diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTConvert.m b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTConvert.m
index 04247093fd9..3a7d2b4fc35 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTConvert.m
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTConvert.m
@@ -84,16 +84,7 @@ RCT_CUSTOM_CONVERTER(NSData *, NSData, [json dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncod
   }
 
   @try { // NSURL has a history of crashing with bad input, so let's be safe
-    NSURL *URL = nil;
-
-#if defined(__IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED) && __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 170000
-    if (@available(iOS 17.0, *)) {
-      NSString *decodedPercentPath = [path stringByRemovingPercentEncoding];
-      URL = [NSURL URLWithString:decodedPercentPath encodingInvalidCharacters:YES];
-    }
-#endif
-
-    URL = URL ?: [NSURL URLWithString:path];
+    NSURL *URL = [NSURL URLWithString:path];
     if (URL.scheme) { // Was a well-formed absolute URL
       return URL;
     }