diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Types/CodegenTypes.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Types/CodegenTypes.js
index 444b1869a76..cf53ec01547 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Types/CodegenTypes.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Types/CodegenTypes.js
@@ -42,6 +42,4 @@ type DefaultTypes = number | boolean | string | $ReadOnlyArray<string>;
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 export type WithDefault<Type: DefaultTypes, Value: ?Type | string> = ?Type;
 
-export type EventEmitter<T> = {
-  addListener(handler: (T) => mixed): EventSubscription,
-};
+export type EventEmitter<T> = (handler: (T) => mixed) => EventSubscription;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap b/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
index 5301bad9c1d..429782e34af 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/__tests__/__snapshots__/public-api-test.js.snap
@@ -8133,9 +8133,7 @@ export type UnsafeObject = $FlowFixMe;
 export type UnsafeMixed = mixed;
 type DefaultTypes = number | boolean | string | $ReadOnlyArray<string>;
 export type WithDefault<Type: DefaultTypes, Value: ?Type | string> = ?Type;
-export type EventEmitter<T> = {
-  addListener(handler: (T) => mixed): EventSubscription,
-};
+export type EventEmitter<T> = (handler: (T) => mixed) => EventSubscription;
 "
 `;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/EventEmitter.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/EventEmitter.h
index e2c8977302f..acfb6a3152d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/EventEmitter.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/EventEmitter.h
@@ -104,10 +104,7 @@ class AsyncEventEmitter : public IAsyncEventEmitter {
   jsi::Object get(
       jsi::Runtime& rt,
       const std::shared_ptr<CallInvoker>& jsInvoker) const override {
-    auto result = jsi::Object(rt);
-    result.setProperty(
-        rt, "addListener", bridging::toJs(rt, listen_, jsInvoker));
-    return result;
+    return bridging::toJs(rt, listen_, jsInvoker);
   }
 
  private:
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/tests/BridgingTest.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/tests/BridgingTest.cpp
index 512562c29d8..01263a3d6b9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/tests/BridgingTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/bridging/tests/BridgingTest.cpp
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ void addEventSubscription(
       [lastEvent = lastEvent](const EventType& event) { *lastEvent = event; },
       invoker);
   eventSubscriptionsWithListener.emplace_back(std::make_pair(
-      jsi::Object(eventEmitterJs.getPropertyAsFunction(rt, "addListener")
+      jsi::Object(eventEmitterJs.asFunction(rt)
                       .callWithThis(rt, eventEmitterJs, listenJs)
                       .asObject(rt)),
       std::move(lastEvent)));
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/TurboModule/NativeCxxModuleExampleExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/TurboModule/NativeCxxModuleExampleExample.js
index f28b2ac3232..5d67efddbd3 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/TurboModule/NativeCxxModuleExampleExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/TurboModule/NativeCxxModuleExampleExample.js
@@ -266,22 +266,20 @@ class NativeCxxModuleExampleExample extends React.Component<{||}, State> {
     }
     if (NativeCxxModuleExample) {
       this.eventSubscriptions.push(
-        NativeCxxModuleExample.onPress.addListener(value =>
-          console.log('onPress: ()'),
-        ),
+        NativeCxxModuleExample.onPress(value => console.log('onPress: ()')),
       );
       this.eventSubscriptions.push(
-        NativeCxxModuleExample.onClick.addListener(value =>
+        NativeCxxModuleExample.onClick(value =>
           console.log(`onClick: (${value})`),
         ),
       );
       this.eventSubscriptions.push(
-        NativeCxxModuleExample.onChange.addListener(value =>
-          console.log(`onChange: (${JSON.stringify(value)})`),
+        NativeCxxModuleExample.onChange(value =>
+          console.log(`onChange: ${JSON.stringify(value)})`),
         ),
       );
       this.eventSubscriptions.push(
-        NativeCxxModuleExample.onSubmit.addListener(value =>
+        NativeCxxModuleExample.onSubmit(value =>
           console.log(`onSubmit: (${JSON.stringify(value)})`),
         ),
       );