diff --git a/React/Views/RCTNavigator.m b/React/Views/RCTNavigator.m
index 77b02730fc7..03b4a79b7c8 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTNavigator.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTNavigator.m
@@ -449,11 +449,7 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder)
 
 - (void)dispatchFakeScrollEvent
 {
-  [_bridge.eventDispatcher sendScrollEventWithType:RCTScrollEventTypeMove
-                                          reactTag:self.reactTag
-                                        scrollView:nil
-                                          userData:nil
-                                     coalescingKey:0];
+  [_bridge.eventDispatcher sendFakeScrollEvent:self.reactTag];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.h b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.h
index 655e8eb7059..056e0040f5c 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.h
+++ b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.h
@@ -56,13 +56,8 @@
 @interface RCTEventDispatcher (RCTScrollView)
 
 /**
- * Send a scroll event.
- * (You can send a fake scroll event by passing nil for scrollView).
+ * Send a fake scroll event.
  */
-- (void)sendScrollEventWithType:(RCTScrollEventType)type
-                       reactTag:(NSNumber *)reactTag
-                     scrollView:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
-                       userData:(NSDictionary *)userData
-                  coalescingKey:(uint16_t)coalescingKey;
+- (void)sendFakeScrollEvent:(NSNumber *)reactTag;
 
 @end
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
index 5440084e6ad..703de4db301 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
@@ -931,29 +931,26 @@ RCT_SET_AND_PRESERVE_OFFSET(setScrollIndicatorInsets, scrollIndicatorInsets, UIE
     _coalescingKey++;
     _lastEmittedEventType = type;
   }
-  [_eventDispatcher sendScrollEventWithType:type
-                                   reactTag:reactTag
-                                 scrollView:scrollView
-                                   userData:userData
-                              coalescingKey:_coalescingKey];
+  RCTScrollEvent *scrollEvent = [[RCTScrollEvent alloc] initWithType:type
+                                                            reactTag:reactTag
+                                                          scrollView:scrollView
+                                                            userData:userData
+                                                       coalescingKey:_coalescingKey];
+  [_eventDispatcher sendEvent:scrollEvent];
 }
 
 @end
 
 @implementation RCTEventDispatcher (RCTScrollView)
 
-- (void)sendScrollEventWithType:(RCTScrollEventType)type
-                       reactTag:(NSNumber *)reactTag
-                     scrollView:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
-                       userData:(NSDictionary *)userData
-                  coalescingKey:(uint16_t)coalescingKey
+- (void)sendFakeScrollEvent:(NSNumber *)reactTag
 {
-  RCTScrollEvent *scrollEvent = [[RCTScrollEvent alloc] initWithType:type
+  RCTScrollEvent *fakeScrollEvent = [[RCTScrollEvent alloc] initWithType:RCTScrollEventTypeMove
                                                             reactTag:reactTag
-                                                          scrollView:scrollView
-                                                            userData:userData
-                                                       coalescingKey:coalescingKey];
-  [self sendEvent:scrollEvent];
+                                                          scrollView:nil
+                                                            userData:nil
+                                                       coalescingKey:0];
+  [self sendEvent:fakeScrollEvent];
 }
 
 @end