diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/ui/calling/ongoing/OngoingCallScreen.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/ui/calling/ongoing/OngoingCallScreen.kt
index 529c306b99d..fe44fb626b0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/ui/calling/ongoing/OngoingCallScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/ui/calling/ongoing/OngoingCallScreen.kt
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ import android.content.pm.PackageManager
 import android.view.View
 import androidx.activity.compose.BackHandler
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
-import androidx.compose.animation.AnimatedContent
-import androidx.compose.animation.slideInVertically
-import androidx.compose.animation.slideOutVertically
-import androidx.compose.animation.togetherWith
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.BoxWithConstraints
@@ -496,21 +492,11 @@ private fun OngoingCallContent(
                 }
             }
 
-            AnimatedContent(
-                targetState = showInCallReactionsPanel && !inPictureInPictureMode,
-                transitionSpec = {
-                    val enter = slideInVertically(initialOffsetY = { it })
-                    val exit = slideOutVertically(targetOffsetY = { it })
-                    enter.togetherWith(exit)
-                },
-                label = "InCallReactions"
-            ) { show ->
-                if (show) {
-                    InCallReactionsPanel(
-                        onReactionClick = onReactionClick,
-                        onMoreClick = { showEmojiPicker = true }
-                    )
-                }
+            if (showInCallReactionsPanel && !inPictureInPictureMode) {
+                InCallReactionsPanel(
+                    onReactionClick = onReactionClick,
+                    onMoreClick = { showEmojiPicker = true }
+                )
             }
 
             EmojiPickerBottomSheet(