diff --git a/plugins/withRNBackgroundDownloader.js b/plugins/withRNBackgroundDownloader.js
deleted file mode 100644
index af24d642..00000000
--- a/plugins/withRNBackgroundDownloader.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-const { withAppDelegate, withXcodeProject } = require("expo/config-plugins");
-const fs = require("node:fs");
-const path = require("node:path");
-
-/** @param {import("expo/config-plugins").ExpoConfig} config */
-function withRNBackgroundDownloader(config) {
-  /* 1️⃣  Add handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession to AppDelegate.swift */
-  config = withAppDelegate(config, (mod) => {
-    const tag = "handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession";
-    if (!mod.modResults.contents.includes(tag)) {
-      mod.modResults.contents = mod.modResults.contents.replace(
-        /\}\s*$/, // insert before final }
-        `
-  func application(
-    _ application: UIApplication,
-    handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession identifier: String,
-    completionHandler: @escaping () -> Void
-  ) {
-    RNBackgroundDownloader.setCompletionHandlerWithIdentifier(identifier, completionHandler: completionHandler)
-  }
-}`,
-      );
-    }
-    return mod;
-  });
-
-  /* 2️⃣  Ensure bridging header exists & is attached to *every* app target */
-  config = withXcodeProject(config, (mod) => {
-    const project = mod.modResults;
-    const projectName = config.name || "App";
-    // Fix: Go up one more directory to get to ios/, not ios/ProjectName.xcodeproj/
-    const iosDir = path.dirname(path.dirname(project.filepath));
-    const headerRel = `${projectName}/${projectName}-Bridging-Header.h`;
-    const headerAbs = path.join(iosDir, headerRel);
-
-    // create / append import if missing
-    let headerText = "";
-    try {
-      headerText = fs.readFileSync(headerAbs, "utf8");
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (error.code !== "ENOENT") {
-        throw error;
-      }
-    }
-    if (!headerText.includes("RNBackgroundDownloader.h")) {
-      fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(headerAbs), { recursive: true });
-      fs.appendFileSync(headerAbs, '#import "RNBackgroundDownloader.h"\n');
-    }
-
-    // Expo 53's xcode‑js doesn't expose pbxTargets().
-    // Setting the property once at the project level is sufficient.
-    ["Debug", "Release"].forEach((cfg) => {
-      // Use the detected projectName to set the bridging header path instead of a hardcoded value
-      const bridgingHeaderPath = `${projectName}/${projectName}-Bridging-Header.h`;
-      project.updateBuildProperty(
-        "SWIFT_OBJC_BRIDGING_HEADER",
-        bridgingHeaderPath,
-        cfg,
-      );
-    });
-
-    return mod;
-  });
-
-  return config;
-}
-
-module.exports = withRNBackgroundDownloader;