diff --git a/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/backgroundRefresh/index.android.ts b/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/backgroundRefresh/index.android.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 15c26b8648fe..000000000000
--- a/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/backgroundRefresh/index.android.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-import Onyx from 'react-native-onyx';
-import Log from '@libs/Log';
-import Visibility from '@libs/Visibility';
-import * as App from '@userActions/App';
-import CONST from '@src/CONST';
-import ONYXKEYS from '@src/ONYXKEYS';
-import type BackgroundRefresh from './types';
-
-function getLastOnyxUpdateID(): Promise<number | null> {
-    return new Promise((resolve) => {
-        const connectionID = Onyx.connect({
-            key: ONYXKEYS.ONYX_UPDATES_LAST_UPDATE_ID_APPLIED_TO_CLIENT,
-            callback: (lastUpdateIDAppliedToClient) => {
-                Onyx.disconnect(connectionID);
-                resolve(lastUpdateIDAppliedToClient);
-            },
-        });
-    });
-}
-
-/**
- * Runs our reconnectApp action if the app is in the background.
- *
- * We use this to refresh the app in the background after receiving a push notification (native only). Since the full app
- * wakes on iOS and by extension runs reconnectApp already, this is a no-op on everything but Android.
- */
-const backgroundRefresh: BackgroundRefresh = () => {
-    if (Visibility.isVisible()) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    getLastOnyxUpdateID()
-        .then((lastUpdateIDAppliedToClient) => {
-            /**
-             * ReconnectApp waits on the isReadyToOpenApp promise to resolve and this normally only resolves when the LHN is rendered.
-             * However on Android, this callback is run in the background using a Headless JS task which does not render the React UI,
-             * so we must manually run confirmReadyToOpenApp here instead.
-             *
-             * See more here: https://reactnative.dev/docs/headless-js-android
-             */
-            App.confirmReadyToOpenApp();
-            Log.info('[PushNotification] Sending ReconnectApp');
-            App.reconnectApp(lastUpdateIDAppliedToClient ?? undefined);
-        })
-        .catch((error) => {
-            Log.alert(`${CONST.ERROR.ENSURE_BUGBOT} [PushNotification] backgroundRefresh failed. This should never happen.`, {error});
-        });
-};
-
-export default backgroundRefresh;
diff --git a/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/backgroundRefresh/index.ts b/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/backgroundRefresh/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 54fd14e219a9..000000000000
--- a/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/backgroundRefresh/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import type BackgroundRefresh from './types';
-
-/**
- * Runs our reconnectApp action if the app is in the background.
- *
- * We use this to refresh the app in the background after receiving a push notification (native only). Since the full app
- * wakes on iOS and by extension runs reconnectApp already, this is a no-op on everything but Android.
- */
-const backgroundRefresh: BackgroundRefresh = () => {};
-
-export default backgroundRefresh;
diff --git a/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/backgroundRefresh/types.ts b/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/backgroundRefresh/types.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d1ee44a1fd..000000000000
--- a/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/backgroundRefresh/types.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-type BackgroundRefresh = () => void;
-
-export default BackgroundRefresh;
diff --git a/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/subscribeToReportCommentPushNotifications.ts b/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/subscribeToReportCommentPushNotifications.ts
index 7f86d3ddb9ac..71f68d69acc7 100644
--- a/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/subscribeToReportCommentPushNotifications.ts
+++ b/src/libs/Notification/PushNotification/subscribeToReportCommentPushNotifications.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import ONYXKEYS from '@src/ONYXKEYS';
 import ROUTES from '@src/ROUTES';
 import type {OnyxUpdatesFromServer} from '@src/types/onyx';
 import {isEmptyObject} from '@src/types/utils/EmptyObject';
-import backgroundRefresh from './backgroundRefresh';
 import PushNotification from './index';
 
 let lastVisitedPath: string | undefined;
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@ export default function subscribeToReportCommentPushNotifications() {
         } else {
             Log.hmmm("[PushNotification] Didn't apply onyx updates because some data is missing", {lastUpdateID, previousUpdateID, onyxDataCount: onyxData?.length ?? 0});
         }
-
-        backgroundRefresh();
     });
 
     // Open correct report when push notification is clicked