diff --git a/src/store/app/app.effects.ts b/src/store/app/app.effects.ts
index 1d7717512e..8339610b41 100644
--- a/src/store/app/app.effects.ts
+++ b/src/store/app/app.effects.ts
@@ -618,6 +618,43 @@ export const startInAppNotification =
     dispatch(AppActions.showInAppNotification(context, _message, request));
   };
 
+/**
+ * Dismiss the native InAppBrowser, but only if we actually opened one via
+ * openUrlWithInAppBrowser (tracked in APP.inAppBrowserOpen). Some flows (e.g.
+ * Buy/Sell) render their own in-app WebView modal
+ * instead of the native IAB. Calling InAppBrowser.close() unconditionally
+ * (e.g. whenever a bitpay:// deep link is received) can dismiss whatever modal happens to be
+ * presented at that moment - including that unrelated WebView modal - since
+ * the underlying native module simply dismisses the topmost presented
+ * screen rather than a specific tracked IAB session.
+ */
+export const dismissInAppBrowserIfOpen =
+  (): Effect<void> => async (dispatch, getState) => {
+    const {APP} = getState();
+    if (!APP.inAppBrowserOpen) {
+      logManager.debug(
+        '[dismissInAppBrowserIfOpen] IAB not open, skipping close',
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    logManager.debug(
+      '[dismissInAppBrowserIfOpen] IAB is open, attempting close...',
+    );
+    try {
+      const isAvailable = await InAppBrowser.isAvailable();
+      if (isAvailable) {
+        await InAppBrowser.close();
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      const errStr = err instanceof Error ? err.message : JSON.stringify(err);
+      logManager.error(
+        '[dismissInAppBrowserIfOpen] Error closing IAB: ' + errStr,
+      );
+    } finally {
+      dispatch(AppActions.setInAppBrowserOpen(false));
+    }
+  };
+
 /**
  * Open a URL with the InAppBrowser if available, else lets the device handle the URL.
  * @param url
diff --git a/src/utils/hooks/useDeeplinks.ts b/src/utils/hooks/useDeeplinks.ts
index 9f0cfd365b..139cfbf847 100644
--- a/src/utils/hooks/useDeeplinks.ts
+++ b/src/utils/hooks/useDeeplinks.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 import {useMemo, useRef} from 'react';
 import {DeviceEventEmitter, Linking, NativeModules} from 'react-native';
 import AppsFlyer from 'react-native-appsflyer';
-import InAppBrowser from 'react-native-inappbrowser-reborn';
 import {
   APP_CRYPTO_PREFIX,
   APP_DEEPLINK_PREFIX,
@@ -21,8 +20,10 @@ import {navigationRef, RootStackParamList, RootStacks} from '../../Root';
 import {TabsScreens, TabsStackParamList} from '../../navigation/tabs/TabsStack';
 import {incomingData} from '../../store/scan/scan.effects';
 import {showBlur} from '../../store/app/app.actions';
-import {AppActions} from '../../store/app';
-import {incomingLink} from '../../store/app/app.effects';
+import {
+  dismissInAppBrowserIfOpen,
+  incomingLink,
+} from '../../store/app/app.effects';
 import useAppDispatch from './useAppDispatch';
 import {useLogger} from './useLogger';
 import {DebugScreens} from '../../navigation/Debug';
@@ -126,18 +127,7 @@ export const useUrlEventHandler = () => {
         }
       }
 
-      try {
-        // clicking a deeplink from the IAB in iOS doesn't auto-close the IAB, so do it manually
-        InAppBrowser.isAvailable().then(isAvailable => {
-          if (isAvailable) {
-            InAppBrowser.close();
-            dispatch(AppActions.setInAppBrowserOpen(false));
-          }
-        });
-      } catch (err) {
-        const errStr = err instanceof Error ? err.message : JSON.stringify(err);
-        logger.error('[deeplink] not available from IAB: ' + errStr);
-      }
+      dispatch(dismissInAppBrowserIfOpen());
 
       return handled;
     }