diff --git a/src/Core/src/Platform/iOS/ViewExtensions.cs b/src/Core/src/Platform/iOS/ViewExtensions.cs
index b79257076f14..df30aa16b40b 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Platform/iOS/ViewExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Platform/iOS/ViewExtensions.cs
@@ -268,23 +268,16 @@ public static void UpdateBackgroundLayerFrame(this UIView view)
 
 			var layer = view.Layer;
 
-			UpdateBackgroundLayerFrame(layer, view.Bounds);
-		}
-
-		static void UpdateBackgroundLayerFrame(CALayer layer, CGRect bounds)
-		{
 			if (layer == null || layer.Sublayers == null || layer.Sublayers.Length == 0)
 				return;
 
 			foreach (var sublayer in layer.Sublayers)
 			{
-				if (sublayer.Name == BackgroundLayerName && sublayer.Frame != bounds)
+				if (sublayer.Name == BackgroundLayerName && sublayer.Frame != view.Bounds)
 				{
-					sublayer.Frame = bounds;
+					sublayer.Frame = view.Bounds;
 					break;
 				}
-
-				UpdateBackgroundLayerFrame(sublayer, bounds);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/ContentView/ContentViewTests.iOS.cs b/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/ContentView/ContentViewTests.iOS.cs
index 70fb6de52381..956cc11f764b 100644
--- a/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/ContentView/ContentViewTests.iOS.cs
+++ b/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/ContentView/ContentViewTests.iOS.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Maui.DeviceTests.Stubs;
 using UIKit;
 using Xunit;
@@ -9,23 +8,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Maui.DeviceTests.Handlers.ContentView
 	[Category(TestCategory.ContentView)]
 	public partial class ContentViewTests
 	{
-		[Theory(DisplayName = "Background Updates Correctly")]
-		[InlineData(0xFF0000)]
-		[InlineData(0x00FF00)]
-		[InlineData(0x0000FF)]
-		public async Task BackgroundUpdatesCorrectly(uint color)
-		{
-			var expected = Color.FromUint(color);
-
-			var contentView = new ContentViewStub()
-			{
-				Content = new LabelStub { Text = "Background", TextColor = Colors.White },
-				Background = new LinearGradientPaintStub(Colors.Red, Colors.Blue),
-			};
-
-			await ValidateHasColor(contentView, expected);
-		}
-
 		[Fact, Category(TestCategory.FlowDirection)]
 		public async Task FlowDirectionPropagatesToContent()
 		{
@@ -123,18 +105,5 @@ public async Task DoesNotPropagateToContentWithExplicitFlowDirection()
 
 			Assert.Equal(UIUserInterfaceLayoutDirection.LeftToRight, labelFlowDirection);
 		}
-
-		Platform.ContentView GetNativeContentView(ContentViewHandler contentViewHandler) =>
-			contentViewHandler.PlatformView;
-
-		Task ValidateHasColor(IContentView contentView, Color color, Action action = null)
-		{
-			return InvokeOnMainThreadAsync(() =>
-			{
-				var nativeContentView = GetNativeContentView(CreateHandler(contentView));
-				action?.Invoke();
-				nativeContentView.AssertContainsColor(color);
-			});
-		}
 	}
 }