diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c042227e4d..22cf469320 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     "@miblanchard/react-native-slider": "^2.3.1",
     "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "1.21.0",
     "@react-native-clipboard/clipboard": "^1.10.0",
-    "@react-native-community/blur": "^4.3.0",
     "@react-native-community/datetimepicker": "7.6.1",
     "@react-native-masked-view/masked-view": "0.3.0",
     "@react-native-menu/menu": "^0.8.0",
diff --git a/src/view/com/profile/ProfileHeader.tsx b/src/view/com/profile/ProfileHeader.tsx
index 3e479d7b53..4116839da7 100644
--- a/src/view/com/profile/ProfileHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/profile/ProfileHeader.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import {Trans, msg} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {NavigationProp} from 'lib/routes/types'
 import {isNative, isWeb} from 'platform/detection'
-import {BlurView} from '../util/BlurView'
 import * as Toast from '../util/Toast'
 import {LoadingPlaceholder} from '../util/LoadingPlaceholder'
 import {Text} from '../util/text/Text'
@@ -649,9 +648,7 @@ let ProfileHeader = ({
           accessibilityLabel={_(msg`Back`)}
           accessibilityHint="">
           <View style={styles.backBtnWrapper}>
-            <BlurView style={styles.backBtn} blurType="dark">
-              <FontAwesomeIcon size={18} icon="angle-left" style={s.white} />
-            </BlurView>
+            <FontAwesomeIcon size={18} icon="angle-left" style={s.white} />
           </View>
         </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
       )}
diff --git a/src/view/com/util/BlurView.android.tsx b/src/view/com/util/BlurView.android.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index eee1d9d867..0000000000
--- a/src/view/com/util/BlurView.android.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react'
-import {StyleSheet, View, ViewProps} from 'react-native'
-import {addStyle} from 'lib/styles'
-
-type BlurViewProps = ViewProps & {
-  blurType?: 'dark' | 'light'
-  blurAmount?: number
-}
-
-export const BlurView = ({
-  style,
-  blurType,
-  ...props
-}: React.PropsWithChildren<BlurViewProps>) => {
-  if (blurType === 'dark') {
-    style = addStyle(style, styles.dark)
-  } else {
-    style = addStyle(style, styles.light)
-  }
-  return <View style={style} {...props} />
-}
-
-const styles = StyleSheet.create({
-  dark: {
-    backgroundColor: '#0008',
-  },
-  light: {
-    backgroundColor: '#fff8',
-  },
-})
diff --git a/src/view/com/util/BlurView.tsx b/src/view/com/util/BlurView.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 66b41cc26c..0000000000
--- a/src/view/com/util/BlurView.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export {BlurView} from '@react-native-community/blur'
diff --git a/src/view/com/util/BlurView.web.tsx b/src/view/com/util/BlurView.web.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index d1fb4665fb..0000000000
--- a/src/view/com/util/BlurView.web.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react'
-import {StyleSheet, View, ViewProps} from 'react-native'
-import {addStyle} from 'lib/styles'
-
-type BlurViewProps = ViewProps & {
-  blurType?: 'dark' | 'light'
-  blurAmount?: number
-}
-
-export const BlurView = ({
-  style,
-  blurType,
-  blurAmount,
-  ...props
-}: React.PropsWithChildren<BlurViewProps>) => {
-  // @ts-ignore using an RNW-specific attribute here -prf
-  let blur = `blur(${blurAmount || 10}px`
-  // @ts-ignore using an RNW-specific attribute here -prf
-  style = addStyle(style, {backdropFilter: blur, WebkitBackdropFilter: blur})
-  if (blurType === 'dark') {
-    style = addStyle(style, styles.dark)
-  } else {
-    style = addStyle(style, styles.light)
-  }
-  return <View style={style} {...props} />
-}
-
-const styles = StyleSheet.create({
-  dark: {
-    backgroundColor: '#0008',
-  },
-  light: {
-    backgroundColor: '#fff8',
-  },
-})
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 17f2f1c7f5..ba75bb8b24 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4687,11 +4687,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-native-clipboard/clipboard/-/clipboard-1.11.2.tgz#e826d0336b34e67294aaffa6878308900bc7d197"
   integrity sha512-bHyZVW62TuleiZsXNHS1Pv16fWc0fh8O9WvBzl4h2fykqZRW9a+Pv/RGTH56E3X2PqzHP38K5go8zmCZUoIsoQ==
 
-"@react-native-community/blur@^4.3.0":
-  version "4.3.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-native-community/blur/-/blur-4.3.2.tgz#185a2c7dd03ba168cc95069bc4742e9505fd6c6c"
-  integrity sha512-0ID+pyZKdC4RdgC7HePxUQ6JmsbNrgz03u+6SgqYpmBoK/rE+7JffqIw7IEsfoKitLEcRNLGekIBsfwCqiEkew==
-
 "@react-native-community/cli-clean@12.3.0":
   version "12.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-native-community/cli-clean/-/cli-clean-12.3.0.tgz#667b32daa58b4d11d5b5ab9eb0a2e216d500c90b"