diff --git a/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
index 84b483999b..f21dc62920 100644
--- a/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ import type {
   UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
 } from '../types/avatar-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from '../types/loading-types.js';
-import type {
-  MediaLibrarySelection,
-  NativeMediaSelection,
-} from '../types/media-types.js';
+import type { NativeMediaSelection } from '../types/media-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@ const registrationModeOff = { registrationMode: 'off' };
 
 export type EditUserAvatarContextType = {
   +userAvatarSaveInProgress: boolean,
-  +selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar: () => Promise<void>,
   +updateImageUserAvatar: (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => Promise<void>,
   +setUserAvatar: (avatarRequest: UpdateUserAvatarRequest) => Promise<void>,
   +setRegistrationMode: (registrationMode: RegistrationMode) => void,
@@ -51,19 +47,13 @@ const updateUserAvatarLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
 
 type Props = {
   +displayFailureAlert?: () => mixed,
-  +selectFromGallery: () => Promise<?MediaLibrarySelection>,
   +useUploadSelectedMedia: (
     setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?: (inProgress: boolean) => mixed,
   ) => (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => Promise<?ImageAvatarDBContent>,
   +children: React.Node,
 };
 function BaseEditUserAvatarProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const {
-    displayFailureAlert,
-    selectFromGallery,
-    useUploadSelectedMedia,
-    children,
-  } = props;
+  const { displayFailureAlert, useUploadSelectedMedia, children } = props;
 
   const registrationModeRef =
     React.useRef<RegistrationMode>(registrationModeOff);
@@ -121,14 +111,6 @@ function BaseEditUserAvatarProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
     ],
   );
 
-  const selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar = React.useCallback(async () => {
-    const selection = await selectFromGallery();
-    if (!selection) {
-      return;
-    }
-    await updateImageUserAvatar(selection);
-  }, [selectFromGallery, updateImageUserAvatar]);
-
   const setUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (request: UpdateUserAvatarRequest) => {
       const regMode = registrationModeRef.current;
@@ -165,7 +147,6 @@ function BaseEditUserAvatarProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
   const context = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       userAvatarSaveInProgress,
-      selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
       updateImageUserAvatar,
       setUserAvatar,
       setRegistrationMode,
@@ -173,7 +154,6 @@ function BaseEditUserAvatarProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
     }),
     [
       userAvatarSaveInProgress,
-      selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
       updateImageUserAvatar,
       setUserAvatar,
       setRegistrationMode,
diff --git a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
index 9b46aa39a7..1213da926c 100644
--- a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
+++ b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { useActionSheet } from '@expo/react-native-action-sheet';
 import * as ImagePicker from 'expo-image-picker';
+import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Platform } from 'react-native';
 import Alert from 'react-native/Libraries/Alert/Alert.js';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import filesystem from 'react-native-fs';
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 
 import { uploadMultimedia } from 'lib/actions/upload-actions.js';
+import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import {
   extensionFromFilename,
   filenameFromPathOrURI,
@@ -181,6 +183,23 @@ function useUploadSelectedMedia(
   );
 }
 
+function useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar(): () => Promise<void> {
+  const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
+  invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'updateImageUserAvatar must be defined');
+  const { updateImageUserAvatar } = editUserAvatarContext;
+
+  const selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar =
+    React.useCallback(async (): Promise<void> => {
+      const selection = await selectFromGallery();
+      if (!selection) {
+        return;
+      }
+      await updateImageUserAvatar(selection);
+    }, [updateImageUserAvatar]);
+
+  return selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar;
+}
+
 type ShowAvatarActionSheetOptions = {
   +id: 'emoji' | 'image' | 'camera' | 'ens' | 'cancel' | 'remove',
   +onPress?: () => mixed,
@@ -310,4 +329,5 @@ export {
   useUploadProcessedMedia,
   useProcessSelectedMedia,
   useShowAvatarActionSheet,
+  useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
 };
diff --git a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
index d62a79452d..fd29aef904 100644
--- a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import { useENSAvatar } from 'lib/hooks/ens-cache.js';
 import { getETHAddressForUserInfo } from 'lib/shared/account-utils.js';
 import type { GenericUserInfoWithAvatar } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 
-import { useShowAvatarActionSheet } from './avatar-hooks.js';
+import {
+  useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
+  useShowAvatarActionSheet,
+} from './avatar-hooks.js';
 import EditAvatarBadge from './edit-avatar-badge.react.js';
 import UserAvatar from './user-avatar.react.js';
 import {
@@ -34,11 +37,13 @@ function EditUserAvatar(props: Props): React.Node {
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
   const {
     userAvatarSaveInProgress,
-    selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
     setUserAvatar,
     getRegistrationModeEnabled,
   } = editUserAvatarContext;
 
+  const selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar =
+    useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar();
+
   const currentUserInfo = useSelector(state => state.currentUserInfo);
   const userInfoProp = props.userInfo;
   const userInfo: ?GenericUserInfoWithAvatar = userInfoProp ?? currentUserInfo;
diff --git a/native/avatars/native-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/native/avatars/native-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
index 94e49f5235..60908d3c0c 100644
--- a/native/avatars/native-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/native-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Alert } from 'react-native';
 
 import { BaseEditUserAvatarProvider } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 
-import { selectFromGallery, useUploadSelectedMedia } from './avatar-hooks.js';
+import { useUploadSelectedMedia } from './avatar-hooks.js';
 
 const displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert = () =>
   Alert.alert(
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ function NativeEditUserAvatarProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
   return (
     <BaseEditUserAvatarProvider
       displayFailureAlert={displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert}
-      selectFromGallery={selectFromGallery}
       useUploadSelectedMedia={useUploadSelectedMedia}
     >
       {children}
diff --git a/web/avatars/web-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/web/avatars/web-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
index 50e0281827..ebecc26063 100644
--- a/web/avatars/web-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/web/avatars/web-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { BaseEditUserAvatarProvider } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 
-// TODO: Implement `selectFromGallery(...)` for `web`.
-const selectFromGallery = async () => null;
-
 // TODO: Implement `useUploadSelectedMedia(...)` for `web`.
 const useUploadSelectedMedia = () => async () => null;
 
@@ -16,10 +13,7 @@ type Props = {
 function WebEditUserAvatarProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { children } = props;
   return (
-    <BaseEditUserAvatarProvider
-      selectFromGallery={selectFromGallery}
-      useUploadSelectedMedia={useUploadSelectedMedia}
-    >
+    <BaseEditUserAvatarProvider useUploadSelectedMedia={useUploadSelectedMedia}>
       {children}
     </BaseEditUserAvatarProvider>
   );