diff --git a/src/status_im2/constants.cljs b/src/status_im2/constants.cljs
index 14cb2d377f..3f22443361 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/constants.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/constants.cljs
@@ -331,3 +331,5 @@
 (def ^:const auth-method-biometric "biometric")
 (def ^:const auth-method-biometric-prepare "biometric-prepare")
 (def ^:const auth-method-none "none")
+
+(def ^:const image-description-in-lightbox? false)
diff --git a/src/status_im2/contexts/chat/lightbox/bottom_view.cljs b/src/status_im2/contexts/chat/lightbox/bottom_view.cljs
index ed88633637..38fada9f26 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/contexts/chat/lightbox/bottom_view.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/contexts/chat/lightbox/bottom_view.cljs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     [status-im2.contexts.chat.lightbox.style :as style]
     [utils.re-frame :as rf]
     [status-im2.contexts.chat.lightbox.animations :as anim]
-    [status-im2.contexts.chat.lightbox.constants :as c]))
+    [status-im2.contexts.chat.lightbox.constants :as c]
+    [status-im2.constants :as constants]))
 
 (defn get-small-item-layout
   [_ index]
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@
       :start  {:x 0 :y 1}
       :end    {:x 0 :y 0}
       :style  (style/gradient-container insets animations derived)}
-     [rn/text {:style style/text-style} text]
+     (when constants/image-description-in-lightbox?
+       [rn/text {:style style/text-style} text])
      [rn/flat-list
       {:ref                               #(reset! (:small-list-ref props) %)
        :key-fn                            :message-id