From 57d91373f713e9f13628128bd4db50908dcc3f97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Newman <mozzius@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:26:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rm bad ref in render usage (#8024)

---
 src/components/dms/MessageItem.tsx | 16 ++--------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/dms/MessageItem.tsx b/src/components/dms/MessageItem.tsx
index 79f0997fd6..675b6a5ee2 100644
--- a/src/components/dms/MessageItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dms/MessageItem.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-import React, {useCallback, useMemo, useRef} from 'react'
-import {
-  GestureResponderEvent,
-  LayoutAnimation,
-  StyleProp,
-  TextStyle,
-  View,
-} from 'react-native'
+import React, {useCallback, useMemo} from 'react'
+import {GestureResponderEvent, StyleProp, TextStyle, View} from 'react-native'
 import {
   AppBskyEmbedRecord,
   ChatBskyConvoDefs,
@@ -88,12 +82,6 @@ let MessageItem = ({
     return true
   }, [message, nextMessage, isPending])
 
-  const lastInGroupRef = useRef(isLastInGroup)
-  if (lastInGroupRef.current !== isLastInGroup) {
-    LayoutAnimation.configureNext(LayoutAnimation.Presets.easeInEaseOut)
-    lastInGroupRef.current = isLastInGroup
-  }
-
   const pendingColor = t.palette.primary_200
 
   const rt = useMemo(() => {