diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 5c5cc396486..0e01ff68d47 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -3351,7 +3351,6 @@ public final class com/facebook/react/modules/i18nmanager/I18nUtil {
 	public final fun doLeftAndRightSwapInRTL (Landroid/content/Context;)Z
 	public final fun forceRTL (Landroid/content/Context;Z)V
 	public static final fun getInstance ()Lcom/facebook/react/modules/i18nmanager/I18nUtil;
-	public final fun hasRtlSupport (Landroid/content/Context;)Z
 	public final fun isRTL (Landroid/content/Context;)Z
 	public final fun swapLeftAndRightInRTL (Landroid/content/Context;Z)V
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/i18nmanager/I18nUtil.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/i18nmanager/I18nUtil.kt
index 1968ec99bd5..57347b30481 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/i18nmanager/I18nUtil.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/i18nmanager/I18nUtil.kt
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ public class I18nUtil private constructor() {
    * * allows RTL layout when using RTL locale
    */
   public fun isRTL(context: Context): Boolean =
-      if (isRTLForced(context)) {
-        true
-      } else isRTLAllowed(context) && isDevicePreferredLanguageRTL
+      applicationHasRtlSupport(context) &&
+          (isRTLForced(context) || (isRTLAllowed(context) && isDevicePreferredLanguageRTL))
 
   /**
    * Android relies on the presence of `android:supportsRtl="true"` being set in order to resolve
@@ -33,10 +32,6 @@ public class I18nUtil private constructor() {
     return (context.getApplicationInfo().flags and ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SUPPORTS_RTL) != 0
   }
 
-  public fun hasRtlSupport(context: Context): Boolean {
-    return applicationHasRtlSupport(context) || isRTLAllowed(context)
-  }
-
   /**
    * Should be used very early during app start up Before the bridge is initialized
    *