diff --git a/core/auth/components/AlreadyHaveAccountText.tsx b/core/auth/components/AlreadyHaveAccountText.tsx
index 0ce8456b70c08c87f92377be4499979b6f9e5857..9453356691dc667ebea6ffdfd8a719c314a44f26 100644
--- a/core/auth/components/AlreadyHaveAccountText.tsx
+++ b/core/auth/components/AlreadyHaveAccountText.tsx
@@ -7,16 +7,11 @@ import { Text } from 'holi-bricks/components/text'
 import { View } from 'react-native'
 
 export interface AlreadyHaveAccountTextProps {
-  mobileNavigateBackFirst?: boolean
   trackingEvent: TrackingEvent
   onPress?(): void
 }
 
-const AlreadyHaveAccountText = ({
-  mobileNavigateBackFirst = false,
-  trackingEvent,
-  onPress,
-}: AlreadyHaveAccountTextProps) => {
+const AlreadyHaveAccountText = ({ trackingEvent, onPress }: AlreadyHaveAccountTextProps) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
 
   return (
@@ -28,7 +23,6 @@ const AlreadyHaveAccountText = ({
             onPress={onPress}
             href="/login"
             size="sm"
-            mobileNavigateBackFirst={mobileNavigateBackFirst}
             trackingEvent={trackingEvent}
           >
             {t('auth.login')}
diff --git a/core/auth/components/RecoverPasswordForm.tsx b/core/auth/components/RecoverPasswordForm.tsx
index b2a4c30c3d9cda1cf6f8a775658793773918b793..b1fd18f67134abd267aa8fb9172e8ce1cc42c3e0 100644
--- a/core/auth/components/RecoverPasswordForm.tsx
+++ b/core/auth/components/RecoverPasswordForm.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const RecoverPasswordForm = (props: RecoverPasswordFormProps) => {
       {!props.webview && (
         <>
           <HoliGap size="s" />
-          <AlreadyHaveAccountText mobileNavigateBackFirst trackingEvent={TrackingEvent.Auth.LoginButtonPressed} />
+          <AlreadyHaveAccountText trackingEvent={TrackingEvent.Auth.LoginButtonPressed} />
           <HoliGap size="l" />
           <HoliHeading level="2" align="center">
             {t('auth.login.signUp.link.headline')}
diff --git a/core/auth/screens/Login.tsx b/core/auth/screens/Login.tsx
index c847e203cf8810478739a8b1be7654e2f106993d..e7b876d1599cf473f314ab21b1af6317c2199687 100644
--- a/core/auth/screens/Login.tsx
+++ b/core/auth/screens/Login.tsx
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ const Login = () => {
             href="/forgotPassword"
             size="sm"
             textAlign="center"
-            mobileNavigateBackFirst
             trackingEvent={TrackingEvent.Auth.ForgotPasswordButtonPressed}
           >
             {t('auth.login.link.forgotPassword')}
diff --git a/core/navigation/components/HoliLink/index.tsx b/core/navigation/components/HoliLink/index.tsx
index eb2aa4e55bf7ceeb4c7f7039766c11c4dee277c0..410d08668c696d3ab1abb4de7567733974df8901 100644
--- a/core/navigation/components/HoliLink/index.tsx
+++ b/core/navigation/components/HoliLink/index.tsx
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ export const HoliLink = ({
   external,
   onPress,
   children,
-  mobileNavigateBackFirst,
   isFullHeight = false,
   testID = 'link',
 }: PropsWithChildren<HoliLinkProps>) => {
-  const handleLinkPress = useLink({ href, external, onPress, mobileNavigateBackFirst })
+  const handleLinkPress = useLink({ href, external, onPress })
 
   return (
     <Pressable
diff --git a/core/navigation/components/HoliTextLink/index.tsx b/core/navigation/components/HoliTextLink/index.tsx
index 7d8e191ad9b574d3b587b994ba021cdbf1047288..36ff618305384cdc633da3d31948a3ec50fab9d6 100644
--- a/core/navigation/components/HoliTextLink/index.tsx
+++ b/core/navigation/components/HoliTextLink/index.tsx
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ export const HoliTextLink = ({
   external,
   onPress,
   children,
-  mobileNavigateBackFirst,
   color,
   size,
   textAlign,
 }: PropsWithChildren<HoliTextLinkProps>) => {
-  const handleLinkPress = useLink({ href, external, onPress, mobileNavigateBackFirst })
+  const handleLinkPress = useLink({ href, external, onPress })
 
