diff --git a/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.m b/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.m
index 2db2c4bbc88..bad2a4de3ca 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.m
@@ -747,18 +747,11 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)initWithBundleURL:(__unused NSURL *)bundleUR
 - (void)_immediatelyCallTimer:(NSNumber *)timer
 {
   RCTAssertJSThread();
-
-  dispatch_block_t block = ^{
+  [_javaScriptExecutor executeAsyncBlockOnJavaScriptQueue:^{
     [self _actuallyInvokeAndProcessModule:@"JSTimersExecution"
                                    method:@"callTimers"
                                 arguments:@[@[timer]]];
-  };
-
-  if ([_javaScriptExecutor respondsToSelector:@selector(executeAsyncBlockOnJavaScriptQueue:)]) {
-    [_javaScriptExecutor executeAsyncBlockOnJavaScriptQueue:block];
-  } else {
-    [_javaScriptExecutor executeBlockOnJavaScriptQueue:block];
-  }
+  }];
 }
 
 - (void)enqueueApplicationScript:(NSData *)script
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTJavaScriptExecutor.h b/React/Base/RCTJavaScriptExecutor.h
index 832b78e3cdd..aa47d3cae19 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTJavaScriptExecutor.h
+++ b/React/Base/RCTJavaScriptExecutor.h
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ typedef void (^RCTJavaScriptCallback)(id json, NSError *error);
  */
 - (void)executeBlockOnJavaScriptQueue:(dispatch_block_t)block;
 
-@optional
-
 /**
  * Special case for Timers + ContextExecutor - instead of the default
  *   if jsthread then call else dispatch call on jsthread