diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 23667932..fe0a7cd5 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -39,15 +39,13 @@
     "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0",
     "nanoid": "^3.1.15",
     "query-string": "^6.13.6",
-    "react-is": "^16.13.0",
-    "use-subscription": "^1.5.0"
+    "react-is": "^16.13.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@react-native-community/bob": "^0.16.2",
     "@testing-library/react-native": "^7.1.0",
     "@types/react": "^16.9.53",
     "@types/react-is": "^16.7.1",
-    "@types/use-subscription": "^1.0.0",
     "del-cli": "^3.0.1",
     "react": "~16.13.1",
     "react-test-renderer": "~16.13.1",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useIsFocused.tsx b/packages/core/src/useIsFocused.tsx
index bbdb0e70..a789fb75 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useIsFocused.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/useIsFocused.tsx
@@ -1,32 +1,42 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { useSubscription } from 'use-subscription';
+import { useState } from 'react';
 import useNavigation from './useNavigation';
 
 /**
  * Hook to get the current focus state of the screen. Returns a `true` if screen is focused, otherwise `false`.
  * This can be used if a component needs to render something based on the focus state.
- * It uses `use-subscription` under the hood for safer use in concurrent mode.
  */
 export default function useIsFocused(): boolean {
   const navigation = useNavigation();
-  // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  const getCurrentValue = React.useCallback(navigation.isFocused, [navigation]);
-  const subscribe = React.useCallback(
-    (callback: () => void) => {
-      const unsubscribeFocus = navigation.addListener('focus', callback);
+  const [isFocused, setIsFocused] = useState(navigation.isFocused);
 
-      const unsubscribeBlur = navigation.addListener('blur', callback);
+  const valueToReturn = navigation.isFocused();
 
-      return () => {
-        unsubscribeFocus();
-        unsubscribeBlur();
-      };
-    },
-    [navigation]
-  );
+  if (isFocused !== valueToReturn) {
+    // If the value has changed since the last render, we need to update it.
+    // This could happen if we missed an update from the event listeners during re-render.
+    // React will process this update immediately, so the old subscription value won't be committed.
+    // It is still nice to avoid returning a mismatched value though, so let's override the return value.
+    // This is the same logic as in https://github.com/facebook/react/tree/master/packages/use-subscription
+    setIsFocused(valueToReturn);
+  }
 
-  return useSubscription({
-    getCurrentValue,
-    subscribe,
-  });
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const unsubscribeFocus = navigation.addListener('focus', () =>
+      setIsFocused(true)
+    );
+
+    const unsubscribeBlur = navigation.addListener('blur', () =>
+      setIsFocused(false)
+    );
+
+    return () => {
+      unsubscribeFocus();
+      unsubscribeBlur();
+    };
+  }, [navigation]);
+
+  React.useDebugValue(valueToReturn);
+
+  return valueToReturn;
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d780fc76..f225fe15 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4034,11 +4034,6 @@
   dependencies:
     source-map "^0.6.1"
 
-"@types/use-subscription@^1.0.0":
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/use-subscription/-/use-subscription-1.0.0.tgz#d146f8d834f70f50d48bd8246a481d096f11db19"
-  integrity sha512-0WWZ5GUDKMXUY/1zy4Ur5/zsC0s/B+JjXfHdkvx6JgDNZzZV5eW+KKhDqsTGyqX56uh99gwGwbsKbVwkcVIKQA==
-
 "@types/wait-on@*":
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/wait-on/-/wait-on-4.0.0.tgz#fb6fa2854b592f7344f1dd9836b5655795510dce"
@@ -18740,7 +18735,7 @@ urlgrey@0.4.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/urlgrey/-/urlgrey-0.4.4.tgz#892fe95960805e85519f1cd4389f2cb4cbb7652f"
   integrity sha1-iS/pWWCAXoVRnxzUOJ8stMu3ZS8=
 
-use-subscription@^1.0.0, use-subscription@^1.5.0:
+use-subscription@^1.0.0:
   version "1.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/use-subscription/-/use-subscription-1.5.0.tgz#0df66fdf97b9a340147ad72f76fac1db6f56d240"
   integrity sha512-/FVRiB2I7NDjzWoNBYPt6YkkvleMm/lFtxj1hH6nX2TVrJ/5UTbovw9OE1efv2Zl0HoAYuTjM7zHd9OsABn5sg==