diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/root/RootProps.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/root/RootProps.cpp
index 5779db955b3..57bf79eeb8d 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/root/RootProps.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/root/RootProps.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
 static YGStyle yogaStyleFromLayoutConstraints(
-    const LayoutConstraints &layoutConstraints) {
+    LayoutConstraints const &layoutConstraints) {
   auto yogaStyle = YGStyle{};
   yogaStyle.minDimensions()[YGDimensionWidth] =
       yogaStyleValueFromFloat(layoutConstraints.minimumSize.width);
@@ -32,15 +32,13 @@ static YGStyle yogaStyleFromLayoutConstraints(
   return yogaStyle;
 }
 
-RootProps::RootProps(const RootProps &sourceProps, const RawProps &rawProps) {
-  // `RootProps` cannot be constructed from `RawProps`.
-  assert(false);
-}
+RootProps::RootProps(RootProps const &sourceProps, RawProps const &rawProps)
+    : ViewProps(sourceProps, rawProps) {}
 
 RootProps::RootProps(
-    const RootProps &sourceProps,
-    const LayoutConstraints &layoutConstraints,
-    const LayoutContext &layoutContext)
+    RootProps const &sourceProps,
+    LayoutConstraints const &layoutConstraints,
+    LayoutContext const &layoutContext)
     : ViewProps(yogaStyleFromLayoutConstraints(layoutConstraints)),
       layoutConstraints(layoutConstraints),
       layoutContext(layoutContext){};
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/root/RootProps.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/root/RootProps.h
index bdeaa7014d0..43676c31a67 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/root/RootProps.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/root/RootProps.h
@@ -16,23 +16,19 @@
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
-class RootProps;
-
-using SharedRootProps = std::shared_ptr<const RootProps>;
-
 class RootProps final : public ViewProps {
  public:
   RootProps() = default;
-  RootProps(const RootProps &sourceProps, const RawProps &rawProps);
+  RootProps(RootProps const &sourceProps, RawProps const &rawProps);
   RootProps(
-      const RootProps &sourceProps,
-      const LayoutConstraints &layoutConstraints,
-      const LayoutContext &layoutContext);
+      RootProps const &sourceProps,
+      LayoutConstraints const &layoutConstraints,
+      LayoutContext const &layoutContext);
 
 #pragma mark - Props
 
-  const LayoutConstraints layoutConstraints{};
-  const LayoutContext layoutContext{};
+  LayoutConstraints const layoutConstraints{};
+  LayoutContext const layoutContext{};
 };
 
 } // namespace react