diff --git a/native/chat/text-message.react.js b/native/chat/text-message.react.js
--- a/native/chat/text-message.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/text-message.react.js
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
   // MarkdownLinkContext
   +chatContext: ?ChatContextType,
   +linkModalActive: boolean,
-  +linkIsBlockingPresses: boolean,
 };
 class TextMessage extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   message: ?React.ElementRef<typeof View>;
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@
       overlayContext,
       chatContext,
       linkModalActive,
-      linkIsBlockingPresses,
       canCreateSidebarFromMessage,
       ...viewProps
     } = this.props;
@@ -160,9 +158,9 @@
 
     const {
       message,
-      props: { verticalBounds, linkIsBlockingPresses },
+      props: { verticalBounds, linkModalActive },
     } = this;
-    if (!message || !verticalBounds || linkIsBlockingPresses) {
+    if (!message || !verticalBounds || linkModalActive) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -225,20 +223,17 @@
     const chatContext = React.useContext(ChatContext);
 
     const [linkModalActive, setLinkModalActive] = React.useState(false);
-    const [linkPressActive, setLinkPressActive] = React.useState(false);
     const markdownLinkContext = React.useMemo(
       () => ({
         setLinkModalActive,
-        setLinkPressActive,
       }),
-      [setLinkModalActive, setLinkPressActive],
+      [setLinkModalActive],
     );
     const canCreateSidebarFromMessage = useCanCreateSidebarFromMessage(
       props.item.threadInfo,
       props.item.messageInfo,
     );
 
-    const linkIsBlockingPresses = linkModalActive || linkPressActive;
     return (
       <MarkdownLinkContext.Provider value={markdownLinkContext}>
         <TextMessage
@@ -247,7 +242,6 @@
           overlayContext={overlayContext}
           chatContext={chatContext}
           linkModalActive={linkModalActive}
-          linkIsBlockingPresses={linkIsBlockingPresses}
         />
       </MarkdownLinkContext.Provider>
     );
diff --git a/native/markdown/markdown-link-context.js b/native/markdown/markdown-link-context.js
--- a/native/markdown/markdown-link-context.js
+++ b/native/markdown/markdown-link-context.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 export type MarkdownLinkContextType = {
   +setLinkModalActive: boolean => void,
-  +setLinkPressActive: boolean => void,
 };
 
 const MarkdownLinkContext: React.Context<?MarkdownLinkContextType> = React.createContext<?MarkdownLinkContextType>(
diff --git a/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js b/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
--- a/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
+++ b/native/markdown/markdown-link.react.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Text, Linking, Alert, Platform } from 'react-native';
+import { Text, Linking, Alert } from 'react-native';
 
 import { normalizeURL } from 'lib/utils/url-utils';
 
@@ -50,42 +50,10 @@
   ...TextProps,
 };
 function MarkdownLink(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const markdownLinkContext = React.useContext(MarkdownLinkContext);
-
   const { target, ...rest } = props;
+  const markdownLinkContext = React.useContext(MarkdownLinkContext);
   const onPressLink = useDisplayLinkPrompt(target, markdownLinkContext);
-
-  const setLinkPressActive = markdownLinkContext?.setLinkPressActive;
-  const androidOnStartShouldSetResponderCapture = React.useCallback(() => {
-    setLinkPressActive?.(true);
-    return true;
-  }, [setLinkPressActive]);
-
-  const activePressHasMoved = React.useRef(false);
-  const androidOnResponderMove = React.useCallback(() => {
-    activePressHasMoved.current = true;
-  }, []);
-
-  const androidOnResponderTerminate = React.useCallback(() => {
-    if (!activePressHasMoved.current) {
-      onPressLink();
-    }
-    activePressHasMoved.current = false;
-    setLinkPressActive?.(false);
-  }, [onPressLink, setLinkPressActive]);
-
-  if (Platform.OS !== 'android') {
-    return <Text onPress={onPressLink} {...rest} />;
-  }
-
-  // The Flow type for Text's props is missing onStartShouldSetResponderCapture
-  const gestureProps: any = {
-    onStartShouldSetResponderCapture: androidOnStartShouldSetResponderCapture,
-    onResponderMove: androidOnResponderMove,
-    onResponderTerminate: androidOnResponderTerminate,
-  };
-
-  return <Text {...gestureProps} {...rest} />;
+  return <Text onPress={onPressLink} {...rest} />;
 }
 
 export default MarkdownLink;