diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm b/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
index 9ee57ebad7b..cd8f1a4cb3e 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #import <react/components/root/RootShadowNode.h>
 #import <react/core/LayoutConstraints.h>
 #import <react/core/LayoutContext.h>
-#import <react/imagemanager/ImageManager.h>
 #import <react/uimanager/ComponentDescriptorFactory.h>
 #import <react/utils/ContextContainer.h>
 #import <react/utils/ManagedObjectWrapper.h>
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
 
   _contextContainer->registerInstance(runtimeExecutor, "runtime-executor");
 
-  _contextContainer->registerInstance(std::make_shared<ImageManager>((__bridge void *)[_bridge imageLoader]), "ImageManager");
+  _contextContainer->registerInstance(wrapManagedObject([_bridge imageLoader]), "RCTImageLoader");
   return _contextContainer;
 }
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/image/ImageComponentDescriptor.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/image/ImageComponentDescriptor.h
index 3a535789ffa..d05be1215fe 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/image/ImageComponentDescriptor.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/image/ImageComponentDescriptor.h
@@ -25,19 +25,7 @@ class ImageComponentDescriptor final
       EventDispatcher::Shared eventDispatcher,
       ContextContainer::Shared const &contextContainer)
       : ConcreteComponentDescriptor(eventDispatcher),
-  // TODO (39486757): implement image manager on Android, currently Android does
-  // not have an ImageManager so this will crash
-#ifndef ANDROID
-        imageManager_(
-            contextContainer
-                ? contextContainer->getInstance<SharedImageManager>(
-                      "ImageManager")
-                : nullptr) {
-  }
-#else
-        imageManager_(nullptr) {
-  }
-#endif
+        imageManager_(std::make_shared<ImageManager>(contextContainer)){};
 
   void adopt(UnsharedShadowNode shadowNode) const override {
     ConcreteComponentDescriptor::adopt(shadowNode);
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/slider/SliderComponentDescriptor.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/slider/SliderComponentDescriptor.h
index 03cd413621e..725d08bd412 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/slider/SliderComponentDescriptor.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/slider/SliderComponentDescriptor.h
@@ -24,22 +24,11 @@ class SliderComponentDescriptor final
       EventDispatcher::Shared eventDispatcher,
       ContextContainer::Shared const &contextContainer)
       : ConcreteComponentDescriptor(eventDispatcher),
-  // TODO (39486757): implement image manager on Android, currently Android does
-  // not have an ImageManager so this will crash
-#ifndef ANDROID
-        imageManager_(
-            contextContainer
-                ? contextContainer->getInstance<SharedImageManager>(
-                      "ImageManager")
-                : nullptr),
-#else
-        imageManager_(nullptr),
-#endif
+        imageManager_(std::make_shared<ImageManager>(contextContainer)),
         measurementsManager_(
             SliderMeasurementsManager::shouldMeasureSlider()
                 ? std::make_shared<SliderMeasurementsManager>(contextContainer)
-                : nullptr) {
-  }
+                : nullptr) {}
 
   void adopt(UnsharedShadowNode shadowNode) const override {
     ConcreteComponentDescriptor::adopt(shadowNode);
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageManager.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageManager.h
index dba71a37708..90722aa892f 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageManager.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageManager.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <react/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h>
 #include <react/imagemanager/primitives.h>
+#include <react/utils/ContextContainer.h>
 
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ using SharedImageManager = std::shared_ptr<ImageManager>;
  */
 class ImageManager {
  public:
-  ImageManager(void *platformSpecificCounterpart);
+  ImageManager(ContextContainer::Shared const &contextContainer);
   ~ImageManager();
 
   ImageRequest requestImage(const ImageSource &imageSource) const;
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageManager.cpp
index fce052dccc6..46e82454926 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageManager.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
-ImageManager::ImageManager(void *platformSpecificCounterpart) {
+ImageManager::ImageManager(ContextContainer::Shared const &contextContainer) {
   // Silence unused-private-field warning.
   (void)self_;
   // Not implemented.
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageManager.mm b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageManager.mm
index 62255d9bdc0..d5c64f5f06b 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageManager.mm
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/ios/ImageManager.mm
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@
 #include "ImageManager.h"
 
 #import <React/RCTImageLoader.h>
+#import <react/utils/ManagedObjectWrapper.h>
 
 #import "RCTImageManager.h"
 
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
-ImageManager::ImageManager(void *platformSpecificCounterpart) {
-  self_ = (__bridge_retained void *)[[RCTImageManager alloc]
-      initWithImageLoader:(__bridge RCTImageLoader *)
-                              platformSpecificCounterpart];
+ImageManager::ImageManager(ContextContainer::Shared const &contextContainer)
+{
+  RCTImageLoader *imageLoader =
+      (RCTImageLoader *)unwrapManagedObject(contextContainer->getInstance<std::shared_ptr<void>>("RCTImageLoader"));
+  self_ = (__bridge_retained void *)[[RCTImageManager alloc] initWithImageLoader:imageLoader];
 }
 
 ImageManager::~ImageManager() {
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/tests/UITemplateProcessorTest.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/tests/UITemplateProcessorTest.cpp
index 8af2d36360f..7a16b525552 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/tests/UITemplateProcessorTest.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/tests/UITemplateProcessorTest.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 using namespace facebook::react;
 
-#include <react/components/image/ImageComponentDescriptor.h>
 #include <react/components/rncore/ComponentDescriptors.h>
 #include <react/components/scrollview/ScrollViewComponentDescriptor.h>
 #include <react/components/view/ViewComponentDescriptor.h>
@@ -33,9 +32,6 @@ ComponentRegistryFactory getDefaultComponentRegistryFactory() {
     auto registry = std::make_shared<ComponentDescriptorRegistry>();
     registry->registerComponentDescriptor(
         std::make_shared<ViewComponentDescriptor>(eventDispatcher));
-    registry->registerComponentDescriptor(
-        std::make_shared<ImageComponentDescriptor>(
-            eventDispatcher, contextContainer));
     registry->registerComponentDescriptor(
         std::make_shared<ScrollViewComponentDescriptor>(eventDispatcher));
     registry->registerComponentDescriptor(