diff --git a/react/features/mobile/polyfills/browser.js b/react/features/mobile/polyfills/browser.js
index 3ce8a6568..3b24ccbe2 100644
--- a/react/features/mobile/polyfills/browser.js
+++ b/react/features/mobile/polyfills/browser.js
@@ -415,10 +415,12 @@ function _visitNode(node, callback) {
     // Required by:
     // - lib-jitsi-meet
     // - Strophe
-    global.clearTimeout = BackgroundTimer.clearTimeout.bind(BackgroundTimer);
-    global.clearInterval = BackgroundTimer.clearInterval.bind(BackgroundTimer);
-    global.setInterval = BackgroundTimer.setInterval.bind(BackgroundTimer);
-    global.setTimeout = (fn, ms = 0) => BackgroundTimer.setTimeout(fn, ms);
+    if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
+        global.clearTimeout = BackgroundTimer.clearTimeout.bind(BackgroundTimer);
+        global.clearInterval = BackgroundTimer.clearInterval.bind(BackgroundTimer);
+        global.setInterval = BackgroundTimer.setInterval.bind(BackgroundTimer);
+        global.setTimeout = (fn, ms = 0) => BackgroundTimer.setTimeout(fn, ms);
+    }
 
     // localStorage
     if (typeof global.localStorage === 'undefined') {