diff --git a/src/app/components/DeviceVerification.tsx b/src/app/components/DeviceVerification.tsx
index 758c95c7f..aa9fa1f48 100644
--- a/src/app/components/DeviceVerification.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/DeviceVerification.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
 import React, { CSSProperties, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { VerificationMethod } from 'matrix-js-sdk/lib/types';
-import QRCode from 'qrcode';
 import {
   Box,
   Button,
@@ -221,12 +220,16 @@ function QrCodeImage({ data }: { data: Uint8ClampedArray }) {
     const canvas = canvasRef.current;
     if (!canvas) return;
     // Byte-mode so the raw verification bytes round-trip (a string value would
-    // mangle high bytes via UTF-8).
-    QRCode.toCanvas(canvas, [{ data: new Uint8Array(data), mode: 'byte' }], {
-      width: 220,
-      margin: 2,
-      color: { dark: '#000000', light: '#ffffff' },
-    }).catch(() => undefined);
+    // mangle high bytes via UTF-8). The QR library is loaded on demand.
+    import('qrcode')
+      .then(({ default: QRCode }) =>
+        QRCode.toCanvas(canvas, [{ data: new Uint8Array(data), mode: 'byte' }], {
+          width: 220,
+          margin: 2,
+          color: { dark: '#000000', light: '#ffffff' },
+        }),
+      )
+      .catch(() => undefined);
   }, [data]);
   return (
     <Box justifyContent="Center">
diff --git a/src/app/components/QrScanner.tsx b/src/app/components/QrScanner.tsx
index 6a4d68da6..f3ebb2d11 100644
--- a/src/app/components/QrScanner.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/QrScanner.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Box, Button, color, config, Text } from 'folds';
-import jsQR from 'jsqr';
 
 type QrScannerProps = {
   onScan: (bytes: Uint8ClampedArray) => void;
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ type QrScannerProps = {
 // Camera QR scanner. Decodes frames with jsQR and hands back the raw byte
 // segment (`result.binaryData`) — Matrix QR verification needs the raw bytes,
 // not a decoded string, so the string-only `BarcodeDetector` can't be used.
+// jsQR is loaded on demand: it is large and only needed while scanning.
 export function QrScanner({ onScan, onCancel }: QrScannerProps) {
   const videoRef = useRef<HTMLVideoElement>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string>();
@@ -20,15 +20,22 @@ export function QrScanner({ onScan, onCancel }: QrScannerProps) {
     let raf = 0;
     const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
     const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d', { willReadFrequently: true });
+    let decode: typeof import('jsqr').default | undefined;
 
     const tick = () => {
       const video = videoRef.current;
-      if (!doneRef.current && video && ctx && video.readyState === video.HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA) {
+      if (
+        decode &&
+        !doneRef.current &&
+        video &&
+        ctx &&
+        video.readyState === video.HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA
+      ) {
         canvas.width = video.videoWidth;
         canvas.height = video.videoHeight;
         ctx.drawImage(video, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
         const image = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
-        const result = jsQR(image.data, image.width, image.height);
+        const result = decode(image.data, image.width, image.height);
         if (result && result.binaryData.length > 0) {
           doneRef.current = true;
           onScan(new Uint8ClampedArray(result.binaryData));
@@ -40,9 +47,12 @@ export function QrScanner({ onScan, onCancel }: QrScannerProps) {
 
     (async () => {
       try {
-        stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
-          video: { facingMode: 'environment' },
-        });
+        const [lib, media] = await Promise.all([
+          import('jsqr'),
+          navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ video: { facingMode: 'environment' } }),
+        ]);
+        decode = lib.default;
+        stream = media;
         if (videoRef.current) {
           videoRef.current.srcObject = stream;
           await videoRef.current.play();