diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas.jsx b/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas.jsx
index 71ff65a84bd..78b560e8d92 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas.jsx
@@ -3,49 +3,10 @@ import { useContext, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { getAssetPath } from '@18f/identity-assets';
 import { useI18n } from '@18f/identity-react-i18n';
 import AcuantContext from '../context/acuant';
-
-/**
- * Defines a property on the given object, calling the change callback when that property is set to
- * a new value.
- *
- * @param {any} object Object on which to define property.
- * @param {string} property Property name to observe.
- * @param {(nextValue: any) => void} onChangeCallback Callback to trigger on change.
- */
-export function defineObservableProperty(object, property, onChangeCallback) {
-  let currentValue;
-
-  Object.defineProperty(object, property, {
-    get() {
-      return currentValue;
-    },
-    set(nextValue) {
-      currentValue = nextValue;
-      onChangeCallback(nextValue);
-    },
-    configurable: true,
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Resets a property on the given object, applying the originalDescriptor, if provided,
- * or deleting the property entirely if not.
- *
- * @param {any} object Object on which to define property.
- * @param {string} property Property name to observe.
- * @param {any} originalDescriptor The descriptor to reset the property with.
- */
-export function resetObservableProperty(object, property, originalDescriptor) {
-  if (object === undefined) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (originalDescriptor !== undefined) {
-    Object.defineProperty(object, property, originalDescriptor);
-  } else {
-    delete object[property];
-  }
-}
+import {
+  defineObservableProperty,
+  stopObservingProperty,
+} from '../higher-order/observable-property';
 
 function AcuantCaptureCanvas() {
   const { isReady, acuantCaptureMode, setAcuantCaptureMode } = useContext(AcuantContext);
@@ -53,15 +14,8 @@ function AcuantCaptureCanvas() {
   const cameraRef = useRef(/** @type {HTMLDivElement?} */ (null));
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    let canvas;
-    let originalDescriptor;
-
     function onAcuantCameraCreated() {
-      canvas = document.getElementById('acuant-ui-canvas');
-      if (originalDescriptor === undefined) {
-        originalDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(canvas, 'callback');
-      }
-
+      const canvas = document.getElementById('acuant-ui-canvas');
       // Acuant SDK assigns a callback property to the canvas when it switches to its "Tap to
       // Capture" mode (Acuant SDK v11.4.4, L158). Infer capture type by presence of the property.
       defineObservableProperty(canvas, 'callback', (callback) => {
@@ -71,8 +25,12 @@ function AcuantCaptureCanvas() {
 
     cameraRef.current?.addEventListener('acuantcameracreated', onAcuantCameraCreated);
     return () => {
+      const canvas = document.getElementById('acuant-ui-canvas');
+      if (canvas) {
+        stopObservingProperty(canvas, 'callback');
+      }
+
       cameraRef.current?.removeEventListener('acuantcameracreated', onAcuantCameraCreated);
-      resetObservableProperty(canvas, 'callback', originalDescriptor);
     };
   }, []);
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/higher-order/observable-property.tsx b/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/higher-order/observable-property.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6ed08b349f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/higher-order/observable-property.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * Defines a property on the given object, calling the change callback when that property is set to
+ * a new value.
+ *
+ * @param object Object on which to define property.
+ * @param property Property name to observe.
+ * @param onChangeCallback Callback to trigger on change.
+ */
+export function defineObservableProperty(
+  object: any,
+  property: string,
+  onChangeCallback: (nextValue: any) => void,
+) {
+  let currentValue: any;
+
+  Object.defineProperty(object, property, {
+    get() {
+      return currentValue;
+    },
+    set(nextValue) {
+      currentValue = nextValue;
+      onChangeCallback(nextValue);
+    },
+    configurable: true,
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Removes an observable property by removing the defined getter/setter methods
+ * and replaces the value with the most recent value.
+ *
+ * @param object Object on which to remove defined property.
+ * @param property Property name to remove observer for
+ */
+export function stopObservingProperty(object: any, property: string) {
+  const currentValue = object[property];
+
+  Object.defineProperty(object, property, { value: currentValue, writable: true });
+}
diff --git a/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas-spec.jsx b/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas-spec.jsx
index 5267a6af135..3eaa8b4f8e9 100644
--- a/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas-spec.jsx
+++ b/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas-spec.jsx
@@ -1,33 +1,12 @@
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import { AcuantContextProvider, DeviceContext } from '@18f/identity-document-capture';
-import AcuantCaptureCanvas, {
-  defineObservableProperty,
-} from '@18f/identity-document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas';
+import AcuantCaptureCanvas from '@18f/identity-document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas';
 import { render, useAcuant } from '../../../support/document-capture';
 
 describe('document-capture/components/acuant-capture-canvas', () => {
   const { initialize } = useAcuant();
 
-  describe('defineObservableProperty', () => {
-    it('behaves like an object', () => {
-      const object = {};
-      defineObservableProperty(object, 'key', () => {});
-      object.key = 'value';
-
-      expect(object.key).to.equal('value');
-    });
-
-    it('calls the callback on changes, with the changed value', () => {
-      const callback = sinon.spy();
-      const object = {};
-      defineObservableProperty(object, 'key', callback);
-      object.key = 'value';
-
-      expect(callback).to.have.been.calledOnceWithExactly('value');
-    });
-  });
-
   it('renders a "take photo" button', async () => {
     const { getByRole, container } = render(
       <DeviceContext.Provider value={{ isMobile: true }}>
diff --git a/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/higher-order/observable-property-spec.tsx b/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/higher-order/observable-property-spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e0f66a56e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/higher-order/observable-property-spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+import {
+  defineObservableProperty,
+  stopObservingProperty,
+} from '@18f/identity-document-capture/higher-order/observable-property';
+
+describe('document-capture/higher-order/observable-property', () => {
+  describe('defineObservableProperty', () => {
+    it('behaves like an object', () => {
+      const object = {} as { key?: string };
+      defineObservableProperty(object, 'key', () => {});
+      object.key = 'value';
+
+      expect(object.key).to.equal('value');
+    });
+
+    it('calls the callback on changes, with the changed value', () => {
+      const callback = sinon.spy();
+      const object = {} as { key?: string };
+      defineObservableProperty(object, 'key', callback);
+      object.key = 'value';
+
+      expect(callback).to.have.been.calledOnceWithExactly('value');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('stopObservingProperty', () => {
+    it('removes the defined property and set the last value as a plain value', () => {
+      const object = {} as { key?: string };
+      const callback = sinon.spy();
+      defineObservableProperty(object, 'key', callback);
+
+      object.key = 'value';
+
+      stopObservingProperty(object, 'key');
+      expect(object.key).to.equal('value');
+
+      object.key = 'second_value';
+      expect(object.key).to.equal('second_value');
+
+      expect(callback).to.have.been.calledOnceWithExactly('value');
+    });
+  });
+});