diff --git a/samples/react-native/src/App.tsx b/samples/react-native/src/App.tsx
index 02b4fd2827..23c69e6907 100644
--- a/samples/react-native/src/App.tsx
+++ b/samples/react-native/src/App.tsx
@@ -30,16 +30,12 @@ import GesturesTracingScreen from './Screens/GesturesTracingScreen';
 import { LogBox, Platform, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
 import Ionicons from 'react-native-vector-icons/Ionicons';
 import PlaygroundScreen from './Screens/PlaygroundScreen';
-import { clearSentryOptionsFromFile, logWithoutTracing, shouldUseAutoStart } from './utils';
+import { logWithoutTracing, shouldUseAutoStart } from './utils';
 import { ErrorEvent } from '@sentry/core';
 import HeavyNavigationScreen from './Screens/HeavyNavigationScreen';
 import WebviewScreen from './Screens/WebviewScreen';
 import { isTurboModuleEnabled } from '@sentry/react-native/dist/js/utils/environment';
 
-if (shouldUseAutoStart()) {
-  clearSentryOptionsFromFile();
-}
-
 if (typeof setImmediate === 'undefined') {
   require('setimmediate');
 }
@@ -105,7 +101,7 @@ Sentry.init({
     return integrations.filter(i => i.name !== 'Dedupe');
   },
   tracePropagationTargets: ['localhost', /^\//, /^https:\/\//, /^http:\/\//],
-  // autoInitializeNativeSdk: true,
+  autoInitializeNativeSdk: shouldUseAutoStart(),
 });
 
 const Stack = isMobileOs
diff --git a/samples/react-native/src/utils.ts b/samples/react-native/src/utils.ts
index 33ccfdf084..437787dcc3 100644
--- a/samples/react-native/src/utils.ts
+++ b/samples/react-native/src/utils.ts
@@ -26,12 +26,3 @@ export function shouldUseAutoStart(): boolean {
     return false;
   }
 }
-
-export function clearSentryOptionsFromFile() {
-  (
-    globalThis as {
-      __SENTRY_OPTIONS__?: Record<string, unknown>;
-    }
-  ).__SENTRY_OPTIONS__ = undefined;
-  logWithoutTracing('Sentry options from file cleared.');
-}