diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactLinkMovementMethod.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactLinkMovementMethod.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ac71751b03..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactLinkMovementMethod.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.views.text
-
-import android.text.Selection
-import android.text.Spannable
-import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod
-import android.view.MotionEvent
-import android.widget.TextView
-
-internal object ReactLinkMovementMethod : LinkMovementMethod() {
-  override fun onTouchEvent(widget: TextView, buffer: Spannable, event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
-    val result = super.onTouchEvent(widget, buffer, event)
-    Selection.removeSelection(buffer)
-    return result
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
index 615095b102f..51955ac0c1b 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ public class ReactTextViewManager
       if (update.containsImages()) {
         TextInlineImageSpan.possiblyUpdateInlineImageSpans(spannable, view);
       }
+      view.setText(update);
 
       // If this text view contains any clickable spans, set a view tag and reset the accessibility
       // delegate so that these can be picked up by the accessibility system.
@@ -105,16 +106,7 @@ public class ReactTextViewManager
             new ReactAccessibilityDelegate.AccessibilityLinks(clickableSpans, spannable));
         ReactAccessibilityDelegate.resetDelegate(
             view, view.isFocusable(), view.getImportantForAccessibility());
-        // To enable navigation via keyboard, which is distinct from accessibility navigation.
-        view.setMovementMethod(ReactLinkMovementMethod.INSTANCE);
-      } else {
-        view.setMovementMethod(null);
-        view.setTag(R.id.accessibility_links, null);
-        ReactAccessibilityDelegate.resetDelegate(
-            view, view.isFocusable(), view.getImportantForAccessibility());
       }
-
-      view.setText(update);
     }
   }