diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 714441c9..08394d14 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
     "react-native-tab-view": "^3.3.4",
     "react-redux": "^8.0.5",
     "rn-placeholder": "^3.0.3",
-    "rtl-detect": "^1.0.4",
     "valid-url": "^1.0.9",
     "zeego": "^1.0.2"
   },
diff --git a/src/components/Timeline/Shared/Content.tsx b/src/components/Timeline/Shared/Content.tsx
index a803c5e7..c6003378 100644
--- a/src/components/Timeline/Shared/Content.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Timeline/Shared/Content.tsx
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import CustomText from '@components/Text'
 import { usePreferencesQuery } from '@utils/queryHooks/preferences'
 import { StyleConstants } from '@utils/styles/constants'
 import { useTheme } from '@utils/styles/ThemeManager'
+import i18next from 'i18next'
 import React, { useContext } from 'react'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { Platform, View } from 'react-native'
-import { isRtlLang } from 'rtl-detect'
 import StatusContext from './Context'
 
 export interface Props {
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ const TimelineContent: React.FC<Props> = ({ notificationOwnToot = false, setSpoi
 
   const { data: preferences } = usePreferencesQuery()
 
+  const isRTLiOSTextStyles =
+    Platform.OS === 'ios' && status.language && i18next.dir(status.language) === 'rtl'
+      ? ({ writingDirection: 'rtl' } as { writingDirection: 'rtl' })
+      : undefined
+
   return (
     <View>
       {status.spoiler_text?.length ? (
@@ -37,11 +42,7 @@ const TimelineContent: React.FC<Props> = ({ notificationOwnToot = false, setSpoi
             numberOfLines={999}
             highlighted={highlighted}
             disableDetails={disableDetails}
-            textStyles={
-              Platform.OS === 'ios' && status.language && isRtlLang(status.language)
-                ? { writingDirection: 'rtl' }
-                : undefined
-            }
+            textStyles={isRTLiOSTextStyles}
           />
           {inThread ? (
             <CustomText
@@ -73,11 +74,7 @@ const TimelineContent: React.FC<Props> = ({ notificationOwnToot = false, setSpoi
             setSpoilerExpanded={setSpoilerExpanded}
             highlighted={highlighted}
             disableDetails={disableDetails}
-            textStyles={
-              Platform.OS === 'ios' && status.language && isRtlLang(status.language)
-                ? { writingDirection: 'rtl' }
-                : undefined
-            }
+            textStyles={isRTLiOSTextStyles}
           />
         </>
       ) : (
@@ -90,11 +87,7 @@ const TimelineContent: React.FC<Props> = ({ notificationOwnToot = false, setSpoi
           tags={status.tags}
           numberOfLines={highlighted || inThread ? 999 : notificationOwnToot ? 2 : undefined}
           disableDetails={disableDetails}
-          textStyles={
-            Platform.OS === 'ios' && status.language && isRtlLang(status.language)
-              ? { writingDirection: 'rtl' }
-              : undefined
-          }
+          textStyles={isRTLiOSTextStyles}
         />
       )}
     </View>
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 76a3f0bd..8af41fd1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10232,7 +10232,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"rtl-detect@npm:^1.0.2, rtl-detect@npm:^1.0.4":
+"rtl-detect@npm:^1.0.2":
   version: 1.0.4
   resolution: "rtl-detect@npm:1.0.4"
   checksum: d562535baa0db62f57f0a1d4676297bff72fd6b94e88f0f0900d5c3e810ab512c5c4cadffd3e05fbe8d9c74310c919afa3ea8c1001c244e5555e8eef12d02d6f
@@ -11304,7 +11304,6 @@ __metadata:
     react-native-tab-view: ^3.3.4
     react-redux: ^8.0.5
     rn-placeholder: ^3.0.3
-    rtl-detect: ^1.0.4
     typescript: ^4.9.4
     valid-url: ^1.0.9
     zeego: ^1.0.2