diff --git a/keyserver/src/fetchers/thread-fetchers.js b/keyserver/src/fetchers/thread-fetchers.js
--- a/keyserver/src/fetchers/thread-fetchers.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/fetchers/thread-fetchers.js
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
   getContainingThreadID,
   getCommunity,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
-import { hasMinCodeVersion } from 'lib/shared/version-utils.js';
+import {
+  hasMinCodeVersion,
+  NEXT_CODE_VERSION,
+} from 'lib/shared/version-utils.js';
 import type { AvatarDBContent, ClientAvatar } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 import type { RawMessageInfo, MessageInfo } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type { ThinRawThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
@@ -309,6 +312,13 @@
     native: 379,
     web: 130,
   });
+  const canDisplayFarcasterThreadAvatars = hasMinCodeVersion(
+    viewer.platformDetails,
+    {
+      native: NEXT_CODE_VERSION,
+      web: NEXT_CODE_VERSION,
+    },
+  );
 
   const threadInfos: {
     [string]: LegacyThinRawThreadInfo | ThinRawThreadInfo,
@@ -329,6 +339,7 @@
         filterManageFarcasterChannelTagsPermission:
           manageFarcasterChannelTagsPermissionUnsupported,
         stripMemberPermissions: stripMemberPermissions,
+        canDisplayFarcasterThreadAvatars,
       },
     );
     if (threadInfo) {
diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -761,6 +761,7 @@
   +allowAddingUsersToCommunityRoot?: boolean,
   +filterManageFarcasterChannelTagsPermission?: boolean,
   +stripMemberPermissions?: boolean,
+  +canDisplayFarcasterThreadAvatars?: boolean,
 };
 
 function rawThreadInfoFromServerThreadInfo(
@@ -783,6 +784,8 @@
   const filterManageFarcasterChannelTagsPermission =
     options?.filterManageFarcasterChannelTagsPermission;
   const stripMemberPermissions = options?.stripMemberPermissions;
+  const canDisplayFarcasterThreadAvatars =
+    options?.canDisplayFarcasterThreadAvatars;
 
   const filterThreadPermissions = (
     innerThreadPermissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo,
@@ -905,7 +908,12 @@
     rawThreadInfo = { ...rawThreadInfo, sourceMessageID };
   }
   if (serverThreadInfo.avatar) {
-    rawThreadInfo = { ...rawThreadInfo, avatar: serverThreadInfo.avatar };
+    const avatar =
+      serverThreadInfo.avatar.type === 'farcaster' &&
+      !canDisplayFarcasterThreadAvatars
+        ? null
+        : serverThreadInfo.avatar;
+    rawThreadInfo = { ...rawThreadInfo, avatar };
   }
   if (!excludePinInfo) {
     rawThreadInfo = {