diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.cpp
index 54a0c8154b2..7d0dac98392 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ EventEmitter::EventEmitter(
 void EventEmitter::dispatchEvent(
     const std::string &type,
     const folly::dynamic &payload,
-    const EventPriority &priority) const {
+    EventPriority priority) const {
   dispatchEvent(
       type,
       [payload](jsi::Runtime &runtime) {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void EventEmitter::dispatchEvent(
 void EventEmitter::dispatchEvent(
     const std::string &type,
     const ValueFactory &payloadFactory,
-    const EventPriority &priority) const {
+    EventPriority priority) const {
   SystraceSection s("EventEmitter::dispatchEvent");
 
   auto eventDispatcher = eventDispatcher_.lock();
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.h
index 55bdf8f0401..a60e7507fa7 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventEmitter.h
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ class EventEmitter {
       const std::string &type,
       const ValueFactory &payloadFactory =
           EventEmitter::defaultPayloadFactory(),
-      const EventPriority &priority = EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched) const;
+      EventPriority priority = EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched) const;
 
   void dispatchEvent(
       const std::string &type,
       const folly::dynamic &payload,
-      const EventPriority &priority = EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched) const;
+      EventPriority priority = EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched) const;
 
   void dispatchUniqueEvent(
       const std::string &type,
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventPriority.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventPriority.h
index 61e3ad39dbd..8611f105800 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventPriority.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventPriority.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
-enum class EventPriority : int {
+enum class EventPriority {
   SynchronousUnbatched,
   SynchronousBatched,
   AsynchronousUnbatched,