diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift
index 95b97fc9..3abb1ef9 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingStatusesViewController.swift
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ class TrendingStatusesViewController: UIViewController {
         }
         let layout = UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout { sectionIndex, environment in
             let section = NSCollectionLayoutSection.list(using: config, layoutEnvironment: environment)
-            section.contentInsetsReference = .readableContent
+            if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad || UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .mac {
+                section.contentInsetsReference = .readableContent
+            }
             return section
         }
         view = UICollectionView(frame: .zero, collectionViewLayout: layout)
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
index 506e5537..dfec9b66 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Profile/ProfileStatusesViewController.swift
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ class ProfileStatusesViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionVie
                 return .list(using: .init(appearance: .plain), layoutEnvironment: environment)
             } else {
                 let section = NSCollectionLayoutSection.list(using: config, layoutEnvironment: environment)
-                section.contentInsetsReference = .readableContent
+                if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad || UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .mac {
+                    section.contentInsetsReference = .readableContent
+                }
                 return section
             }
         }
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index b5737552..e85f83cb 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ class TimelineViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionViewContro
         // just setting layout.configuration.contentInsetsReference doesn't work with UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout.list
         let layout = UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout { sectionIndex, environment in
             let section = NSCollectionLayoutSection.list(using: config, layoutEnvironment: environment)
-            section.contentInsetsReference = .readableContent
+            if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .pad || UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .mac {
+                section.contentInsetsReference = .readableContent
+            }
             return section
         }
         collectionView = UICollectionView(frame: .zero, collectionViewLayout: layout)