diff --git a/src/components/Post/Embed/ExternalEmbed/Gif.tsx b/src/components/Post/Embed/ExternalEmbed/Gif.tsx
index 33a1c66f24..0a455b546e 100644
--- a/src/components/Post/Embed/ExternalEmbed/Gif.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Post/Embed/ExternalEmbed/Gif.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react'
+import {useRef, useState} from 'react'
 import {
   Pressable,
   type StyleProp,
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ export function GifEmbed({
   const {_} = useLingui()
   const autoplayDisabled = useAutoplayDisabled()
 
-  const playerRef = React.useRef<GifView>(null)
+  const playerRef = useRef<GifView>(null)
 
-  const [playerState, setPlayerState] = React.useState<{
+  const [playerState, setPlayerState] = useState<{
     isPlaying: boolean
     isLoaded: boolean
   }>({
@@ -101,23 +101,18 @@ export function GifEmbed({
     isLoaded: false,
   })
 
-  const onPlayerStateChange = React.useCallback(
-    (e: GifViewStateChangeEvent) => {
-      setPlayerState(e.nativeEvent)
-    },
-    [],
-  )
+  const onPlayerStateChange = (e: GifViewStateChangeEvent) => {
+    setPlayerState(e.nativeEvent)
+  }
 
-  const onPress = React.useCallback(() => {
-    playerRef.current?.toggleAsync()
-  }, [])
+  const onPress = () => {
+    void playerRef.current?.toggleAsync()
+  }
 
   let aspectRatio = 1
   if (params.dimensions) {
     const ratio = params.dimensions.width / params.dimensions.height
-    if (!isNaN(ratio) && isFinite(ratio)) {
-      aspectRatio = clamp(ratio, 0.75, 4)
-    }
+    aspectRatio = clamp(ratio, 0.75, 4)
   }
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/view/com/composer/ExternalEmbed.tsx b/src/view/com/composer/ExternalEmbed.tsx
index cc7b3ee150..0db82a03f8 100644
--- a/src/view/com/composer/ExternalEmbed.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/composer/ExternalEmbed.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react'
+import {useMemo} from 'react'
 import {type StyleProp, View, type ViewStyle} from 'react-native'
 
 import {cleanError} from '#/lib/strings/errors'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const ExternalEmbedGif = ({
 }) => {
   const t = useTheme()
   const {data, error} = useResolveGifQuery(gif)
-  const linkInfo = React.useMemo(
+  const linkInfo = useMemo(
     () =>
       data && {
         title: data.title ?? data.uri,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export const ExternalEmbedLink = ({
 }) => {
   const t = useTheme()
   const {data, error} = useResolveLinkQuery(uri)
-  const linkComponent = React.useMemo(() => {
+  const linkComponent = useMemo(() => {
     if (data) {
       if (data.type === 'external') {
         return (