diff --git a/src/status_im2/navigation/options.cljs b/src/status_im2/navigation/options.cljs
index 6570da712e..69e6ec5e30 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/navigation/options.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/navigation/options.cljs
@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@
                             :orientation              ["portrait"]
                             :backgroundColor          :transparent}
    :modalPresentationStyle :overCurrentContext
-   :animations             {:showModal    {:alpha {:from 1 :to 1 :duration 300}}
-                            :dismissModal {:alpha {:from 1 :to 1 :duration 300}}}})
+   ;; disabled on iOS in debug mode:
+   ;; https://github.com/status-im/status-mobile/pull/16053#issuecomment-1568349702
+   :animations             (if (or platform/android? (not js/goog.DEBUG))
+                             {:showModal    {:alpha {:from 1 :to 1 :duration 300}}
+                              :dismissModal {:alpha {:from 1 :to 1 :duration 300}}}
+                             {})})
 
 (def dark-screen
   (merge (statusbar true)