diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm
index ebedfc802b9c4..78195cf1800c8 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController.mm
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 #import "flutter/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewController_Internal.h"
 
-#import <os/log.h>
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "flutter/fml/memory/weak_ptr.h"
@@ -1537,51 +1536,26 @@ - (void)onOrientationPreferencesUpdated:(NSNotification*)notification {
 - (void)performOrientationUpdate:(UIInterfaceOrientationMask)new_preferences {
   if (new_preferences != _orientationPreferences) {
     _orientationPreferences = new_preferences;
-
-    if (@available(iOS 16.0, *)) {
-      for (UIScene* scene in UIApplication.sharedApplication.connectedScenes) {
-        if (![scene isKindOfClass:[UIWindowScene class]]) {
-          continue;
-        }
-        UIWindowScene* windowScene = (UIWindowScene*)scene;
-        UIInterfaceOrientationMask currentInterfaceOrientation =
-            1 << windowScene.interfaceOrientation;
-        if (!(_orientationPreferences & currentInterfaceOrientation)) {
-          [self setNeedsUpdateOfSupportedInterfaceOrientations];
-          UIWindowSceneGeometryPreferencesIOS* preference =
-              [[[UIWindowSceneGeometryPreferencesIOS alloc]
-                  initWithInterfaceOrientations:_orientationPreferences] autorelease];
-          [windowScene
-              requestGeometryUpdateWithPreferences:preference
-                                      errorHandler:^(NSError* error) {
-                                        os_log_error(OS_LOG_DEFAULT,
-                                                     "Failed to change device orientation: %@",
-                                                     error);
-                                      }];
-        }
-      }
-    } else {
-      UIInterfaceOrientationMask currentInterfaceOrientation =
-          1 << [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];
-      if (!(_orientationPreferences & currentInterfaceOrientation)) {
-        [UIViewController attemptRotationToDeviceOrientation];
-        // Force orientation switch if the current orientation is not allowed
-        if (_orientationPreferences & UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait) {
-          // This is no official API but more like a workaround / hack (using
-          // key-value coding on a read-only property). This might break in
-          // the future, but currently it´s the only way to force an orientation change
-          [[UIDevice currentDevice] setValue:@(UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait)
-                                      forKey:@"orientation"];
-        } else if (_orientationPreferences & UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortraitUpsideDown) {
-          [[UIDevice currentDevice] setValue:@(UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown)
-                                      forKey:@"orientation"];
-        } else if (_orientationPreferences & UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeLeft) {
-          [[UIDevice currentDevice] setValue:@(UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft)
-                                      forKey:@"orientation"];
-        } else if (_orientationPreferences & UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeRight) {
-          [[UIDevice currentDevice] setValue:@(UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight)
-                                      forKey:@"orientation"];
-        }
+    [UIViewController attemptRotationToDeviceOrientation];
+
+    UIInterfaceOrientationMask currentInterfaceOrientation =
+        1 << [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];
+    if (!(_orientationPreferences & currentInterfaceOrientation)) {
+      // Force orientation switch if the current orientation is not allowed
+      if (_orientationPreferences & UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait) {
+        // This is no official API but more like a workaround / hack (using
+        // key-value coding on a read-only property). This might break in
+        // the future, but currently it´s the only way to force an orientation change
+        [[UIDevice currentDevice] setValue:@(UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait) forKey:@"orientation"];
+      } else if (_orientationPreferences & UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortraitUpsideDown) {
+        [[UIDevice currentDevice] setValue:@(UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown)
+                                    forKey:@"orientation"];
+      } else if (_orientationPreferences & UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeLeft) {
+        [[UIDevice currentDevice] setValue:@(UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft)
+                                    forKey:@"orientation"];
+      } else if (_orientationPreferences & UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscapeRight) {
+        [[UIDevice currentDevice] setValue:@(UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight)
+                                    forKey:@"orientation"];
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewControllerTest.mm b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewControllerTest.mm
index 7ed4c0592e0d3..cbdcf3cf6974e 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewControllerTest.mm
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterViewControllerTest.mm
@@ -888,47 +888,22 @@ - (void)orientationTestWithOrientationUpdate:(UIInterfaceOrientationMask)mask
                           currentOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)currentOrientation
                         didChangeOrientation:(BOOL)didChange
                         resultingOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)resultingOrientation {
-  id mockApplication = OCMClassMock([UIApplication class]);
-  id mockWindowScene;
-  id deviceMock;
-  if (@available(iOS 16.0, *)) {
-    mockWindowScene = OCMClassMock([UIWindowScene class]);
-    OCMStub([mockWindowScene interfaceOrientation]).andReturn(currentOrientation);
-    if (!didChange) {
-      OCMReject([mockWindowScene requestGeometryUpdateWithPreferences:[OCMArg any]
-                                                         errorHandler:[OCMArg any]]);
-    } else {
-      OCMExpect([mockWindowScene
-          requestGeometryUpdateWithPreferences:[OCMArg checkWithBlock:^BOOL(
-                                                           UIWindowSceneGeometryPreferencesIOS*
-                                                               preferences) {
-            return preferences.interfaceOrientations == mask;
-          }]
-                                  errorHandler:[OCMArg any]]);
-    }
-    OCMStub([mockApplication sharedApplication]).andReturn(mockApplication);
-    OCMStub([mockApplication connectedScenes]).andReturn([NSSet setWithObject:mockWindowScene]);
+  id deviceMock = OCMPartialMock([UIDevice currentDevice]);
+  if (!didChange) {
+    OCMReject([deviceMock setValue:[OCMArg any] forKey:@"orientation"]);
   } else {
-    deviceMock = OCMPartialMock([UIDevice currentDevice]);
-    if (!didChange) {
-      OCMReject([deviceMock setValue:[OCMArg any] forKey:@"orientation"]);
-    } else {
-      OCMExpect([deviceMock setValue:@(resultingOrientation) forKey:@"orientation"]);
-    }
-
-    OCMStub([mockApplication sharedApplication]).andReturn(mockApplication);
-    OCMStub([mockApplication statusBarOrientation]).andReturn(currentOrientation);
+    OCMExpect([deviceMock setValue:@(resultingOrientation) forKey:@"orientation"]);
   }
+
   FlutterViewController* realVC = [[FlutterViewController alloc] initWithEngine:self.mockEngine
                                                                         nibName:nil
                                                                          bundle:nil];
+  id mockApplication = OCMClassMock([UIApplication class]);
+  OCMStub([mockApplication sharedApplication]).andReturn(mockApplication);
+  OCMStub([mockApplication statusBarOrientation]).andReturn(currentOrientation);
 
   [realVC performOrientationUpdate:mask];
-  if (@available(iOS 16.0, *)) {
-    OCMVerifyAll(mockWindowScene);
-  } else {
-    OCMVerifyAll(deviceMock);
-  }
+  OCMVerifyAll(deviceMock);
   [deviceMock stopMocking];
   [mockApplication stopMocking];
 }