diff --git a/platform/ios/platform/ios/src/MGLMapView.mm b/platform/ios/platform/ios/src/MGLMapView.mm
index 039b97016..9607f92fc 100644
--- a/platform/ios/platform/ios/src/MGLMapView.mm
+++ b/platform/ios/platform/ios/src/MGLMapView.mm
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ public:
     _attributionButton.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
     [self addSubview:_attributionButton];
     _attributionButtonConstraints = [NSMutableArray array];
-    [_attributionButton addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"hidden" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew context:NULL];
 
     UILongPressGestureRecognizer *attributionLongPress = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(showAttribution:)];
     [_attributionButton addGestureRecognizer:attributionLongPress];
@@ -736,7 +735,6 @@ public:
 
     [[UIDevice currentDevice] endGeneratingDeviceOrientationNotifications];
     [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
-    [_attributionButton removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"hidden"];
 
     // Removing the annotations unregisters any outstanding KVO observers.
     NSArray *annotations = self.annotations;