diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTUtils.h b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTUtils.h
index 9156f761a3e..d65ccba909e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTUtils.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTUtils.h
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ RCT_EXTERN void RCTExecuteOnMainQueue(dispatch_block_t block);
 // Please do not use this unless you know what you're doing.
 RCT_EXTERN void RCTUnsafeExecuteOnMainQueueSync(dispatch_block_t block);
 
-// Get screen scale, can be only used on main
-RCT_EXTERN void RCTComputeScreenScale(void);
-
 // Get screen metrics in a thread-safe way
 RCT_EXTERN CGFloat RCTScreenScale(void);
 RCT_EXTERN CGFloat RCTFontSizeMultiplier(void);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTUtils.m b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTUtils.m
index d477c396240..1e496625889 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTUtils.m
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTUtils.m
@@ -317,18 +317,11 @@ static void RCTUnsafeExecuteOnMainQueueOnceSync(dispatch_once_t *onceToken, disp
   }
 }
 
-static dispatch_once_t onceTokenScreenScale;
-static CGFloat screenScale;
-
-void RCTComputeScreenScale(void)
-{
-  dispatch_once(&onceTokenScreenScale, ^{
-    screenScale = [UITraitCollection currentTraitCollection].displayScale;
-  });
-}
-
 CGFloat RCTScreenScale(void)
 {
+  static dispatch_once_t onceTokenScreenScale;
+  static CGFloat screenScale;
+
   RCTUnsafeExecuteOnMainQueueOnceSync(&onceTokenScreenScale, ^{
     screenScale = [UITraitCollection currentTraitCollection].displayScale;
   });