diff --git a/native/components/nux-handler.react.js b/native/components/nux-handler.react.js
index 2a14ab866..cfe787e53 100644
--- a/native/components/nux-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/components/nux-handler.react.js
@@ -1,39 +1,41 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/core';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 
 import { NUXTipsContext } from './nux-tips-context.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useOnFirstLaunchEffect } from '../utils/hooks.js';
 
+const showTipsFlag = false;
+
 function NUXHandler(): React.Node {
   const nuxTipsContext = React.useContext(NUXTipsContext);
   invariant(nuxTipsContext, 'nuxTipsContext should be defined');
   const { tipsProps } = nuxTipsContext;
 
   const loggedIn = useSelector(isLoggedIn);
 
-  if (!tipsProps || !loggedIn) {
+  if (!tipsProps || !loggedIn || !showTipsFlag) {
     return null;
   }
 
   return <NUXHandlerInner />;
 }
 
 function NUXHandlerInner(): React.Node {
   const navigation = useNavigation();
 
   const effect = React.useCallback(() => {
     navigation.navigate<'NUXTipOverlayBackdrop'>({
       name: 'NUXTipOverlayBackdrop',
     });
   }, [navigation]);
 
   useOnFirstLaunchEffect('NUX_HANDLER', effect);
 }
 
 export { NUXHandler };