diff --git a/shared/util/container.tsx b/shared/util/container.tsx
index a20897dd572e..ccff3b3600ff 100644
--- a/shared/util/container.tsx
+++ b/shared/util/container.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
-import {type Draft as _Draft, setAutoFreeze} from 'immer'
+import {type Draft as _Draft} from 'immer'
 import type {TypedActions as _TypedActions} from '../actions/typed-actions-gen'
 import type {ActionHandler as _ActionHandler} from './make-reducer'
 import type {TypedState as _TypedState} from '../constants/reducer'
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ import USH from './use-selector'
 
 const useSelector = USH.useSelector as TypedUseSelectorHook<RootState>
 
-// don't pay for this in prod builds
-if (!__DEV__) {
-  setAutoFreeze(false)
-}
-
 export const networkErrorCodes = [
   StatusCode.scgenericapierror,
   StatusCode.scapinetworkerror,