diff --git a/native/ios/Podfile.lock b/native/ios/Podfile.lock
--- a/native/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/native/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -841,8 +841,6 @@
     - React-perflogger (= 0.66.5)
   - ReactNativeART (1.2.0):
     - React
-  - ReactNativeDarkMode (0.2.0-rc.1):
-    - React
   - ReactNativeKeyboardInput (6.0.1):
     - React
   - ReactNativeKeyboardTrackingView (5.7.0):
@@ -1010,7 +1008,6 @@
   - React-runtimeexecutor (from `../../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/runtimeexecutor`)
   - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core (from `../../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon`)
   - "ReactNativeART (from `../../node_modules/@react-native-community/art`)"
-  - ReactNativeDarkMode (from `../../node_modules/react-native-dark-mode`)
   - ReactNativeKeyboardInput (from `../../node_modules/react-native-keyboard-input`)
   - ReactNativeKeyboardTrackingView (from `../../node_modules/react-native-keyboard-tracking-view`)
   - "RNCAsyncStorage (from `../../node_modules/@react-native-async-storage/async-storage`)"
@@ -1178,8 +1175,6 @@
     :path: "../../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon"
   ReactNativeART:
     :path: "../../node_modules/@react-native-community/art"
-  ReactNativeDarkMode:
-    :path: "../../node_modules/react-native-dark-mode"
   ReactNativeKeyboardInput:
     :path: "../../node_modules/react-native-keyboard-input"
   ReactNativeKeyboardTrackingView:
@@ -1296,7 +1291,6 @@
   React-runtimeexecutor: 09041c28ce04143a113eac2d357a6b06bd64b607
   ReactCommon: 8a7a138ae43c04bb8dd760935589f326ca810484
   ReactNativeART: 78edc68dd4a1e675338cd0cd113319cf3a65f2ab
-  ReactNativeDarkMode: 88317ff05ba95fd063dd347ad32f8c4cefd3166c
   ReactNativeKeyboardInput: 266ba27a2e9921f5bdc0b4cc30289b2a2f46b157
   ReactNativeKeyboardTrackingView: 02137fac3b2ebd330d74fa54ead48b14750a2306
   RNCAsyncStorage: 0c357f3156fcb16c8589ede67cc036330b6698ca
diff --git a/native/package.json b/native/package.json
--- a/native/package.json
+++ b/native/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
     "react-native": "0.66.5",
     "react-native-background-upload": "^6.5.1",
     "react-native-camera": "^3.31.0",
-    "react-native-dark-mode": "^0.2.0-rc.1",
     "react-native-device-info": "^8.0.7",
     "react-native-exit-app": "^1.1.0",
     "react-native-fast-image": "^8.3.0",
diff --git a/native/themes/theme-handler.react.js b/native/themes/theme-handler.react.js
--- a/native/themes/theme-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/themes/theme-handler.react.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 // @flow
 
+import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import {
-  initialMode as initialSystemTheme,
-  eventEmitter as systemThemeEventEmitter,
-} from 'react-native-dark-mode';
+import { Appearance } from 'react-native';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 
 import type { Shape } from 'lib/types/core';
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@
   const globalThemeInfo = useSelector(state => state.globalThemeInfo);
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const updateSystemTheme = React.useCallback(
-    (colorScheme: GlobalTheme) => {
+    (colorScheme: ?GlobalTheme) => {
       if (globalThemeInfo.systemTheme === colorScheme) {
         return;
       }
@@ -45,20 +43,21 @@
     if (!osCanTheme) {
       return undefined;
     }
-    systemThemeEventEmitter.addListener(
-      'currentModeChanged',
-      updateSystemTheme,
-    );
-    return () => {
-      systemThemeEventEmitter.removeListener(
-        'currentModeChanged',
-        updateSystemTheme,
+    const subscription = Appearance.addChangeListener(({ colorScheme }) => {
+      invariant(
+        colorScheme === undefined ||
+          colorScheme === null ||
+          colorScheme === 'light' ||
+          colorScheme === 'dark',
+        'Flow types for Appearance module are non-specific',
       );
-    };
+      updateSystemTheme(colorScheme);
+    });
+    return () => subscription.remove();
   }, [updateSystemTheme]);
 
   React.useEffect(
-    () => updateSystemTheme(initialSystemTheme),
+    () => updateSystemTheme(Appearance.getColorScheme()),
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
     [],
   );
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4126,14 +4126,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/range-parser/-/range-parser-1.2.4.tgz#cd667bcfdd025213aafb7ca5915a932590acdcdc"
   integrity sha512-EEhsLsD6UsDM1yFhAvy0Cjr6VwmpMWqFBCb9w07wVugF7w9nfajxLuVmngTIpgS6svCnm6Vaw+MZhoDCKnOfsw==
 
-"@types/react-native@*":
-  version "0.60.21"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react-native/-/react-native-0.60.21.tgz#81a41cae7b232f52ab3983d854f4a0b0df79531e"
-  integrity sha512-E7F+P/UG4Utu+kh8Hy544i0m4CzpHw1awNX6hVfkhlu4mXSlAn6KLZzKEkPBbHm7g1kspmZTiuP23HAKZpASPw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/prop-types" "*"
-    "@types/react" "*"
-
 "@types/react-redux@^7.1.20":
   version "7.1.21"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react-redux/-/react-redux-7.1.21.tgz#f32bbaf7cbc4b93f51e10d340aa54035c084b186"
@@ -16315,17 +16307,6 @@
     jscodeshift "^0.13.1"
     nullthrows "^1.1.1"
 
-react-native-dark-mode@^0.2.0-rc.1:
-  version "0.2.0-rc.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-dark-mode/-/react-native-dark-mode-0.2.0-rc.1.tgz#fc83f4a6d897613f49b49bde10f9c3d0f8e4ae69"
-  integrity sha512-pxdr+vdL9KF0pRqlls9A31ie3DdlJ3/2soMTBAWGmqASEhYkvdduH2QvJStrjby0EDSxzV4lTLuw7FdIrkoldw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/events" "*"
-    "@types/react" "*"
-    "@types/react-native" "*"
-    events "^3.0.0"
-    toolkit.ts "^0.0.2"
-
 react-native-device-info@^8.0.7:
   version "8.0.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-device-info/-/react-native-device-info-8.0.7.tgz#c04f5dd50a977da21305b99088c0b42b588d07f9"
@@ -19073,11 +19054,6 @@
   dependencies:
     lodash "^3.2.0"
 
-toolkit.ts@^0.0.2:
-  version "0.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/toolkit.ts/-/toolkit.ts-0.0.2.tgz#91bde730e5e6ad1a22146cdaf83f4a52721cf3b2"
-  integrity sha512-yJJTVbCwiD6AfFgReewJCGJuODmyZUeL1sDjnxp33t0UBxnezgQrLbz/F9++RC28CTlk5u5pVji4TbeondYEkw==
-
 touch@^3.1.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/touch/-/touch-3.1.0.tgz#fe365f5f75ec9ed4e56825e0bb76d24ab74af83b"