   return (
     <TextLink size={size} color={color} textAlign={textAlign} onPress={handleLinkPress} aria-label={label}>
diff --git a/core/navigation/components/HoliTextLink/index.web.tsx b/core/navigation/components/HoliTextLink/index.web.tsx
index 3d858988fbe2d2b89c806fcce792fde72d29927c..8a4f4677c9ccc323bfeacfc7902775b84b94ea83 100644
--- a/core/navigation/components/HoliTextLink/index.web.tsx
+++ b/core/navigation/components/HoliTextLink/index.web.tsx
@@ -11,20 +11,13 @@ export const HoliTextLink = ({
   external,
   onPress,
   children,
-  mobileNavigateBackFirst,
   color,
   textAlign,
   size,
 }: PropsWithChildren<HoliTextLinkProps>) => {
   return (
     <TextLink size={size} color={color} textAlign={textAlign} role="none">
-      <HoliLink
-        href={href}
-        label={label}
-        external={external}
-        onPress={onPress}
-        mobileNavigateBackFirst={mobileNavigateBackFirst}
-      >
+      <HoliLink href={href} label={label} external={external} onPress={onPress}>
         {children}
       </HoliLink>
     </TextLink>
diff --git a/core/navigation/hooks/__tests__/useLink.test.ts b/core/navigation/hooks/__tests__/useLink.test.ts
index 73ac82e9507a1d7e9ed1fbd6490f92e34f2f7eb0..858a2680500cd79fdd9924987d29e14a2e0b11f1 100644
--- a/core/navigation/hooks/__tests__/useLink.test.ts
+++ b/core/navigation/hooks/__tests__/useLink.test.ts
@@ -79,15 +79,6 @@ describe('useLink', () => {
     expect(mockOpenURL).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/')
   })
 
-  it('should navigate back first on mobile', async () => {
-    const { result } = renderHook(() => useLink({ href: '/spaces', mobileNavigateBackFirst: true }))
-
-    result.current(testEvent)
-
-    expect(mockNavigateBack).toHaveBeenCalled()
-    await waitFor(() => expect(mockNavigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('//spaces'))
-  })
-
   it('should ignore domain and locale path param on mobile', () => {
     const originalPlatform = Platform.OS
     Platform.OS = 'android'
diff --git a/core/navigation/hooks/useLink.ts b/core/navigation/hooks/useLink.ts
index c5ccbc14f04e0c25d2ed13b65c809f3bd9cd5000..54cee3968991b59f0564572ce98f670a0ada7d5f 100644
--- a/core/navigation/hooks/useLink.ts
+++ b/core/navigation/hooks/useLink.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ export interface UseLinkProps {
   /** if given, `onPress` will be executed before opening href (if given). if `onPress` returns `false` (synchronously, required for web) event propagation will be stopped */
   onPress?: (event: React.SyntheticEvent | GestureResponderEvent) => unknown | Promise<unknown>
   external?: boolean
-  mobileNavigateBackFirst?: boolean
 }
 
-const useLink = ({ onPress, external, href, mobileNavigateBackFirst }: UseLinkProps) => {
-  const { navigate, navigateBack } = useRouting()
+const useLink = ({ onPress, external, href }: UseLinkProps) => {
+  const { navigate } = useRouting()
 
   return useCallback(
     async (event: React.SyntheticEvent | GestureResponderEvent) => {
@@ -31,17 +30,12 @@ const useLink = ({ onPress, external, href, mobileNavigateBackFirst }: UseLinkPr
       if (Platform.OS === 'ios' || Platform.OS === 'android') {
         // If the platform is mobile and the link domain matches our app's domain, navigate to the route instead of opening the link
         const route = '/' + href.replace(/https:\/\/(app\.holi\.social|staging\.dev\.holi\.social)(\/(en|de))?\/?/, '')
-        if (mobileNavigateBackFirst) {
-          navigateBack()
-          setTimeout(() => navigate(route), 300)
-        } else {
-          navigate(route)
-        }
+        navigate(route)
       } else {
         navigate(href)
       }
     },
-    [external, href, mobileNavigateBackFirst, navigate, navigateBack, onPress]
+    [external, href, navigate, onPress]
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationChallengesItem.tsx b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationChallengesItem.tsx
index f10ecf98d26abf9aa42620c65e9dae474dc9c0b6..01542e90894be1af347376e99433c8146d97fcca 100644
--- a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationChallengesItem.tsx
+++ b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationChallengesItem.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const NotificationChallengesItem = ({
         paddingVertical: 12,
       }}
     >
-      <HoliLink href={route} label={'notification'} mobileNavigateBackFirst>
+      <HoliLink href={route} label={'notification'}>
         <View style={styles.link}>
           <HoliIcon icon={challengesColored} size={40} />
           <View style={styles.content}>
diff --git a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationPollUpdatesItem.tsx b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationPollUpdatesItem.tsx
index 9ccc26e1d17a607d3cddfefbb5a8a7b5d24b1fb5..ccacbb9a55fd66aa8a6ea745202930219148589c 100644
--- a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationPollUpdatesItem.tsx
+++ b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationPollUpdatesItem.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const NotificationPollUpdatesItem = ({ notification }: NotificationProps<Notific
 
