diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/modules/entry/ctx.ts b/apps/mobile/src/modules/entry/ctx.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 492fb0fceb..0000000000
--- a/apps/mobile/src/modules/entry/ctx.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { createContext, useContext } from "react"
-
-const SharedElementAnimationContext = createContext<boolean>(true)
-export const SharedElementAnimationContextProvider = SharedElementAnimationContext.Provider
-export const useShouldAnimate = () => useContext(SharedElementAnimationContext)
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/screens/(headless)/_layout.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/screens/(headless)/_layout.tsx
index 79d59a02dd..ed7a8a6b74 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/screens/(headless)/_layout.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/screens/(headless)/_layout.tsx
@@ -1,32 +1,18 @@
 import { Stack } from "expo-router"
-import { useState } from "react"
 import { useColorScheme } from "react-native"
 
-import { SharedElementAnimationContextProvider } from "@/src/modules/entry/ctx"
 import { getSystemBackgroundColor } from "@/src/theme/utils"
 
 export default function HeadlessLayout() {
   useColorScheme()
   const systemBackgroundColor = getSystemBackgroundColor()
-  const [shouldAnimate, setShouldAnimate] = useState(true)
-  return (
-    <SharedElementAnimationContextProvider value={shouldAnimate}>
-      <Stack
-        screenOptions={{
-          contentStyle: { backgroundColor: systemBackgroundColor },
-          headerShown: false,
-        }}
-        screenListeners={{
-          transitionEnd: (e) => {
-            // disable shared element animation when navigating back to the start screen
-            const screenToStart = "index"
 
-            if (e.target?.startsWith(screenToStart)) {
-              setShouldAnimate(!e.data.closing)
-            }
-          },
-        }}
-      />
-    </SharedElementAnimationContextProvider>
+  return (
+    <Stack
+      screenOptions={{
+        contentStyle: { backgroundColor: systemBackgroundColor },
+        headerShown: false,
+      }}
+    />
   )
 }
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/screens/(headless)/entries/[entryId]/index.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/screens/(headless)/entries/[entryId]/index.tsx
index 1ab4a6a3d4..a7995828f4 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/screens/(headless)/entries/[entryId]/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/screens/(headless)/entries/[entryId]/index.tsx
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ import PagerView from "react-native-pager-view"
 
 import { ReAnimatedExpoImage } from "@/src/components/common/AnimatedComponents"
 import HtmlWeb from "@/src/components/ui/typography/HtmlWeb"
-import { useShouldAnimate } from "@/src/modules/entry/ctx"
 import { useEntry } from "@/src/store/entry/hooks"
 
-function Media({ media, shouldAnimate }: { media: any; shouldAnimate: boolean }) {
+function Media({ media }: { media: any }) {
   const isVideo = media.type === "video"
   const imageUrl = isVideo ? media.preview_image_url : media.url
   const videoUrl = media.url
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ function Media({ media, shouldAnimate }: { media: any; shouldAnimate: boolean })
               aspectRatio: media?.height && media.width ? media.width / media.height : 9 / 16,
               display: isVideo ? (status?.isLoaded ? "none" : "flex") : "flex",
             }}
-            sharedTransitionTag={shouldAnimate && imageUrl ? `entry-image-${imageUrl}` : undefined}
+            sharedTransitionTag={imageUrl ? `entry-image-${imageUrl}` : undefined}
             allowDownscaling={false}
           />
         ) : (
@@ -75,8 +74,6 @@ export default function EntryDetailPage() {
       }),
   )
 
-  const shouldAnimate = useShouldAnimate()
-
   const [currentPageIndex, setCurrentPageIndex] = useState(0)
   const [height, setHeight] = useState(0)
 
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ export default function EntryDetailPage() {
               }}
             >
               {mediaList.map((media) => {
-                return <Media key={media.url} media={media} shouldAnimate={shouldAnimate} />
+                return <Media key={media.url} media={media} />
               })}
             </PagerView>
           )}