diff --git a/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/index.web.tsx b/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/index.web.tsx
index 274a4c96fa..c6125e2e57 100644
--- a/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/index.web.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ProfileHoverCard/index.web.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 import {View} from 'react-native'
 import {AppBskyActorDefs, moderateProfile, ModerationOpts} from '@atproto/api'
 import {flip, offset, shift, size, useFloating} from '@floating-ui/react-dom'
-import {msg, plural, Trans} from '@lingui/macro'
+import {msg, plural} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 
 import {makeProfileLink} from '#/lib/routes/links'
@@ -444,12 +444,10 @@ function Inner({
               label={`${followers} ${pluralizedFollowers}`}
               style={[t.atoms.text]}
               onPress={hide}>
-              <Trans>
-                <Text style={[a.text_md, a.font_bold]}>{followers} </Text>
-                <Text style={[t.atoms.text_contrast_medium]}>
-                  {pluralizedFollowers}
-                </Text>
-              </Trans>
+              <Text style={[a.text_md, a.font_bold]}>{followers} </Text>
+              <Text style={[t.atoms.text_contrast_medium]}>
+                {pluralizedFollowers}
+              </Text>
             </InlineLinkText>
             <InlineLinkText
               to={makeProfileLink(profile, 'follows')}
diff --git a/src/screens/Profile/Header/Metrics.tsx b/src/screens/Profile/Header/Metrics.tsx
index 8647296849..e3537f44be 100644
--- a/src/screens/Profile/Header/Metrics.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Profile/Header/Metrics.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import {View} from 'react-native'
 import {AppBskyActorDefs} from '@atproto/api'
-import {msg, plural, Trans} from '@lingui/macro'
+import {msg, plural} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 
 import {Shadow} from '#/state/cache/types'
@@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ export function ProfileHeaderMetrics({
         style={[a.flex_row, t.atoms.text]}
         to={makeProfileLink(profile, 'followers')}
         label={`${followers} ${pluralizedFollowers}`}>
-        <Trans>
-          <Text style={[a.font_bold, a.text_md]}>{followers} </Text>
-          <Text style={[t.atoms.text_contrast_medium, a.text_md]}>
-            {pluralizedFollowers}
-          </Text>
-        </Trans>
+        <Text style={[a.font_bold, a.text_md]}>{followers} </Text>
+        <Text style={[t.atoms.text_contrast_medium, a.text_md]}>
+          {pluralizedFollowers}
+        </Text>
       </InlineLinkText>
       <InlineLinkText
         testID="profileHeaderFollowsButton"