diff --git a/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
--- a/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 );
 
 type Props = {
-  +displayFailureAlert: () => mixed,
+  +displayFailureAlert?: () => mixed,
   +selectFromGallery: () => Promise<?MediaLibrarySelection>,
   +useUploadSelectedMedia: (
     setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?: (inProgress: boolean) => mixed,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         try {
           return await updateUserAvatarCall(imageAvatarUpdateRequest);
         } catch (e) {
-          displayFailureAlert();
+          displayFailureAlert && displayFailureAlert();
           throw e;
         }
       })();
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         try {
           return await updateUserAvatarCall(request);
         } catch (e) {
-          displayFailureAlert();
+          displayFailureAlert && displayFailureAlert();
           throw e;
         }
       })();
diff --git a/web/avatars/web-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/web/avatars/web-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
--- a/web/avatars/web-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/web/avatars/web-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 import { BaseEditUserAvatarProvider } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 
-const displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert = () => null;
-
 // TODO: Implement `selectFromGallery(...)` for `web`.
 const selectFromGallery = async () => null;
 
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@
   const { children } = props;
   return (
     <BaseEditUserAvatarProvider
-      displayFailureAlert={displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert}
       selectFromGallery={selectFromGallery}
       useUploadSelectedMedia={useUploadSelectedMedia}
     >