diff --git a/blue_modules/notifications.js b/blue_modules/notifications.js
index a7c90481d..9dbd1e247 100644
--- a/blue_modules/notifications.js
+++ b/blue_modules/notifications.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import PushNotificationIOS from '@react-native-community/push-notification-ios';
 import { Alert, Platform } from 'react-native';
 import Frisbee from 'frisbee';
-import { getApplicationName, getVersion, getSystemName, isEmulatorSync, getSystemVersion } from 'react-native-device-info';
+import { getApplicationName, getVersion, getSystemName, getSystemVersion } from 'react-native-device-info';
 import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-community/async-storage';
 import loc from '../loc';
 const PushNotification = require('react-native-push-notification');
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ const configureNotifications = async function () {
  * @returns {Promise<boolean>} TRUE if permissions were obtained, FALSE otherwise
  */
 const tryToObtainPermissions = async function () {
-  if (isEmulatorSync() && Platform.OS === 'ios') {
-    console.log('Running inside iOS emulator. Exiting Push Notification configuration...');
-    return false;
-  }
   if (await getPushToken()) {
     // we already have a token, no sense asking again, just configure pushes to register callbacks and we are done
     if (!alreadyConfigured) configureNotifications(); // no await so it executes in background while we return TRUE and use token