diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/Conversation.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/Conversation.tsx
index 36adb63e7a..1e2f4037a8 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/Conversation.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/Conversation.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState} from 'react'
+import {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState} from 'react'
 import {type LayoutChangeEvent, View} from 'react-native'
 import {useSafeAreaInsets} from 'react-native-safe-area-context'
 import {ChatBskyConvoDefs, moderateProfile} from '@atproto/api'
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import {MessagesList} from '#/screens/Messages/components/MessagesList'
 import {atoms as a, web} from '#/alf'
 import {AgeRestrictedScreen} from '#/components/ageAssurance/AgeRestrictedScreen'
 import {useAgeAssuranceCopy} from '#/components/ageAssurance/useAgeAssuranceCopy'
-import * as Dialog from '#/components/Dialog'
 import {
   EmailDialogScreenID,
   useEmailDialogControl,
@@ -45,10 +44,7 @@ import {MessagesListHeader} from '#/components/dms/MessagesListHeader'
 import {type ConvoWithDetails, parseConvoView} from '#/components/dms/util'
 import {Error} from '#/components/Error'
 import * as Layout from '#/components/Layout'
-import * as Prompt from '#/components/Prompt'
-import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
-import {useAnalytics} from '#/analytics'
-import {IS_INTERNAL, IS_LIQUID_GLASS} from '#/env'
+import {IS_LIQUID_GLASS} from '#/env'
 import {ChatDisabled} from './components/ChatDisabled'
 import {ChatEnded} from './components/ChatEnded'
 import {ChatLocked} from './components/ChatLocked'
@@ -299,79 +295,6 @@ function InnerReady({
           footer={footer}
         />
       )}
-
-      {!IS_INTERNAL && convo?.kind === 'group' && <GroupChatGate />}
     </>
   )
 }
-
-function GroupChatGate() {
-  const {t: l} = useLingui()
-  const ax = useAnalytics()
-  const navigation = useNavigation<NavigationProp>()
-
-  const groupChatGateDialogControl = Dialog.useDialogControl()
-
-  const isGatedGroupChat = !ax.features.enabled(ax.features.GroupChatsEnable)
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (isGatedGroupChat) {
-      setTimeout(() => groupChatGateDialogControl.open())
-    }
-  }, [isGatedGroupChat, groupChatGateDialogControl])
-
-  const hasBeenReleased = ax.features.enabled(
-    ax.features.GroupChatsHasBeenReleased,
-  )
-
-  const isAlreadyGoingBackRef = useRef(false)
-  const onGoBack = () => {
-    if (isAlreadyGoingBackRef.current) return
-    isAlreadyGoingBackRef.current = true
-    if (navigation.canGoBack()) {
-      navigation.goBack()
-    } else {
-      navigation.replace('Messages', {animation: 'pop'})
-    }
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <Prompt.Outer
-      control={groupChatGateDialogControl}
-      onClose={onGoBack}
-      nativeOptions={{preventDismiss: true, preventExpansion: true}}
-      testID="groupChatGateDialog">
-      <Prompt.Content>
-        <View style={[a.w_full, a.align_center, a.py_3xl]}>
-          <Text style={{fontSize: 72}} emoji>
-            🐴
-          </Text>
-        </View>
-        <Prompt.TitleText style={[a.text_center]}>
-          {hasBeenReleased ? (
-            <Trans>Group chats are now available</Trans>
-          ) : (
-            <Trans>Group chats are not yet available</Trans>
-          )}
-        </Prompt.TitleText>
-        <Prompt.DescriptionText style={[a.text_center]}>
-          {hasBeenReleased ? (
-            <Trans>Update your app to the latest version to join in!</Trans>
-          ) : (
-            <Trans>
-              Hold your horses! This feature isn't available to you yet. Please
-              check back later.
-            </Trans>
-          )}
-        </Prompt.DescriptionText>
-      </Prompt.Content>
-      <Prompt.Actions>
-        <Prompt.Action
-          cta={l`Go Back`}
-          onPress={onGoBack}
-          color="primary_subtle"
-        />
-      </Prompt.Actions>
-    </Prompt.Outer>
-  )
-}