diff --git a/platforms/ios/app/src/main/swift/Models/SettingsStore.swift b/platforms/ios/app/src/main/swift/Models/SettingsStore.swift
index 483eb15dbd..df35a4d375 100644
--- a/platforms/ios/app/src/main/swift/Models/SettingsStore.swift
+++ b/platforms/ios/app/src/main/swift/Models/SettingsStore.swift
@@ -134,21 +134,13 @@ final class SettingsStore {
     @ObservationIgnored private var frameLimiterDisabledForFastForward = false
     @ObservationIgnored private var graphicsApplyWorkItem: DispatchWorkItem?
     @ObservationIgnored private var visualSliderDragCount = 0
-    @ObservationIgnored private var graphicsApplyDeferred = false
-    @ObservationIgnored private var visualSliderWatchdog: DispatchWorkItem?
 
     /// Coalesces live applies of visual settings so rapid changes reload GS settings
     /// at most once per short window. It is a no-op while a visual slider is being
     /// dragged; the slider's editing-ended handler triggers the apply on release so a
     /// drag does not fire one apply per tick.
     func requestGraphicsApply() {
-        guard visualSliderDragCount == 0 else {
-            // Remember that something graphics-shaped moved, so the release knows whether
-            // it has anything to apply. Every slider brackets now, including the audio and
-            // virtual pad ones that never touch GS.
-            graphicsApplyDeferred = true
-            return
-        }
+        guard visualSliderDragCount == 0 else { return }
         graphicsApplyWorkItem?.cancel()
         let workItem = DispatchWorkItem { ARMSX2Bridge.applyGraphicsSettingsNow() }
         graphicsApplyWorkItem = workItem
@@ -168,37 +160,13 @@ final class SettingsStore {
     /// Marks the start of a visual slider drag so per-tick value changes do not each
     /// trigger a graphics reload. Balanced by endVisualSliderEdit(), which fires a
     /// single coalesced apply when the last drag ends.
-    ///
-    /// The watchdog is the safety net. This used to be two call sites on one screen; it is
-    /// now every slider in the app, and a drag that is torn down without its editing-ended
-    /// handler would otherwise leave the count raised and live apply off for the session.
     func beginVisualSliderEdit() {
         visualSliderDragCount += 1
-        visualSliderWatchdog?.cancel()
-        let watchdog = DispatchWorkItem { [weak self] in
-            guard let self, self.visualSliderDragCount > 0 else { return }
-            NSLog("[ARMSX2 iOS Settings] Visual slider bracket timed out, releasing")
-            self.visualSliderDragCount = 0
-            self.finishVisualSliderEdits()
-        }
-        visualSliderWatchdog = watchdog
-        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 30, execute: watchdog)
     }
 
     func endVisualSliderEdit() {
         if visualSliderDragCount > 0 { visualSliderDragCount -= 1 }
-        guard visualSliderDragCount == 0 else { return }
-        finishVisualSliderEdits()
-    }
-
-    /// Only reload if a graphics key actually moved while the bracket was up. Dragging an
-    /// audio or virtual pad slider raises the same count and has nothing to apply.
-    private func finishVisualSliderEdits() {
-        visualSliderWatchdog?.cancel()
-        visualSliderWatchdog = nil
-        guard graphicsApplyDeferred else { return }
-        graphicsApplyDeferred = false
-        requestGraphicsApply()
+        if visualSliderDragCount == 0 { requestGraphicsApply() }
     }
 
     // ── Emulator / CPU ──