diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/UIKitProxies/RCTInitialAppStateProxy.h b/packages/react-native/React/Base/UIKitProxies/RCTInitialAppStateProxy.h
deleted file mode 100644
index efe15e45158..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/UIKitProxies/RCTInitialAppStateProxy.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
-
-NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
-
-@interface RCTInitialAppStateProxy : NSObject
-
-+ (instancetype)sharedInstance;
-
-/*
- * Property to access initial application state.
- * Thread safe.
- */
-@property (nonatomic, readonly) UIApplicationState initialAppState;
-
-- (void)recordAppState;
-
-@end
-
-NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/UIKitProxies/RCTInitialAppStateProxy.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Base/UIKitProxies/RCTInitialAppStateProxy.mm
deleted file mode 100644
index 904b8f7c858..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/UIKitProxies/RCTInitialAppStateProxy.mm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-#import "RCTInitialAppStateProxy.h"
-#import <React/RCTUtils.h>
-#import <mutex>
-
-#import <React/RCTConstants.h>
-
-@implementation RCTInitialAppStateProxy {
-  BOOL _hasRecordedInitialAppState;
-  UIApplicationState _initialAppState;
-  std::mutex _mutex;
-}
-
-+ (instancetype)sharedInstance
-{
-  static RCTInitialAppStateProxy *sharedInstance = nil;
-  static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
-  dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
-    sharedInstance = [RCTInitialAppStateProxy new];
-  });
-  return sharedInstance;
-}
-
-- (UIApplicationState)initialAppState
-{
-  {
-    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
-    if (_hasRecordedInitialAppState) {
-      return _initialAppState;
-    }
-  }
-
-  __block UIApplicationState initialAppState;
-  RCTUnsafeExecuteOnMainQueueSync(^{
-    initialAppState = [UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationState;
-  });
-
-  return initialAppState;
-}
-
-- (void)recordAppState
-{
-  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
-  _hasRecordedInitialAppState = YES;
-  _initialAppState = [UIApplication sharedApplication].applicationState;
-}
-
-@end
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/UIKitProxies/RCTInitializeUIKitProxies.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Base/UIKitProxies/RCTInitializeUIKitProxies.mm
index f6fb36f3aa3..aaf443ef7bf 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/UIKitProxies/RCTInitializeUIKitProxies.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/UIKitProxies/RCTInitializeUIKitProxies.mm
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #import "RCTInitializeUIKitProxies.h"
 #import "RCTInitialAccessibilityValuesProxy.h"
-#import "RCTInitialAppStateProxy.h"
 #import "RCTKeyWindowValuesProxy.h"
 #import "RCTTraitCollectionProxy.h"
 #import "RCTWindowSafeAreaProxy.h"
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ void RCTInitializeUIKitProxies(void)
   dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
     [[RCTWindowSafeAreaProxy sharedInstance] startObservingSafeArea];
     [[RCTTraitCollectionProxy sharedInstance] startObservingTraitCollection];
-    [[RCTInitialAppStateProxy sharedInstance] recordAppState];
     [[RCTInitialAccessibilityValuesProxy sharedInstance] recordAccessibilityValues];
     [[RCTKeyWindowValuesProxy sharedInstance] startObservingWindowSizeIfNecessary];
   });
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTAppState.mm b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTAppState.mm
index 69b4609c9b8..907e6ce2ac6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTAppState.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTAppState.mm
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #import <React/RCTAssert.h>
 #import <React/RCTBridge.h>
 #import <React/RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h>
-
-#import <React/RCTInitialAppStateProxy.h>
 #import <React/RCTUtils.h>
 
 #import "CoreModulesPlugins.h"
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ static NSString *RCTCurrentAppState()
     return @"extension";
   }
 
-  return states[@([RCTInitialAppStateProxy sharedInstance].initialAppState)] ?: @"unknown";
+  return states[@(RCTSharedApplication().applicationState)] ?: @"unknown";
 }
 
 @interface RCTAppState () <NativeAppStateSpec>
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
 
 + (BOOL)requiresMainQueueSetup
 {
-  return NO;
+  return YES;
 }
 
 - (dispatch_queue_t)methodQueue
@@ -62,9 +60,14 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
 
 - (facebook::react::ModuleConstants<JS::NativeAppState::Constants>)getConstants
 {
-  return facebook::react::typedConstants<JS::NativeAppState::Constants>({
-      .initialAppState = RCTCurrentAppState(),
+  __block facebook::react::ModuleConstants<JS::NativeAppState::Constants> constants;
+  RCTUnsafeExecuteOnMainQueueSync(^{
+    constants = facebook::react::typedConstants<JS::NativeAppState::Constants>({
+        .initialAppState = RCTCurrentAppState(),
+    });
   });
+
+  return constants;
 }
 
 #pragma mark - Lifecycle