diff --git a/ios/Apps/Sybil/Resources/Character/character-busy.gif b/ios/Apps/Sybil/Resources/Character/character-busy.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 75888bb..0000000
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diff --git a/ios/Apps/Sybil/Resources/Character/character-idle.gif b/ios/Apps/Sybil/Resources/Character/character-idle.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d4d544..0000000
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diff --git a/ios/Packages/Sybil/Sources/Sybil/SybilWorkspaceView.swift b/ios/Packages/Sybil/Sources/Sybil/SybilWorkspaceView.swift
index 5836319..1c6439c 100644
--- a/ios/Packages/Sybil/Sources/Sybil/SybilWorkspaceView.swift
+++ b/ios/Packages/Sybil/Sources/Sybil/SybilWorkspaceView.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import ImageIO
 import Observation
 import PhotosUI
 import SwiftUI
@@ -156,8 +155,6 @@ struct SybilWorkspaceView: View {
             workspaceContentStack
 
             if showsCustomWorkspaceNavigation {
-                SybilWorkspaceCharacterBackdrop(isBusy: viewModel.isActiveSelectionSending)
-                    .allowsHitTesting(false)
                 customWorkspaceNavigationBar
             }
         }
@@ -1375,173 +1372,6 @@ private struct SybilNavigationFadeBackground: View {
     }
 }
 
-private struct SybilWorkspaceCharacterBackdrop: View {
-    var isBusy: Bool
-
-    var body: some View {
-        ZStack(alignment: .topTrailing) {
-            RadialGradient(
-                colors: [
-                    SybilTheme.primary.opacity(0.36),
-                    SybilTheme.primary.opacity(0.13),
-                    Color.clear
-                ],
-                center: .center,
-                startRadius: 10,
-                endRadius: 150
-            )
-            .frame(width: 136, height: 118)
-            .blur(radius: 7)
-            .offset(x: 28, y: -24)
-
-            SybilAnimatedGIFView(resourceName: isBusy ? "character-busy" : "character-idle")
-                .frame(width: 172, height: 172)
-                .opacity(0.92)
-                .mask {
-                    LinearGradient(
-                        colors: [
-                            Color.black,
-                            Color.black,
-                            Color.black.opacity(0)
-                        ],
-                        startPoint: .top,
-                        endPoint: .bottom
-                    )
-                }
-                .mask {
-                    LinearGradient(
-                        colors: [
-                            Color.clear,
-                            Color.black.opacity(0.98),
-                            Color.black
-                        ],
-                        startPoint: .leading,
-                        endPoint: .trailing
-                    )
-                }
-                .offset(x: 8, y: 4)
-        }
-        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, minHeight: 156, maxHeight: 156, alignment: .topTrailing)
-        .clipped()
-        .ignoresSafeArea(edges: .top)
-        .accessibilityHidden(true)
-    }
-}
-
-private struct SybilAnimatedGIFView: UIViewRepresentable {
-    var resourceName: String
-
-    func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator {
-        Coordinator()
-    }
-
-    func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UIImageView {
-        let imageView = SybilAnimatedUIImageView()
-        imageView.backgroundColor = .clear
-        imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill
-        imageView.clipsToBounds = false
-        imageView.isOpaque = false
-        imageView.setContentHuggingPriority(.defaultLow, for: .horizontal)
-        imageView.setContentHuggingPriority(.defaultLow, for: .vertical)
-        imageView.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.defaultLow, for: .horizontal)
-        imageView.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.defaultLow, for: .vertical)
-        return imageView
-    }
-
-    func updateUIView(_ imageView: UIImageView, context: Context) {
-        guard context.coordinator.resourceName != resourceName else {
-            if !imageView.isAnimating {
-                imageView.startAnimating()
-            }
-            return
-        }
-
-        context.coordinator.resourceName = resourceName
-        imageView.image = SybilAnimatedGIFCache.image(named: resourceName)
-        imageView.startAnimating()
-    }
-
-    final class Coordinator {
-        var resourceName: String?
-    }
-}
-
-private final class SybilAnimatedUIImageView: UIImageView {
-    override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
-        CGSize(width: UIView.noIntrinsicMetric, height: UIView.noIntrinsicMetric)
-    }
-}
-
-@MainActor
-private enum SybilAnimatedGIFCache {
-    private static var images: [String: UIImage] = [:]
-
-    static func image(named name: String) -> UIImage? {
-        if let cached = images[name] {
-            return cached
-        }
-
-        guard let image = loadImage(named: name) else {
-            return nil
-        }
-
-        images[name] = image
-
-        return image
-    }
-
-    private static func loadImage(named name: String) -> UIImage? {
-        let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: name, withExtension: "gif", subdirectory: "Character") ??
-            Bundle.main.url(forResource: name, withExtension: "gif")
-
-        guard let url,
-              let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url),
-              let source = CGImageSourceCreateWithData(data as CFData, nil)
-        else {
-            return nil
-        }
-
-        let frameCount = CGImageSourceGetCount(source)
-        guard frameCount > 0 else {
-            return nil
-        }
-
-        var frames: [UIImage] = []
-        frames.reserveCapacity(frameCount)
-        var duration: TimeInterval = 0
-
-        for index in 0 ..< frameCount {
-            guard let cgImage = CGImageSourceCreateImageAtIndex(source, index, nil) else {
-                continue
-            }
-            frames.append(UIImage(cgImage: cgImage))
-            duration += frameDuration(at: index, source: source)
-        }
-
-        guard !frames.isEmpty else {
-            return nil
-        }
-
-        if frames.count == 1 {
-            return frames[0]
-        }
-
-        return UIImage.animatedImage(with: frames, duration: max(duration, 0.1))
-    }
-
-    private static func frameDuration(at index: Int, source: CGImageSource) -> TimeInterval {
-        guard let properties = CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(source, index, nil) as? [CFString: Any],
-              let gifProperties = properties[kCGImagePropertyGIFDictionary] as? [CFString: Any]
-        else {
-            return 0.08
-        }
-
-        let unclampedDelay = gifProperties[kCGImagePropertyGIFUnclampedDelayTime] as? TimeInterval
-        let delay = unclampedDelay ?? gifProperties[kCGImagePropertyGIFDelayTime] as? TimeInterval ?? 0.08
-        return max(delay, 0.03)
-    }
-}
-
 private struct NewChatSwipeBackdrop: View {
     var progress: CGFloat
     var hasLatched: Bool