diff --git a/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js b/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js
--- a/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/connect-farcaster.react.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   type AlertDetails,
 } from '../../utils/alert-messages.js';
 import Alert from '../../utils/alert.js';
-import { useStaffCanSee } from '../../utils/staff-utils.js';
 
 export type ConnectFarcasterParams = ?{
   +userSelections?: {
@@ -202,26 +201,11 @@
     );
   }, [alreadyHasConnected, onUseAlreadyConnectedAccount]);
 
-  const staffCanSee = useStaffCanSee();
-  const skipButton = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!staffCanSee) {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-    return (
-      <PrimaryButton
-        onPress={onSkip}
-        label="Do not connect"
-        variant="outline"
-      />
-    );
-  }, [staffCanSee, onSkip]);
-
-  const farcasterPromptTextType = staffCanSee ? 'optional' : 'required';
   const connectFarcaster = React.useMemo(
     () => (
       <RegistrationContainer>
         <RegistrationContentContainer style={styles.scrollViewContentContainer}>
-          <FarcasterPrompt textType={farcasterPromptTextType} />
+          <FarcasterPrompt textType="connect" />
         </RegistrationContentContainer>
         <FarcasterWebView onSuccess={onSuccess} webViewState={webViewState} />
         <RegistrationButtonContainer>
@@ -231,7 +215,11 @@
             label={connectButtonText}
             variant={connectButtonVariant}
           />
-          {skipButton}
+          <PrimaryButton
+            onPress={onSkip}
+            label="Do not connect"
+            variant="outline"
+          />
         </RegistrationButtonContainer>
       </RegistrationContainer>
     ),
@@ -242,8 +230,7 @@
       onPressConnectFarcaster,
       onSuccess,
       webViewState,
-      farcasterPromptTextType,
-      skipButton,
+      onSkip,
     ],
   );
 
diff --git a/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js b/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js
--- a/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js
+++ b/native/components/connect-farcaster-bottom-sheet.react.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       <BottomSheet ref={bottomSheetRef} onClosed={goBack}>
         <View style={styles.container}>
           <View style={styles.promptContainer}>
-            <FarcasterPrompt textType="optional" />
+            <FarcasterPrompt textType="connect" />
           </View>
           <PrimaryButton
             onPress={onPressConnect}
diff --git a/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js b/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js
--- a/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js
+++ b/native/components/farcaster-prompt.react.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import FarcasterLogo from '../vectors/farcaster-logo.react.js';
 
-type TextType = 'required' | 'optional' | 'disconnect';
+type TextType = 'connect' | 'disconnect';
 
 type Props = {
   +textType: TextType,
@@ -16,21 +16,14 @@
   const { textType } = props;
 
   let headerText;
-  if (textType === 'required') {
-    headerText = 'Connect your Farcaster account';
-  } else if (textType === 'disconnect') {
+  if (textType === 'disconnect') {
     headerText = 'Disconnect from Farcaster';
   } else {
     headerText = 'Do you want to connect your Farcaster account?';
   }
 
   let bodyText;
-  if (textType === 'required') {
-    bodyText =
-      'Connecting a Farcaster account is currently required. We use it to ' +
-      'boostrap your social graph, and to surface communities based on your ' +
-      'Farcaster channels.';
-  } else if (textType === 'disconnect') {
+  if (textType === 'disconnect') {
     bodyText = 'You can disconnect your Farcaster account at any time.';
   } else {
     bodyText =
diff --git a/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js b/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js
--- a/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/farcaster-account-settings.react.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     onPressDisconnect,
   ]);
 
-  const farcasterPromptTextType = fid ? 'disconnect' : 'optional';
+  const farcasterPromptTextType = fid ? 'disconnect' : 'connect';
   const farcasterAccountSettings = React.useMemo(
     () => (
       <View style={styles.connectContainer}>