diff --git a/app/components/PageTheme.js b/app/components/PageTheme.js
index 3b3fa9a9..f0f47ebf 100644
--- a/app/components/PageTheme.js
+++ b/app/components/PageTheme.js
@@ -19,17 +19,6 @@ export default function PageTheme() {
       themeElement.setAttribute("content", theme.background);
     }
 
-    // status bar color for iOS PWA
-    const statusElement = document.querySelector(
-      'meta[name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style"]'
-    );
-    if (statusElement) {
-      statusElement.setAttribute(
-        "content",
-        ui.resolvedTheme === "dark" ? "black-translucent" : "default"
-      );
-    }
-
     // user-agent controls and scrollbars
     const csElement = document.querySelector('meta[name="color-scheme"]');
     if (csElement) {
diff --git a/server/static/index.html b/server/static/index.html
index 7c4e7be4..d3fb9d15 100644
--- a/server/static/index.html
+++ b/server/static/index.html
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark">
     <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
-    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black-translucent">
     <meta name="description" content="A modern team knowledge base for your internal documentation, product specs, support answers, meeting notes, onboarding, &amp; more…">
     //inject-prefetch//
     <link