diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-books-happen.md b/.changeset/eleven-books-happen.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..180424dced8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-books-happen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@aws-amplify/ui-react-liveness": patch
+---
+
+chore(liveness): remove distance check while connecting
diff --git a/packages/react-liveness/src/components/FaceLivenessDetector/service/machine/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/react-liveness/src/components/FaceLivenessDetector/service/machine/__tests__/index.test.ts
index 97ee6990e2e..7b939cddc2d 100644
--- a/packages/react-liveness/src/components/FaceLivenessDetector/service/machine/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-liveness/src/components/FaceLivenessDetector/service/machine/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -414,6 +414,24 @@ describe('Liveness Machine', () => {
   });
 
   describe('notRecording', () => {
+    it('should reach waitForSessionInfo', async () => {
+      await transitionToInitializeLivenessStream(service);
+      await flushPromises(); // checkFaceDistanceBeforeRecording
+
+      service.send({
+        type: 'SET_SESSION_INFO',
+        data: {
+          sessionInfo: mockSessionInformation,
+        },
+      });
+      jest.advanceTimersToNextTimer(); // initializeLivenessStream
+      await flushPromises(); // { notRecording: 'waitForSessionInfo' }
+
+      expect(service.state.value).toEqual({
+        notRecording: 'waitForSessionInfo',
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should reach recording state on START_RECORDING', async () => {
       await transitionToInitializeLivenessStream(service);
       await flushPromises(); // checkFaceDistanceBeforeRecording
diff --git a/packages/react-liveness/src/components/FaceLivenessDetector/service/machine/index.ts b/packages/react-liveness/src/components/FaceLivenessDetector/service/machine/index.ts
index 038748c007a..140ff3e1de4 100644
--- a/packages/react-liveness/src/components/FaceLivenessDetector/service/machine/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-liveness/src/components/FaceLivenessDetector/service/machine/index.ts
@@ -221,33 +221,9 @@ export const livenessMachine = createMachine<LivenessContext, LivenessEvent>(
                 target: '#livenessMachine.recording',
                 cond: 'hasServerSessionInfo',
               },
-              100: { target: 'detectFaceDistanceDuringLoading' },
+              100: { target: 'waitForSessionInfo' },
             },
           },
-          detectFaceDistanceDuringLoading: {
-            invoke: {
-              src: 'detectFaceDistanceWhileLoading',
-              onDone: {
-                target: 'checkFaceDistanceDuringLoading',
-                actions: ['updateFaceDistanceWhileLoading'],
-              },
-            },
-          },
-          checkFaceDistanceDuringLoading: {
-            always: [
-              {
-                target: 'failure',
-                cond: 'hasNotEnoughFaceDistanceBeforeRecording',
-              },
-              {
-                target: 'waitForSessionInfo',
-              },
-            ],
-          },
-          failure: {
-            entry: 'sendTimeoutAfterFaceDistanceDelay',
-            type: 'final',
-          },
         },
       },
       recording: {