diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventQueue.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventQueue.cpp
index 9290bcc106c..6eee3cd102f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventQueue.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventQueue.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #include "EventQueue.h"
 
-#include <react/renderer/runtimescheduler/RuntimeScheduler.h>
 #include "EventEmitter.h"
 #include "ShadowNodeFamily.h"
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventQueue.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventQueue.h
index 3578473b766..74525c6971a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventQueue.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/core/EventQueue.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 namespace facebook::react {
 
-class RuntimeScheduler;
-
 /*
  * Event Queue synchronized with given Event Beat and dispatching event
  * using given Event Pipe.