diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.tsx
index 9edf67d6fb..2fa00a7786 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader.tsx
@@ -53,9 +53,14 @@ import defaultDispatcher from "../../../dispatcher/dispatcher.ts";
 import { RoomSettingsTab } from "../dialogs/RoomSettingsDialog.tsx";
 import { useScopedRoomContext } from "../../../contexts/ScopedRoomContext.tsx";
 
+import DecoratedRoomAvatar from "../avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar"; // :TCHAP: customize-room-header-bar
+
 import TchapUIFeature from "~tchap-web/src/tchap/util/TchapUIFeature"; // :TCHAP: customize-room-header-bar
 import TchapExternalRoomHeader from "~tchap-web/src/tchap/components/views/rooms/TchapExternalRoomHeader"; // :TCHAP: customize-room-header-bar
-import DecoratedRoomAvatar from "../avatars/DecoratedRoomAvatar"; // :TCHAP: customize-room-header-bar
+import TchapRoomUtils from "~tchap-web/src/tchap/util/TchapRoomUtils.ts";
+import { TchapRoomType } from "~tchap-web/src/tchap/@types/tchap.ts";
+
+
 
 export default function RoomHeader({
     room,
@@ -355,6 +360,7 @@ export default function RoomHeader({
                             {!isVideoRoom && videoCallButton}
                             */ }
                             {!isDirectMessage && TchapUIFeature.isFeatureActiveForHomeserver("feature_video_group_call") &&
+                               TchapRoomUtils.getTchapRoomType(room) !== TchapRoomType.Forum &&
                               !isVideoRoom && videoCallButton}
 
                             {isDirectMessage && TchapUIFeature.isFeatureActiveForHomeserver("feature_video_call") &&
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/tchap/components/views/rooms/RoomHeaders-test.tsx b/test/unit-tests/tchap/components/views/rooms/RoomHeaders-test.tsx
index 310800007f..e611ace940 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/tchap/components/views/rooms/RoomHeaders-test.tsx
+++ b/test/unit-tests/tchap/components/views/rooms/RoomHeaders-test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { KnownMembership, PendingEventOrdering, Room } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 import { screen, render, RenderOptions, getByLabelText, queryByLabelText } from "jest-matrix-react";
+import { mocked } from "jest-mock";
 
 import { mkRoomMember, stubClient } from "~tchap-web/test/test-utils";
 import RoomHeader from "~tchap-web/src/components/views/rooms/RoomHeader";
@@ -10,6 +11,10 @@ import MatrixClientContext from "~tchap-web/src/contexts/MatrixClientContext";
 import SdkConfig from "~tchap-web/src/SdkConfig";
 import SettingsStore from "~tchap-web/src/settings/SettingsStore";
 import { UIFeature } from "~tchap-web/src/settings/UIFeature";
+import TchapRoomUtils from "~tchap-web/src/tchap/util/TchapRoomUtils";
+import { TchapRoomType } from "~tchap-web/src/tchap/@types/tchap";
+
+jest.mock("~tchap-web/src/tchap/util/TchapRoomUtils");
 
 function getWrapper(): RenderOptions {
     return {
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ describe("RoomHeader", () => {
     const featureVideoName: string = "feature_video_call";
     const featureVideoGroupName: string = "feature_video_group_call";
     const homeserverName: string = "my.home.server";
+    const mockedTchapRoomUtils = mocked(TchapRoomUtils);
 
     const addHomeserverToMockConfig = (homeservers: string[], feature: string) => {
         // mock SdkConfig.get("tchap_features")
@@ -89,6 +95,8 @@ describe("RoomHeader", () => {
             (feature) => feature === "feature_group_calls" || feature == UIFeature.Widgets,
         );
 
+        mockedTchapRoomUtils.getTchapRoomType.mockImplementation(() => TchapRoomType.Private);
+
         DMRoomMap.setShared({
             getUserIdForRoomId: jest.fn(),
         } as unknown as DMRoomMap);
@@ -174,4 +182,16 @@ describe("RoomHeader", () => {
 
         expect(queryByLabelText(container, "Video call")).toBeNull();
     });
+
+    it("hides the video group when feature is activated but it is a forum", () => {
+        mockedTchapRoomUtils.getTchapRoomType.mockImplementation(() => TchapRoomType.Forum);
+
+        addHomeserverToMockConfig(["other.homeserver"], featureVideoGroupName);
+
+        mockRoomMembers(room, 4);
+
+        const { container } = getComponent();
+
+        expect(queryByLabelText(container, "Video call")).toBeNull();
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/tchap/components/views/rooms/__snapshots__/RoomHeaders-test.tsx.snap b/test/unit-tests/tchap/components/views/rooms/__snapshots__/RoomHeaders-test.tsx.snap
index 82a00c8819..630a4fe8d4 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/tchap/components/views/rooms/__snapshots__/RoomHeaders-test.tsx.snap
+++ b/test/unit-tests/tchap/components/views/rooms/__snapshots__/RoomHeaders-test.tsx.snap
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ exports[`RoomHeader should render as expected 1`] = `
         </span>
         <div
           aria-labelledby=":r0:"
-          class="mx_DecoratedRoomAvatar_icon mx_DecoratedRoomAvatar_icon_forum"
+          class="mx_DecoratedRoomAvatar_icon mx_DecoratedRoomAvatar_icon_private"
           tabindex="0"
         />
       </div>