diff --git a/modules/chat/client-react/containers/withImage.jsx b/modules/chat/client-react/containers/withImage.jsx
index 8133634f0..b27630730 100644
--- a/modules/chat/client-react/containers/withImage.jsx
+++ b/modules/chat/client-react/containers/withImage.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import Constants from 'expo-constants';
-import Camera from 'expo-camera';
 import * as FileSystem from 'expo-file-system';
 import { ImagePicker } from 'expo-image-picker';
 import { ReactNativeFile } from 'apollo-upload-client';
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ export default (Component) => {
       if (skip === Platform.OS) {
         return true;
       }
-      const { status } = await Camera.requestPermissionsAsync();
+      const { status } = await ImagePicker.requestCameraPermissionsAsync();
       return status === 'granted';
     };
 
diff --git a/packages/mobile/package.json b/packages/mobile/package.json
index 7a590c33c..98805a688 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/package.json
+++ b/packages/mobile/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     "apollo-logger": "^0.3.3",
     "apollo-upload-client": "^10.0.0",
     "expo": "^45.0.0",
-    "expo-camera": "~12.2.0",
     "expo-cli": "^5.4.3",
     "expo-constants": "~13.1.1",
     "expo-file-system": "~14.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9926ef27a..11884392a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3694,17 +3694,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@koale/useworker@npm:^4.0.2":
-  version: 4.0.2
-  resolution: "@koale/useworker@npm:4.0.2"
-  dependencies:
-    dequal: ^1.0.0
-  peerDependencies:
-    react: ^16.8.0
-  checksum: 2b55f88fcaffdbcdb0bea0b576f1badd62faba76a4c6120ffe0e23e5f112d840b0be19dd791c0f0c162e1f2a24e9c2dfbd5d37870fe182d1e9b3b1ee72a4f0c4
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@leichtgewicht/ip-codec@npm:^2.0.1":
   version: 2.0.4
   resolution: "@leichtgewicht/ip-codec@npm:2.0.4"
@@ -14829,13 +14818,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"dequal@npm:^1.0.0":
-  version: 1.0.1
-  resolution: "dequal@npm:1.0.1"
-  checksum: 3d2727637546257edbb1e98c49267726b37499213533eefdd6d23bf1596cf5bb9a716947aa6ed7bfe3ef2cf5c0958a0422da7b554553b82ea19eaa2d3e92848f
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "des.js@npm:^1.0.0":
   version: 1.0.1
   resolution: "des.js@npm:1.0.1"
@@ -16575,19 +16557,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"expo-camera@npm:~12.2.0":
-  version: 12.2.0
-  resolution: "expo-camera@npm:12.2.0"
-  dependencies:
-    "@expo/config-plugins": ^4.0.14
-    "@koale/useworker": ^4.0.2
-    invariant: ^2.2.4
-  peerDependencies:
-    expo: "*"
-  checksum: 449a0a2595d88ebd487213ba952a34c64fde46235812aab3f87b666a33efda01199d70ff56522c0c8d4499b7f5cb8423ad0dfcf8b80fc9884d3fc698c0cd95f4
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "expo-cli@npm:^5.4.3":
   version: 5.4.6
   resolution: "expo-cli@npm:5.4.6"
@@ -25510,7 +25479,6 @@ __metadata:
     cross-env: ^5.1.1
     eslint: ^8.15.0
     expo: ^45.0.0
-    expo-camera: ~12.2.0
     expo-cli: ^5.4.3
     expo-constants: ~13.1.1
     expo-file-system: ~14.0.0