diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/safeareaview/ReactSafeAreaViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/safeareaview/ReactSafeAreaViewManager.kt
index 686927e1301..7682779774c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/safeareaview/ReactSafeAreaViewManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/safeareaview/ReactSafeAreaViewManager.kt
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ internal class ReactSafeAreaViewManager :
 
   override fun getName(): String = REACT_CLASS
 
-  override fun createShadowNodeInstance(): LayoutShadowNode = ReactSafeAreaViewShadowNode()
+  override fun createShadowNodeInstance(): LayoutShadowNode = LayoutShadowNode()
 
-  override fun getShadowNodeClass(): Class<out LayoutShadowNode> =
-      ReactSafeAreaViewShadowNode::class.java
+  override fun getShadowNodeClass(): Class<out LayoutShadowNode> = LayoutShadowNode::class.java
 
   override fun updateState(
       view: ReactSafeAreaView,
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/safeareaview/ReactSafeAreaViewShadowNode.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/safeareaview/ReactSafeAreaViewShadowNode.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index e311288698f..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/safeareaview/ReactSafeAreaViewShadowNode.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +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.safeareaview
-
-import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.internal.LegacyArchitecture
-import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.internal.LegacyArchitectureLogLevel
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.LayoutShadowNode
-
-@LegacyArchitecture(logLevel = LegacyArchitectureLogLevel.ERROR)
-internal class ReactSafeAreaViewShadowNode : LayoutShadowNode()