   return (
     <View>
-      <HoliLink href={`/insights/${poll.insightId}`} label={poll.title} mobileNavigateBackFirst>
+      <HoliLink href={`/insights/${poll.insightId}`} label={poll.title}>
         <View style={styles.link}>
           <View style={styles.image}>
             <HoliLocalImage
diff --git a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationReleaseInfoItem.tsx b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationReleaseInfoItem.tsx
index 005d3289dffc1a1b8dfe8894b1af7f59f2b4ee2d..6b27dac8ed1b3b1d9b0778b65843194fba5aceb7 100644
--- a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationReleaseInfoItem.tsx
+++ b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationReleaseInfoItem.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const NotificationReleaseInfoItem: React.FC<NotificationProps<NotificationReleas
 
   return (
     <View style={style} testID={testID}>
-      <HoliLink href={`/posts/${post?.id}`} label={post?.title} mobileNavigateBackFirst>
+      <HoliLink href={`/posts/${post?.id}`} label={post?.title}>
         <View style={styles.link}>
           <HoliLocalImage
             imageSource={require('@holi/ui/assets/img/holi/holi_brandmark.svg')}
diff --git a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpaceAppointmentBaseItem.tsx b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpaceAppointmentBaseItem.tsx
index 68fc1a3765595ed427c81aacf9b6fd3530fde7a6..f5cbdc7e90f03b85d152cfc98da2f8ca1d1d3962 100644
--- a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpaceAppointmentBaseItem.tsx
+++ b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpaceAppointmentBaseItem.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const NotificationSpaceAppointmentBaseItem = ({
         paddingVertical: 12,
       }}
     >
-      <HoliLink href={link ?? '/'} label={space.title} mobileNavigateBackFirst>
+      <HoliLink href={link ?? '/'} label={space.title}>
         <View style={styles.link}>
           <SpaceAvatar space={space} size="sm" />
 
diff --git a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpaceItem.tsx b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpaceItem.tsx
index 6723aa98e538acbc4f5ddd89560da6e6f64857ba..d772f2a5512000cda63914af31d05c085009a592 100644
--- a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpaceItem.tsx
+++ b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpaceItem.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const NotificationSpaceItem = ({
 
   return (
     <View style={style} testID={testID}>
-      <HoliLink href={href} label={title} mobileNavigateBackFirst>
+      <HoliLink href={href} label={title}>
         <View style={styles.container}>
           <View style={styles.imageContainer}>
             <SpaceAvatar space={notification.options.space} size="sm" />
diff --git a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpacePostItem.tsx b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpacePostItem.tsx
index 6b187a171bc5aab1aad515c859790bd2f534fee9..d33cdf703317edad15cea74742305f995285546b 100644
--- a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpacePostItem.tsx
+++ b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationSpacePostItem.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const NotificationSpacePostItem = ({ notification, style, testID = '' }: Notific
 
   return (
     <View style={style} testID={testID}>
-      <HoliLink href={`/spaces/${space.name}?tab=updates`} label={space.title} mobileNavigateBackFirst>
+      <HoliLink href={`/spaces/${space.name}?tab=updates`} label={space.title}>
         <View style={styles.link}>
           <SpaceAvatar space={space} size="sm" />
 
diff --git a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationWithUserAvatar.tsx b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationWithUserAvatar.tsx
index 9c724a16b4eba608b8d63f7e7b036fbb7fd643b6..37363d86098cdfdc66d16c1f8356127766b38e99 100644
--- a/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationWithUserAvatar.tsx
+++ b/core/screens/notifications/components/NotificationWithUserAvatar.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const NotificationWithUserAvatar = ({
 
   return (
     <View style={style} testID={testID}>
-      <HoliLink href={href} label={userFullName} mobileNavigateBackFirst>
+      <HoliLink href={href} label={userFullName}>
         <View style={styles.link}>
           <Avatar
             imgPlaceholder={avatarBlurhash}