diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewComponentDescriptor.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewComponentDescriptor.h
index c771fd4bcd8..f8a39157044 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewComponentDescriptor.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewComponentDescriptor.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <react/debug/react_native_assert.h>
 #include <react/renderer/components/safeareaview/SafeAreaViewShadowNode.h>
 #include <react/renderer/core/ConcreteComponentDescriptor.h>