diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java
index 782dea3355d..b1c51c6ed73 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ public interface UIManager extends JSIModule, PerformanceCounter {
    */
   void dispatchCommand(int reactTag, String commandId, @Nullable ReadableArray commandArgs);
 
-  void setJSResponder(int reactTag, boolean blockNativeResponder);
-
-  void clearJSResponder();
-
   /**
    * Used by native animated module to bypass the process of updating the values through the shadow
    * view hierarchy. This method will directly update native views, which means that updates for
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
index 68ee00ea153..ffadb30b357 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -559,12 +559,19 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager, LifecycleEventListener {
     }
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void setJSResponder(int reactTag, boolean blockNativeResponder) {
+  /**
+   * Set the JS responder for the view associated with the tags received as a parameter.
+   *
+   * @param reactTag React tag of the first parent of the view that is NOT virtual
+   * @param initialReactTag React tag of the JS view that initiated the touch operation
+   * @param blockNativeResponder If native responder should be blocked or not
+   */
+  @DoNotStrip
+  public void setJSResponder(
+      final int reactTag, final int initialReactTag, final boolean blockNativeResponder) {
     // do nothing for now.
   }
 
-  @Override
   public void clearJSResponder() {
     // do nothing for now.
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index 80958d0c710..1668f11d019 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -650,13 +650,11 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule
     mUIImplementation.viewIsDescendantOf(reactTag, ancestorReactTag, callback);
   }
 
-  @Override
   @ReactMethod
   public void setJSResponder(int reactTag, boolean blockNativeResponder) {
     mUIImplementation.setJSResponder(reactTag, blockNativeResponder);
   }
 
-  @Override
   @ReactMethod
   public void clearJSResponder() {
     mUIImplementation.clearJSResponder();