diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
index 65349b852e2..57072722de6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
@@ -594,9 +594,6 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup
     UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
     checkViewClippingTag(child, Boolean.TRUE);
     if (!customDrawOrderDisabled()) {
-      if (indexOfChild(child) == -1) {
-        return;
-      }
       getDrawingOrderHelper().handleRemoveView(child);
       setChildrenDrawingOrderEnabled(getDrawingOrderHelper().shouldEnableCustomDrawingOrder());
     } else {