diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationDriver.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationDriver.cpp
index 131c034cb38..8933bbe2c50 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationDriver.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationDriver.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <glog/logging.h>
 #include <react/debug/react_native_assert.h>
+#include <react/renderer/animations/utils.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 
 namespace facebook {
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
index b30fdbe2252..3d246235d00 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <react/debug/react_native_assert.h>
 
 #include <react/renderer/animations/conversions.h>
+#include <react/renderer/animations/utils.h>
 #include <react/renderer/componentregistry/ComponentDescriptorFactory.h>
 #include <react/renderer/components/view/ViewProps.h>
 #include <react/renderer/core/ComponentDescriptor.h>
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h
index 80b225a7504..33a4f9a9024 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h
@@ -173,63 +173,5 @@ class LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager : public UIManagerAnimationDelegate,
   void deleteAnimationsForStoppedSurfaces() const;
 };
 
-static inline bool shouldFirstComeBeforeSecondRemovesOnly(
-    ShadowViewMutation const &lhs,
-    ShadowViewMutation const &rhs) noexcept {
-  // Make sure that removes on the same level are sorted - highest indices must
-  // come first.
-  return (lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Remove &&
-          lhs.type == rhs.type) &&
-      (lhs.parentShadowView.tag == rhs.parentShadowView.tag) &&
-      (lhs.index > rhs.index);
-}
-
-static inline bool shouldFirstComeBeforeSecondMutation(
-    ShadowViewMutation const &lhs,
-    ShadowViewMutation const &rhs) noexcept {
-  if (lhs.type != rhs.type) {
-    // Deletes always come last
-    if (lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Delete) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (rhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Delete) {
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    // Remove comes before insert
-    if (lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Remove &&
-        rhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Insert) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (rhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Remove &&
-        lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Insert) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    // Create comes before insert
-    if (lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Create &&
-        rhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Insert) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (rhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Create &&
-        lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Insert) {
-      return false;
-    }
-  } else {
-    // Make sure that removes on the same level are sorted - highest indices
-    // must come first.
-    if (lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Remove &&
-        lhs.parentShadowView.tag == rhs.parentShadowView.tag) {
-      if (lhs.index > rhs.index) {
-        return true;
-      } else {
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return false;
-}
-
 } // namespace react
 } // namespace facebook
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/utils.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5b68342d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <react/renderer/mounting/ShadowViewMutation.h>
+
+namespace facebook {
+namespace react {
+
+static inline bool shouldFirstComeBeforeSecondRemovesOnly(
+    ShadowViewMutation const &lhs,
+    ShadowViewMutation const &rhs) noexcept {
+  // Make sure that removes on the same level are sorted - highest indices must
+  // come first.
+  return (lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Remove &&
+          lhs.type == rhs.type) &&
+      (lhs.parentShadowView.tag == rhs.parentShadowView.tag) &&
+      (lhs.index > rhs.index);
+}
+
+static inline bool shouldFirstComeBeforeSecondMutation(
+    ShadowViewMutation const &lhs,
+    ShadowViewMutation const &rhs) noexcept {
+  if (lhs.type != rhs.type) {
+    // Deletes always come last
+    if (lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Delete) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (rhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Delete) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    // Remove comes before insert
+    if (lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Remove &&
+        rhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Insert) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (rhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Remove &&
+        lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Insert) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Create comes before insert
+    if (lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Create &&
+        rhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Insert) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (rhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Create &&
+        lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Insert) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  } else {
+    // Make sure that removes on the same level are sorted - highest indices
+    // must come first.
+    if (lhs.type == ShadowViewMutation::Type::Remove &&
+        lhs.parentShadowView.tag == rhs.parentShadowView.tag) {
+      if (lhs.index > rhs.index) {
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+} // namespace react
+} // namespace facebook