diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/lib/components/screens/note.js b/ReactNativeClient/lib/components/screens/note.js
index 09c4c2f17..53e5cd360 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/lib/components/screens/note.js
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/lib/components/screens/note.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const React = require('react');
-const { Platform, Clipboard, Keyboard, View, TextInput, StyleSheet, Linking, Image, Share, ScrollView } = require('react-native');
+const { Platform, Clipboard, Keyboard, View, TextInput, StyleSheet, Linking, Image, Share } = require('react-native');
 const { connect } = require('react-redux');
 const { uuid } = require('lib/uuid.js');
 const RNFS = require('react-native-fs');
@@ -865,11 +865,7 @@ class NoteScreenComponent extends BaseScreenComponent {
 
 			// Note: blurOnSubmit is necessary to get multiline to work.
 			// See https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/12717#issuecomment-327001997
-			bodyComponent = (
-				<ScrollView persistentScrollbar>
-					<TextInput autoCapitalize="sentences" style={this.styles().bodyTextInput} ref="noteBodyTextField" multiline={true} value={note.body} onChangeText={text => this.body_changeText(text)} blurOnSubmit={false} selectionColor={theme.textSelectionColor} placeholder={_('Add body')} placeholderTextColor={theme.colorFaded} />
-				</ScrollView>
-			);
+			bodyComponent = <TextInput autoCapitalize="sentences" style={this.styles().bodyTextInput} ref="noteBodyTextField" multiline={true} value={note.body} onChangeText={text => this.body_changeText(text)} blurOnSubmit={false} selectionColor={theme.textSelectionColor} placeholder={_('Add body')} placeholderTextColor={theme.colorFaded} />;
 		}
 
 		const renderActionButton = () => {