diff --git a/native/push/android.js b/native/push/android.js
--- a/native/push/android.js
+++ b/native/push/android.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
+import { NativeModules } from 'react-native';
 import type { RemoteMessage } from 'react-native-firebase';
 
 import { mergePrefixIntoBody } from 'lib/shared/notif-utils';
@@ -12,6 +13,13 @@
 import { store, dispatch } from '../redux/redux-setup';
 import { getFirebase } from './firebase';
 
+type CommAndroidNotificationsModuleType = {
+  +removeAllActiveNotificationsForThread: (threadID: string) => void,
+  ...
+};
+
+const CommAndroidNotifications: CommAndroidNotificationsModuleType =
+  NativeModules.CommAndroidNotifications;
 const androidNotificationChannelID = 'default';
 const vibrationSpec = [500, 500];
 
@@ -83,4 +91,5 @@
   androidNotificationChannelID,
   handleAndroidMessage,
   androidBackgroundMessageTask,
+  CommAndroidNotifications,
 };
diff --git a/native/push/push-handler.react.js b/native/push/push-handler.react.js
--- a/native/push/push-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/push/push-handler.react.js
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@
 import { activeMessageListSelector } from '../navigation/nav-selectors';
 import { NavContext } from '../navigation/navigation-context';
 import type { RootNavigationProp } from '../navigation/root-navigator.react';
-import {
-  recordNotifPermissionAlertActionType,
-  clearAndroidNotificationsActionType,
-} from '../redux/action-types';
+import { recordNotifPermissionAlertActionType } from '../redux/action-types';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
 import { RootContext, type RootContextType } from '../root-context';
 import type { EventSubscription } from '../types/react-native';
@@ -53,6 +50,7 @@
   androidNotificationChannelID,
   handleAndroidMessage,
   androidBackgroundMessageTask,
+  CommAndroidNotifications,
 } from './android';
 import {
   CommIOSNotification,
@@ -294,10 +292,9 @@
         ),
       );
     } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
-      this.props.dispatch({
-        type: clearAndroidNotificationsActionType,
-        payload: { threadID: activeThread },
-      });
+      CommAndroidNotifications.removeAllActiveNotificationsForThread(
+        activeThread,
+      );
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/native/push/reducer.js b/native/push/reducer.js
--- a/native/push/reducer.js
+++ b/native/push/reducer.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   rescindAndroidNotificationActionType,
   type Action,
 } from '../redux/action-types';
-import { getFirebase } from './firebase';
 
 type RecordAndroidNotificationPayload = {
   +threadID: string,
@@ -62,11 +61,6 @@
     if (!state[action.payload.threadID]) {
       return state;
     }
-    for (const notifID of state[action.payload.threadID]) {
-      getFirebase()
-        .notifications()
-        .android.removeDeliveredNotificationsByTag(notifID);
-    }
     return {
       ...state,
       [action.payload.threadID]: [],