diff --git a/ts/utils/permission.ts b/ts/utils/permission.ts
index 098e301df12..3a14659338c 100644
--- a/ts/utils/permission.ts
+++ b/ts/utils/permission.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,8 @@ export const requestIOPermission = async (
   permission: RNPermissions.Permission,
   rationale?: RNPermissions.Rationale
 ): Promise<boolean> => {
-  // Be aware that some permissions may return "unavailable" event if the library
-  // documents them as supported. One notorious case is the iOS PHOTO_LIBRARY_ADD_ONLY
-  // permission. If such permission is automatically handled by the system upon request
-  // (such as PHOTO_LIBRARY_ADD_ONLY is), then you should not use this function to
-  // check nor to request such permission
-  const checkResult = await RNPermissions.check(permission);
-  if (checkResult === "granted") {
+  const checkResult = await checkIOPermission(permission);
+  if (checkResult) {
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -33,6 +28,11 @@ export const requestIOPermission = async (
 export const checkIOPermission = async (
   permission: RNPermissions.Permission
 ): Promise<boolean> => {
+  // Be aware that some permissions may return "unavailable" event if the library
+  // documents them as supported. One notorious case is the iOS PHOTO_LIBRARY_ADD_ONLY
+  // permission. If such permission is automatically handled by the system upon request
+  // (such as PHOTO_LIBRARY_ADD_ONLY is), then you should not use this function to
+  // check nor to request such permission
   const checkResult = await RNPermissions.check(permission);
   return checkResult === "granted";
 };
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ export const requestMediaPermission = async () => {
           ? RNPermissions.PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
           : RNPermissions.PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
       );
-    case "ios":
-      return requestIOPermission(RNPermissions.PERMISSIONS.IOS.PHOTO_LIBRARY);
     default:
       return false;
   }