diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaConfig.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaConfig.java
index f9682b0b1fd..6f54db39be4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaConfig.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaConfig.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ public class YogaConfig {
   long mNativePointer;
   private YogaLogger mLogger;
   private YogaNodeCloneFunction mYogaNodeCloneFunction;
-  public boolean avoidGlobalJNIRefs = false;
 
   private native long jni_YGConfigNew();
   public YogaConfig() {