diff --git a/SignalMessaging/utils/UIUtil.m b/SignalMessaging/utils/UIUtil.m
index 464cd83d35..cbe8377aa9 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/utils/UIUtil.m
+++ b/SignalMessaging/utils/UIUtil.m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-//  Copyright (c) 2018 Open Whisper Systems. All rights reserved.
+//  Copyright (c) 2019 Open Whisper Systems. All rights reserved.
 //
 
 #import "UIUtil.h"
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@
     UIToolbar.appearance.barTintColor = Theme.navbarBackgroundColor;
     UIToolbar.appearance.tintColor = Theme.navbarIconColor;
 
-    UIBarButtonItem.appearance.tintColor = Theme.navbarIconColor;
+    // We do _not_ specifiy BarButton.appearance.tintColor because it is sufficient to specify
+    // UINavigationBar.appearance.tintColor. Furthermore, specifying the BarButtonItem's
+    // apearence makes it more difficult to override the navbar theme, e.g. how we _always_
+    // use dark theme in the media send flow and gallery views. If we were specifying
+    // barButton.appearence.tintColor we would then have to manually override each BarButtonItem's
+    // tint, rather than just the navbars.
+    //
+    // UIBarButtonItem.appearance.tintColor = Theme.navbarIconColor;
 
     // Using the keyboardAppearance causes crashes due to a bug in UIKit.
     //    UITextField.appearance.keyboardAppearance = (Theme.isDarkThemeEnabled