diff --git a/patches/expo-image-picker@17.0.11.patch b/patches/expo-image-picker@17.0.11.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ee0f51cad..0000000000
--- a/patches/expo-image-picker@17.0.11.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/ios/MediaHandler.swift b/ios/MediaHandler.swift
-index 6e4fbe1b3921173a1cc4e6eff626b0749e8bab14..e334abb680a8965acb1f6bbdfbc1325ad35edf3a 100644
---- a/ios/MediaHandler.swift
-+++ b/ios/MediaHandler.swift
-@@ -310,10 +310,12 @@ internal struct MediaHandler {
-         let fileExtension = getFileExtension(from: originalFilename)
-         let destinationUrl = try generateUrl(withFileExtension: fileExtension)
- 
-+        let resourceOptions = PHAssetResourceRequestOptions()
-+        resourceOptions.isNetworkAccessAllowed = true
-         try await PHAssetResourceManager.default().writeData(
-           for: resource,
-           toFile: destinationUrl,
--          options: nil
-+          options: resourceOptions
-         )
- 
-         let mimeType = getMimeType(from: destinationUrl.pathExtension)
-@@ -389,7 +391,9 @@ internal struct MediaHandler {
- 
-           // Stream the resource into our cache directory. This API is asynchronous but doesn't require
-           // a temporary file like `loadFileRepresentation`.
--          try await PHAssetResourceManager.default().writeData(for: resource, toFile: destinationUrl, options: nil)
-+          let resourceOptions = PHAssetResourceRequestOptions()
-+          resourceOptions.isNetworkAccessAllowed = true
-+          try await PHAssetResourceManager.default().writeData(for: resource, toFile: destinationUrl, options: resourceOptions)
- 
-           // Build and return the result using the helper.
-           let mimeType = getMimeType(from: destinationUrl.pathExtension)
diff --git a/patches/expo-image-picker@17.0.11.patch.md b/patches/expo-image-picker@17.0.11.patch.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cf5f5988a..0000000000
--- a/patches/expo-image-picker@17.0.11.patch.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# `expo-image-picker` patch
-
-Patches this issue: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/39937
-
-Source: https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/39937#issuecomment-3342082239
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index aa9a37f930..2c58348816 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ patchedDependencies:
   '@sentry/expo-upload-sourcemaps@8.18.0': patches/@sentry__expo-upload-sourcemaps@8.18.0.patch
   'expo-age-range@0.2.18': patches/expo-age-range@0.2.18.patch
   'expo-haptics@15.0.8': patches/expo-haptics@15.0.8.patch
-  'expo-image-picker@17.0.11': patches/expo-image-picker@17.0.11.patch
   'expo-image@3.0.11': patches/expo-image@3.0.11.patch
   'expo-media-library@18.2.1': patches/expo-media-library@18.2.1.patch
   'expo-modules-core@3.0.30': patches/expo-modules-core@3.0.30.patch
diff --git a/src/screens/Onboarding/StepProfile/index.tsx b/src/screens/Onboarding/StepProfile/index.tsx
index fdb93acab4..988edd0910 100644
--- a/src/screens/Onboarding/StepProfile/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Onboarding/StepProfile/index.tsx
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ export function StepProfile() {
       const response = await sheetWrapper(
         launchImageLibraryAsync({
           exif: false,
+          shouldDownloadFromNetwork: true,
           mediaTypes: ['images'],
           quality: 1,
           ...opts,