diff --git a/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js b/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js
index 99636169f4c..d0e685a5e64 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js
+++ b/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ let Image = (
     props.loadingIndicatorSource,
   );
 
+  // As opposed to the ios version, here we render `null` when there is no source, source.uri
+  // or source array.
+
   if (source && source.uri === '') {
     console.warn('source.uri should not be an empty string');
   }
@@ -212,13 +215,13 @@ let Image = (
     );
   }
 
-  if (source && !source?.uri && !Array.isArray(source)) {
+  if (!source || (!source.uri && !Array.isArray(source))) {
     return null;
   }
 
   let style;
   let sources;
-  if (source?.uri != null) {
+  if (source.uri) {
     const {width, height} = source;
     style = flattenStyle([{width, height}, styles.base, props.style]);
     sources = [{uri: source.uri}];
@@ -232,7 +235,7 @@ let Image = (
     style,
     shouldNotifyLoadEvents: !!(onLoadStart || onLoad || onLoadEnd || onError),
     src: sources,
-    headers: source?.headers,
+    headers: source.headers,
     defaultSrc: defaultSource ? defaultSource.uri : null,
     loadingIndicatorSrc: loadingIndicatorSource
       ? loadingIndicatorSource.uri
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
index cf7a1580fcb..91817b955b2 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 /**
  * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
  *
@@ -70,9 +71,6 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
 
   public static final int REMOTE_IMAGE_FADE_DURATION_MS = 300;
 
-  public static final String REMOTE_TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI =
-  "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=";
-
   private static float[] sComputedCornerRadii = new float[4];
 
   /*
@@ -341,10 +339,7 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
 
   public void setSource(@Nullable ReadableArray sources) {
     mSources.clear();
-    if (sources == null || sources.size() == 0) {
-      ImageSource imageSource = new ImageSource(getContext(), REMOTE_TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI);
-      mSources.add(imageSource);
-    } else {
+    if (sources != null && sources.size() != 0) {
       // Optimize for the case where we have just one uri, case in which we don't need the sizes
       if (sources.size() == 1) {
         ReadableMap source = sources.getMap(0);
@@ -578,9 +573,9 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
   private void setSourceImage() {
     mImageSource = null;
     if (mSources.isEmpty()) {
-      ImageSource imageSource = new ImageSource(getContext(), REMOTE_TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI);
-       mSources.add(imageSource);
-     } else if (hasMultipleSources()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (hasMultipleSources()) {
       MultiSourceResult multiSource =
         MultiSourceHelper.getBestSourceForSize(getWidth(), getHeight(), mSources);
       mImageSource = multiSource.getBestResult();