diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/xml/config.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/xml/config.xml
index 422c888dab..b8b2ce0299 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/xml/config.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/xml/config.xml
@@ -2,21 +2,10 @@
 <widget version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
   <access origin="*" />
   
-  <feature name="BackgroundMode">
-    <param name="android-package" value="de.appplant.cordova.plugin.background.BackgroundMode"/>
-  </feature>
-  <feature name="BackgroundModeExt">
-    <param name="android-package" value="de.appplant.cordova.plugin.background.BackgroundModeExt"/>
-  </feature>
-
   <feature name="Device">
     <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.device.Device"/>
   </feature>
 
-  <feature name="ForegroundPlugin">
-    <param name="android-package" value="com.davidbriglio.foreground.ForegroundPlugin"/>
-  </feature>
-
   <feature name="InAppBrowser">
     <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.inappbrowser.InAppBrowser"/>
   </feature>
diff --git a/ios/App/App/config.xml b/ios/App/App/config.xml
index 4321543e45..3250a6156e 100644
--- a/ios/App/App/config.xml
+++ b/ios/App/App/config.xml
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 <widget version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
   <access origin="*" />
   
-  <feature name="BackgroundMode">
-    <param name="ios-package" value="APPBackgroundMode" onload="true"/>
-    <param name="onload" value="true"/>
-  </feature>
-
   <feature name="Device">
     <param name="ios-package" value="CDVDevice"/>
   </feature>
diff --git a/ios/App/Podfile b/ios/App/Podfile
index d672299969..b5814bee51 100644
--- a/ios/App/Podfile
+++ b/ios/App/Podfile
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ def capacitor_pods
   pod 'CapacitorSplashScreen', :path => '../../node_modules/@capacitor/splash-screen'
   pod 'SendIntent', :path => '../../node_modules/send-intent'
   pod 'CordovaPlugins', :path => '../capacitor-cordova-ios-plugins'
-  pod 'CordovaPluginsResources', :path => '../capacitor-cordova-ios-plugins'
 end
 
 target 'Floccus' do
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 475b50f274..680609afe4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
         "async-lock": "^1.2.8",
         "async-parallel": "^1.2.3",
         "batching-toposort": "^1.2.0",
-        "cordova-plugin-background-mode": "https://github.com/brunochikuji/cordova-plugin-background-mode#master",
         "cordova-plugin-device": "^2.1.0",
-        "cordova-plugin-foreground-service": "^1.1.3",
         "cordova-plugin-inappbrowser": "^5.0.0",
         "core-js": "3.x",
         "fast-xml-parser": "^4.2.7",
@@ -5070,21 +5068,6 @@
         "is-plain-object": "^5.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/cordova-plugin-background-mode": {
-      "version": "0.7.3",
-      "resolved": "git+ssh://git@github.com/brunochikuji/cordova-plugin-background-mode.git#5df0632fdd40d4e1f35fff3a632202824b70929d",
-      "engines": [
-        {
-          "name": "cordova",
-          "version": ">=3.0.0"
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "android-sdk",
-          "version": ">=16"
-        }
-      ],
-      "license": "Apache 2.0"
-    },
     "node_modules/cordova-plugin-device": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cordova-plugin-device/-/cordova-plugin-device-2.1.0.tgz",
@@ -5098,11 +5081,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/cordova-plugin-foreground-service": {
-      "version": "1.1.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cordova-plugin-foreground-service/-/cordova-plugin-foreground-service-1.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-/C2Z8w9JIfAaLeXP290msQP9jcHR+CAJYbp6/x+mS21VtvS2Ug0upKsgjEzzSzRnt08Mr8kuwCV7juUd6eCWcw=="
-    },
     "node_modules/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser": {
       "version": "5.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser/-/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser-5.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4accc106cf..bce225cbfa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@
     "async-lock": "^1.2.8",
     "async-parallel": "^1.2.3",
     "batching-toposort": "^1.2.0",
-    "cordova-plugin-background-mode": "https://github.com/brunochikuji/cordova-plugin-background-mode#master",
     "cordova-plugin-device": "^2.1.0",
-    "cordova-plugin-foreground-service": "^1.1.3",
     "cordova-plugin-inappbrowser": "^5.0.0",
     "core-js": "3.x",
     "fast-xml-parser": "^4.2.7",
@@ -124,4 +122,4 @@
     "not KaiOS >= 0",
     "not Samsung >= 0"
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/native.js b/src/ui/native.js
index 2066d25cef..1fa232662c 100644
--- a/src/ui/native.js
+++ b/src/ui/native.js
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ Vue.mixin(i18nPlugin)
 Vue.mixin(capacitor)
 
 document.addEventListener('deviceready', function() {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-  cordova.plugins.backgroundMode.enable()
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
   window.open = cordova.InAppBrowser.open
 }, false)