diff --git a/src/components/Composer/index.native.tsx b/src/components/Composer/index.native.tsx
index 5e5f126da773..9e66c0b20c99 100644
--- a/src/components/Composer/index.native.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Composer/index.native.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type {MarkdownStyle} from '@expensify/react-native-live-markdown';
 import type {ForwardedRef} from 'react';
 import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef} from 'react';
 import type {TextInput} from 'react-native';
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ import updateIsFullComposerAvailable from '@libs/ComposerUtils/updateIsFullCompo
 import * as EmojiUtils from '@libs/EmojiUtils';
 import type {ComposerProps} from './types';
 
+const excludeNoStyles: Array<keyof MarkdownStyle> = [];
+const excludeReportMentionStyle: Array<keyof MarkdownStyle> = ['mentionReport'];
+
 function Composer(
     {
         shouldClear = false,
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ function Composer(
     const {isFocused, shouldResetFocus} = useResetComposerFocus(textInput);
     const textContainsOnlyEmojis = useMemo(() => EmojiUtils.containsOnlyEmojis(value ?? ''), [value]);
     const theme = useTheme();
-    const markdownStyle = useMarkdownStyle(value, !isGroupPolicyReport ? ['mentionReport'] : []);
+    const markdownStyle = useMarkdownStyle(value, !isGroupPolicyReport ? excludeReportMentionStyle : excludeNoStyles);
     const styles = useThemeStyles();
     const StyleUtils = useStyleUtils();
 
diff --git a/src/components/Composer/index.tsx b/src/components/Composer/index.tsx
index eae27440d175..5bd8aa9175d3 100755
--- a/src/components/Composer/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Composer/index.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type {MarkdownStyle} from '@expensify/react-native-live-markdown';
 import lodashDebounce from 'lodash/debounce';
 import type {BaseSyntheticEvent, ForwardedRef} from 'react';
 import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState} from 'react';
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ const getNextChars = (inputString: string, cursorPosition: number): string => {
     return subString.substring(0, spaceIndex);
 };
 
+const excludeNoStyles: Array<keyof MarkdownStyle> = [];
+const excludeReportMentionStyle: Array<keyof MarkdownStyle> = ['mentionReport'];
+
 // Enable Markdown parsing.
 // On web we like to have the Text Input field always focused so the user can easily type a new chat
 function Composer(
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ function Composer(
     const textContainsOnlyEmojis = useMemo(() => EmojiUtils.containsOnlyEmojis(value ?? ''), [value]);
     const theme = useTheme();
     const styles = useThemeStyles();
-    const markdownStyle = useMarkdownStyle(value, !isGroupPolicyReport ? ['mentionReport'] : []);
+    const markdownStyle = useMarkdownStyle(value, !isGroupPolicyReport ? excludeReportMentionStyle : excludeNoStyles);
     const StyleUtils = useStyleUtils();
     const textRef = useRef<HTMLElement & RNText>(null);
     const textInput = useRef<AnimatedMarkdownTextInputRef | null>(null);
@@ -165,7 +169,6 @@ function Composer(
 
             if (textInput.current !== event.target && !(isContenteditableDivFocused && !event.clipboardData?.files.length)) {
                 const eventTarget = event.target as HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement | null;
-
                 // To make sure the composer does not capture paste events from other inputs, we check where the event originated
                 // If it did originate in another input, we return early to prevent the composer from handling the paste
                 const isTargetInput = eventTarget?.nodeName === 'INPUT' || eventTarget?.nodeName === 'TEXTAREA' || eventTarget?.contentEditable === 'true';
diff --git a/src/hooks/useMarkdownStyle.ts b/src/hooks/useMarkdownStyle.ts
index 77ad5ce816f5..e21e2a77268c 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useMarkdownStyle.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useMarkdownStyle.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import FontUtils from '@styles/utils/FontUtils';
 import variables from '@styles/variables';
 import useTheme from './useTheme';
 
-function useMarkdownStyle(message: string | null = null, excludeStyles: Array<keyof MarkdownStyle> = []): MarkdownStyle {
+const defaultEmptyArray: Array<keyof MarkdownStyle> = [];
+
+function useMarkdownStyle(message: string | null = null, excludeStyles: Array<keyof MarkdownStyle> = defaultEmptyArray): MarkdownStyle {
     const theme = useTheme();
     const emojiFontSize = containsOnlyEmojis(message ?? '') ? variables.fontSizeOnlyEmojis : variables.fontSizeNormal;