diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 979589f58b..6ab02256e4 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Copy this to `.env` and `.env.test` files
 
-BITDRIFT_API_KEY=
 SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN=
 EXPO_PUBLIC_ENV=development
 EXPO_PUBLIC_LOG_LEVEL=debug
diff --git a/app.config.js b/app.config.js
index e97fb9fafb..d6559e57b0 100644
--- a/app.config.js
+++ b/app.config.js
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
           },
         ],
         'react-native-compressor',
-        '@bitdrift/react-native',
         './plugins/starterPackAppClipExtension/withStarterPackAppClip.js',
         './plugins/withAndroidManifestPlugin.js',
         './plugins/withAndroidManifestFCMIconPlugin.js',
diff --git a/docs/build.md b/docs/build.md
index 7a29ab3553..6661d8fb21 100644
--- a/docs/build.md
+++ b/docs/build.md
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ However, if you're a part of the Bluesky team and want to enable Sentry, fill in
 
 If you change `SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN`, you need to do `yarn prebuild` before running `yarn ios` or `yarn android` again.
 
-### Adding bitdrift
-
-Adding bitdirft is NOT required. You can keep `BITDRIFT_API_KEY=` in `.env` which will avoid initializing bitdrift during startup.
-
-However, if you're a part of the Bluesky team and want to enable bitdrift, fill in `BITDRIFT_API_KEY` in your `.env` to enable bitdrift.
-
 ### Adding and Updating Locales
 
 - `yarn intl:build` -> you will also need to run this anytime `./src/locale/{locale}/messages.po` change
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4d4ad085f..f1e96b0599 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@atproto/api": "^0.13.18",
-    "@bitdrift/react-native": "0.4.0",
     "@braintree/sanitize-url": "^6.0.2",
     "@discord/bottom-sheet": "bluesky-social/react-native-bottom-sheet",
     "@emoji-mart/react": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/patches/expo-modules-core+2.1.1.md b/patches/expo-modules-core+2.1.1.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a71324c19e..0000000000
--- a/patches/expo-modules-core+2.1.1.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-## expo-modules-core Patch
-
-This patch fixes an issue where bitdrift's API stream gets blocked by the Expo interceptor used to power the devtools
diff --git a/patches/expo-modules-core+2.1.1.patch b/patches/expo-modules-core+2.1.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f3d9bfd149..0000000000
--- a/patches/expo-modules-core+2.1.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/node_modules/expo-modules-core/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/kotlin/devtools/ExpoNetworkInspectOkHttpInterceptors.kt b/node_modules/expo-modules-core/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/kotlin/devtools/ExpoNetworkInspectOkHttpInterceptors.kt
-index 47c4d15..afe138d 100644
---- a/node_modules/expo-modules-core/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/kotlin/devtools/ExpoNetworkInspectOkHttpInterceptors.kt
-+++ b/node_modules/expo-modules-core/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/kotlin/devtools/ExpoNetworkInspectOkHttpInterceptors.kt
-@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ internal fun peekResponseBody(
- }
- 
- internal fun shouldParseBody(response: Response): Boolean {
-+  if (response.request.url.encodedPath == "/bitdrift_public.protobuf.client.v1.ApiService/Mux") {
-+    return false
-+  }
-+
-   // Check for Content-Type
-   val skipContentTypes = listOf(
-     "text/event-stream", // Server Sent Events
diff --git a/src/App.native.tsx b/src/App.native.tsx
index bc38eec799..0d8d7a92e6 100644
--- a/src/App.native.tsx
+++ b/src/App.native.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import 'react-native-url-polyfill/auto'
 import '#/lib/sentry' // must be near top
-import '#/lib/bitdrift' // must be near top
 import '#/view/icons'
 
 import React, {useEffect, useState} from 'react'
diff --git a/src/lib/bitdrift.ts b/src/lib/bitdrift.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b22155e78..0000000000
--- a/src/lib/bitdrift.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import {init} from '@bitdrift/react-native'
-
-const BITDRIFT_API_KEY = process.env.BITDRIFT_API_KEY
-
-if (BITDRIFT_API_KEY) {
-  init(BITDRIFT_API_KEY, {url: 'https://api-bsky.bitdrift.io'})
-}
diff --git a/src/logger/index.ts b/src/logger/index.ts
index e4adc48e28..7bd812af00 100644
--- a/src/logger/index.ts
+++ b/src/logger/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-import {
-  debug as bdDebug,
-  error as bdError,
-  info as bdInfo,
-  warn as bdWarn,
-} from '@bitdrift/react-native'
 import format from 'date-fns/format'
 import {nanoid} from 'nanoid/non-secure'
 
@@ -137,20 +131,6 @@ export const consoleTransport: Transport = (
   }
 }
 
-export const bitdriftTransport: Transport = (level, message) => {
-  const log = (
-    {
-      [LogLevel.Debug]: bdDebug,
-      [LogLevel.Info]: bdInfo,
-      [LogLevel.Log]: bdInfo,
-      [LogLevel.Warn]: bdWarn,
-      [LogLevel.Error]: bdError,
-    } as const
-  )[level]
-
-  log(message.toString())
-}
-
 export const sentryTransport: Transport = (
   level,
   message,
@@ -348,10 +328,6 @@ export class Logger {
  */
 export const logger = new Logger()
 
-if (!env.IS_TEST) {
-  logger.addTransport(bitdriftTransport)
-}
-
 if (env.IS_DEV && !env.IS_TEST) {
   logger.addTransport(consoleTransport)
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 757e123331..88548242de 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3364,11 +3364,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bcoe/v8-coverage/-/v8-coverage-0.2.3.tgz#75a2e8b51cb758a7553d6804a5932d7aace75c39"
   integrity sha512-0hYQ8SB4Db5zvZB4axdMHGwEaQjkZzFjQiN9LVYvIFB2nSUHW9tYpxWriPrWDASIxiaXax83REcLxuSdnGPZtw==
 
-"@bitdrift/react-native@0.4.0":
-  version "0.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bitdrift/react-native/-/react-native-0.4.0.tgz#e6484343ef04824aa924df2a757bd9620b2106c1"
-  integrity sha512-KuYzWEkoGwjjP0ZurjHwV+zfRZjQXxbXa3zhijWv0iqzMI/7kbrBd9lm+wNQo8OrkqFVDlebCb8AGPc0jMZw7A==
-
 "@braintree/sanitize-url@^6.0.2":
   version "6.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@braintree/sanitize-url/-/sanitize-url-6.0.4.tgz#923ca57e173c6b232bbbb07347b1be982f03e783"