diff --git a/native/android/app/build.gradle b/native/android/app/build.gradle
--- a/native/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/native/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -671,9 +671,6 @@
     implementation project(':reactnativekeyboardinput')
     implementation "androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1"
 
-    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.2.0"
-    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-process:2.2.0"
-
     implementation 'com.facebook.fresco:fresco:2.2.0'
     implementation 'com.facebook.fresco:animated-gif:2.2.0'
     implementation 'com.facebook.fresco:animated-webp:2.2.0'
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/AndroidLifecycleModule.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/AndroidLifecycleModule.java
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/AndroidLifecycleModule.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-package app.comm.android;
-
-import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle;
-import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleEventObserver;
-import androidx.lifecycle.ProcessLifecycleOwner;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
-import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
-import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DeviceEventManagerModule;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-@ReactModule(name = AndroidLifecycleModule.NAME)
-public class AndroidLifecycleModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
-
-  public static final String NAME = "AndroidLifecycle";
-
-  public static final String ANDROID_LIFECYCLE_ACTIVE = "active";
-  public static final String ANDROID_LIFECYCLE_BACKGROUND = "background";
-
-  private static final String INITIAL_STATUS_KEY = "initialStatus";
-  private static final String STATUS_KEY = "status";
-
-  private boolean isInitialized = false;
-
-  private String currentState;
-
-  public AndroidLifecycleModule(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
-    super(reactContext);
-
-    final Lifecycle lifecycle = ProcessLifecycleOwner.get().getLifecycle();
-    this.currentState = lifecycle.getCurrentState() == Lifecycle.State.RESUMED
-        ? ANDROID_LIFECYCLE_ACTIVE
-        : ANDROID_LIFECYCLE_BACKGROUND;
-
-    UiThreadUtil.runOnUiThread(() -> {
-      lifecycle.addObserver((LifecycleEventObserver)(source, event) -> {
-        final String name = event.toString();
-        if (name != "ON_START" && name != "ON_STOP") {
-          return;
-        }
-        if (!this.isInitialized) {
-          return;
-        }
-        this.currentState = name == "ON_START" ? ANDROID_LIFECYCLE_ACTIVE
-                                               : ANDROID_LIFECYCLE_BACKGROUND;
-        reactContext
-            .getJSModule(DeviceEventManagerModule.RCTDeviceEventEmitter.class)
-            .emit("LIFECYCLE_CHANGE", this.createEventMap());
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String getName() {
-    return NAME;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void initialize() {
-    super.initialize();
-    this.isInitialized = true;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public Map<String, Object> getConstants() {
-    final Map<String, Object> constants = new HashMap<>();
-    constants.put(INITIAL_STATUS_KEY, this.currentState);
-    return constants;
-  }
-
-  private WritableMap createEventMap() {
-    WritableMap appState = Arguments.createMap();
-    appState.putString(STATUS_KEY, this.currentState);
-    return appState;
-  }
-
-  @ReactMethod
-  public void getCurrentLifecycleStatus(Callback success, Callback error) {
-    success.invoke(createEventMap());
-  }
-}
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommPackage.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommPackage.java
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/CommPackage.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package app.comm.android;
-
-import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManager;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-
-public class CommPackage implements ReactPackage {
-
-  @Override
-  public List<ViewManager>
-  createViewManagers(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
-    return Collections.emptyList();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public List<NativeModule>
-  createNativeModules(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
-    List<NativeModule> modules = new ArrayList<>();
-    modules.add(new AndroidLifecycleModule(reactContext));
-    return modules;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.java
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/MainApplication.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
           packages.add(new RNFirebaseMessagingPackage());
           packages.add(new RNFirebaseNotificationsPackage());
           packages.add(new KeyboardInputPackage(this.getApplication()));
-          packages.add(new CommPackage());
           return packages;
         }
 
diff --git a/native/lifecycle/lifecycle-event-emitter.js b/native/lifecycle/lifecycle-event-emitter.js
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/native/lifecycle/lifecycle-event-emitter.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-
-import invariant from 'invariant';
-import { Platform } from 'react-native';
-import NativeEventEmitter from 'react-native/Libraries/EventEmitter/NativeEventEmitter';
-import type { TurboModule } from 'react-native/Libraries/TurboModule/RCTExport';
-import * as TurboModuleRegistry from 'react-native/Libraries/TurboModule/TurboModuleRegistry';
-
-import type { LifecycleState } from 'lib/types/lifecycle-state-types';
-
-import type { EventSubscription } from '../types/react-native';
-
-interface Spec extends TurboModule {
-  +getConstants: () => {
-    initialStatus: string,
-  };
-  +addListener: (eventName: string) => void;
-  +removeListeners: (count: number) => void;
-}
-const AndroidLifecycle = (TurboModuleRegistry.getEnforcing<Spec>(
-  'AndroidLifecycle',
-): Spec);
-
-type LifecycleEventEmitterArgs = {
-  +LIFECYCLE_CHANGE: [{ +status: ?LifecycleState }],
-};
-class LifecycleEventEmitter extends NativeEventEmitter<LifecycleEventEmitterArgs> {
-  currentLifecycleStatus: ?string;
-
-  constructor() {
-    super(AndroidLifecycle);
-    this.currentLifecycleStatus = AndroidLifecycle.getConstants().initialStatus;
-    this.addLifecycleListener(state => {
-      this.currentLifecycleStatus = state;
-    });
-  }
-
-  addLifecycleListener: (
-    listener: (state: ?LifecycleState) => void,
-  ) => EventSubscription = listener => {
-    return this.addListener('LIFECYCLE_CHANGE', event => {
-      listener(event.status);
-    });
-  };
-}
-
-let lifecycleEventEmitter;
-function getLifecycleEventEmitter(): LifecycleEventEmitter {
-  if (lifecycleEventEmitter) {
-    return lifecycleEventEmitter;
-  }
-  invariant(
-    Platform.OS === 'android',
-    'LifecycleEventEmitter only works on Android',
-  );
-  lifecycleEventEmitter = new LifecycleEventEmitter();
-  return lifecycleEventEmitter;
-}
-
-export { getLifecycleEventEmitter };
diff --git a/native/lifecycle/lifecycle.js b/native/lifecycle/lifecycle.js
--- a/native/lifecycle/lifecycle.js
+++ b/native/lifecycle/lifecycle.js
@@ -5,13 +5,20 @@
 import { type LifecycleState } from 'lib/types/lifecycle-state-types';
 
 import type { EventSubscription } from '../types/react-native';
-import { getLifecycleEventEmitter } from './lifecycle-event-emitter';
+import { addAndroidLifecycleListener, initialStatus } from './lifecycle-module';
+
+let currentLifecycleStatus = initialStatus;
+if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
+  addAndroidLifecycleListener(state => {
+    currentLifecycleStatus = state;
+  });
+}
 
 function addLifecycleListener(
   listener: (state: ?LifecycleState) => void,
 ): EventSubscription {
   if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
-    return getLifecycleEventEmitter().addLifecycleListener(listener);
+    return addAndroidLifecycleListener(listener);
   }
 
   return NativeAppState.addEventListener('change', listener);
@@ -19,7 +26,7 @@
 
 function getCurrentLifecycleState(): ?string {
   return Platform.OS === 'android'
-    ? getLifecycleEventEmitter().currentLifecycleStatus
+    ? currentLifecycleStatus
     : NativeAppState.currentState;
 }