diff --git a/packages/playground/src/tests/in-iframe/index.tsx b/packages/playground/src/tests/in-iframe/index.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index dbfb621..0000000
--- a/packages/playground/src/tests/in-iframe/index.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react'
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
-
-ReactDOM.render(
-  <iframe
-    src="/shared/dom"
-    style={{width: '600px', height: '600px'}}
-    sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"
-  />,
-  document.getElementById('root'),
-)
diff --git a/theatre/studio/src/uiComponents/useDrag.ts b/theatre/studio/src/uiComponents/useDrag.ts
index 9ec3426..ad7ad53 100644
--- a/theatre/studio/src/uiComponents/useDrag.ts
+++ b/theatre/studio/src/uiComponents/useDrag.ts
@@ -151,24 +151,6 @@ type IUseDragStateDetection_Detected = {
   dragEventCount: number
 }
 
-// pointer lock may not have been accepted, because we might be in an iframe which disallows pointer locking
-let isPointerLockAllowed = !isSafari
-function requestPointerLockSafely(target: Element): Promise<boolean> {
-  if (!isPointerLockAllowed) return Promise.resolve(false)
-  try {
-    // Checking introduced with https://linear.app/theatre/issue/P-199/dont-use-pointer-lock-when-in-an-iframe
-    return Promise.resolve(target.requestPointerLock())
-      .then(() => true)
-      .catch(() => {
-        isPointerLockAllowed = false
-        return false
-      })
-  } catch (_err) {
-    isPointerLockAllowed = false
-    return Promise.resolve(false)
-  }
-}
-
 export default function useDrag(
   target: HTMLElement | SVGElement | undefined | null,
   opts: UseDragOpts,
@@ -180,7 +162,7 @@ export default function useDrag(
    * Safari has a gross behavior with locking the pointer changes the height of the webpage
    * See {@link UseDragOpts.shouldPointerLock} for more context.
    */
-  const isPointerLockUsed = opts.shouldPointerLock && isPointerLockAllowed
+  const isPointerLockUsed = opts.shouldPointerLock && !isSafari
 
   const stateRef = useRef<IUseDragStateRef>({
     domDragStarted: false,
@@ -224,7 +206,7 @@ export default function useDrag(
           DRAG_DETECTION_DISTANCE_THRESHOLD
         ) {
           if (isPointerLockUsed) {
-            requestPointerLockSafely(target)
+            target.requestPointerLock()
           }
 
           stateStarted.detection = {
@@ -266,9 +248,7 @@ export default function useDrag(
       if (!stateRef.current.domDragStarted) return
       const dragHappened = stateRef.current.detection.detected
       stateRef.current = {domDragStarted: false}
-      if (isPointerLockUsed && document.pointerLockElement === target) {
-        document.exitPointerLock()
-      }
+      if (opts.shouldPointerLock && !isSafari) document.exitPointerLock()
       callbacksRef.current.onDragEnd(dragHappened)
 
       // ensure that the window is focused after a successful drag