diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8e4fe2e37..6163dd66ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
     "react-native-background-fetch": "^4.1.8",
     "react-native-fast-image": "^8.6.3",
     "react-native-fs": "^2.20.0",
-    "react-native-gesture-handler": "^2.5.0",
     "react-native-haptic-feedback": "^1.14.0",
     "react-native-image-crop-picker": "^0.38.1",
     "react-native-inappbrowser-reborn": "^3.6.3",
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@
     "preset": "jest-expo/ios",
     "setupFilesAfterEnv": [
       "./jest/jestSetup.js",
-      "./node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler/jestSetup.js",
       "@testing-library/jest-native/extend-expect"
     ],
     "moduleFileExtensions": [
diff --git a/src/App.native.tsx b/src/App.native.tsx
index 51090ae98c..f5b332b908 100644
--- a/src/App.native.tsx
+++ b/src/App.native.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import 'react-native-url-polyfill/auto'
 import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react'
 import {Linking} from 'react-native'
 import {RootSiblingParent} from 'react-native-root-siblings'
-import {GestureHandlerRootView} from 'react-native-gesture-handler'
 import SplashScreen from 'react-native-splash-screen'
 import {SafeAreaProvider} from 'react-native-safe-area-context'
 import {observer} from 'mobx-react-lite'
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ import {ThemeProvider} from 'lib/ThemeContext'
 import * as view from './view/index'
 import {RootStoreModel, setupState, RootStoreProvider} from './state'
 import {Shell} from './view/shell'
-import {s} from 'lib/styles'
 import * as notifee from 'lib/notifee'
 import * as analytics from 'lib/analytics'
 import * as Toast from './view/com/util/Toast'
@@ -48,19 +46,17 @@ const App = observer(() => {
     return null
   }
   return (
-    <GestureHandlerRootView style={s.h100pct}>
-      <ThemeProvider theme={rootStore.shell.darkMode ? 'dark' : 'light'}>
-        <RootSiblingParent>
-          <analytics.Provider>
-            <RootStoreProvider value={rootStore}>
-              <SafeAreaProvider>
-                <Shell />
-              </SafeAreaProvider>
-            </RootStoreProvider>
-          </analytics.Provider>
-        </RootSiblingParent>
-      </ThemeProvider>
-    </GestureHandlerRootView>
+    <ThemeProvider theme={rootStore.shell.darkMode ? 'dark' : 'light'}>
+      <RootSiblingParent>
+        <analytics.Provider>
+          <RootStoreProvider value={rootStore}>
+            <SafeAreaProvider>
+              <Shell />
+            </SafeAreaProvider>
+          </RootStoreProvider>
+        </analytics.Provider>
+      </RootSiblingParent>
+    </ThemeProvider>
   )
 })