diff --git a/src/status_im2/contexts/chat/composer/handlers.cljs b/src/status_im2/contexts/chat/composer/handlers.cljs
index 4053513cd7..ac49ed179c 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/contexts/chat/composer/handlers.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/contexts/chat/composer/handlers.cljs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 (defn focus
   [{:keys [input-ref] :as props}
-   {:keys [text-value focused? lock-selection? saved-cursor-position gradient-z-index]}
-   {:keys [height saved-height last-height opacity background-y gradient-opacity container-opacity]
+   {:keys [text-value focused? lock-selection? saved-cursor-position]}
+   {:keys [height saved-height last-height opacity background-y container-opacity]
     :as   animations}
    {:keys [max-height] :as dimensions}]
   (reset! focused? true)
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
   (when (> (reanimated/get-shared-value last-height) (* constants/background-threshold max-height))
     (reanimated/animate opacity 1)
     (reanimated/set-shared-value background-y 0))
-  (when (= @gradient-z-index -1)
-    (reanimated/animate gradient-opacity 1)
-    (reset! gradient-z-index 1))
   (js/setTimeout #(reset! lock-selection? false) 300)
   (when (and (not-empty @text-value) @input-ref)
     (.setNativeProps ^js @input-ref