diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file/file_app_bar.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file/file_app_bar.dart
index 8eff94b98a..98ed03f7ae 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file/file_app_bar.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/file/file_app_bar.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
-import "package:flutter/foundation.dart";
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'package:media_extension/media_extension.dart';
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import 'package:photos/models/ignored_file.dart';
 import "package:photos/models/metadata/common_keys.dart";
 import 'package:photos/models/selected_files.dart';
 import 'package:photos/services/collections_service.dart';
+import "package:photos/services/feature_flag_service.dart";
 import 'package:photos/services/hidden_service.dart';
 import 'package:photos/services/ignored_files_service.dart';
 import 'package:photos/services/local_sync_service.dart';
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ class FileAppBarState extends State<FileAppBar> {
       );
     }
     // only show fav option for files owned by the user
-    if ((isOwnedByUser || kDebugMode) && !isFileHidden && isFileUploaded) {
+    if ((isOwnedByUser ||
+            FeatureFlagService.instance.isInternalUserOrDebugBuild()) &&
+        !isFileHidden &&
+        isFileUploaded) {
       _actions.add(
         Padding(
           padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8),