer immediately and let it know that we won't ask for anything other than opening
     // the user's downloads directory.