diff --git a/react/features/base/conference/actions.js b/react/features/base/conference/actions.js
index 5a0f4a2e1..0ce9b119f 100644
--- a/react/features/base/conference/actions.js
+++ b/react/features/base/conference/actions.js
@@ -205,9 +205,17 @@ export function createConference() {
         const conference
             = connection.initJitsiConference(
 
-                    // XXX Lib-jitsi-meet does not accept uppercase letters.
-                    room.toLowerCase(),
-                    { openSctp: true });
+                // XXX Lib-jitsi-meet does not accept uppercase letters.
+                room.toLowerCase(),
+                {
+                    openSctp: true
+
+                    // FIXME I tested H.264 from iPhone 6S during a morning
+                    // standup but, unfortunately, the other participants who
+                    // happened to be running the Web app saw only black.
+                    //
+                    // preferH264: true
+                });
 
         _addConferenceListeners(conference, dispatch);
 
diff --git a/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/reducer.js b/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/reducer.js
index 7ec9aea5e..b123acad0 100644
--- a/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/reducer.js
+++ b/react/features/base/lib-jitsi-meet/reducer.js
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ const INITIAL_STATE = {
         // place). Fortunately, these pieces of JavaScript currently involve
         // third parties and we can temporarily disable them (until we implement
         // an alternative to async script elements on React Native).
-        disableThirdPartyRequests: true,
-        preferH264: true
+        disableThirdPartyRequests: true
     },
     initializationError: null,
     initialized: false