diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/camera/ImageStoreManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/camera/ImageStoreManager.kt
index 519bf347488..d93e1903885 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/camera/ImageStoreManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/camera/ImageStoreManager.kt
@@ -5,26 +5,21 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-// TODO T185922447 migrate from deprecated AsyncTask
-@file:Suppress("DEPRECATION")
-
 package com.facebook.react.modules.camera
 
 import android.net.Uri
-import android.os.AsyncTask
 import android.util.Base64
 import android.util.Base64OutputStream
 import com.facebook.fbreact.specs.NativeImageStoreAndroidSpec
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.GuardedAsyncTask
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 import java.io.Closeable
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.io.InputStream
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors
 
 @ReactModule(name = NativeImageStoreAndroidSpec.NAME)
 public class ImageStoreManager(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
@@ -38,21 +33,12 @@ public class ImageStoreManager(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
    * @param error callback to be invoked on error (e.g. file not found, not readable etc.)
    */
   override public fun getBase64ForTag(uri: String, success: Callback, error: Callback) {
-    GetBase64Task(getReactApplicationContext(), uri, success, error)
-        .executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR)
-  }
-
-  private inner class GetBase64Task(
-      reactContext: ReactContext,
-      private val uri: String,
-      private val success: Callback,
-      private val error: Callback
-  ) : GuardedAsyncTask<Void?, Void?>(reactContext) {
-    protected override fun doInBackgroundGuarded(vararg params: Void?) {
+    val executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor()
+    executor.execute {
       try {
         val contentResolver = getReactApplicationContext().getContentResolver()
-        val uri = Uri.parse(uri)
-        val inputStream = contentResolver.openInputStream(uri) as InputStream
+        val parsedUri = Uri.parse(uri)
+        val inputStream = contentResolver.openInputStream(parsedUri) as InputStream
         try {
           success.invoke(convertInputStreamToBase64OutputStream(inputStream))
         } catch (e: IOException) {
@@ -66,22 +52,6 @@ public class ImageStoreManager(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
     }
   }
 
-  @Throws(IOException::class)
-  internal fun convertInputStreamToBase64OutputStream(inputStream: InputStream): String {
-    val baos = ByteArrayOutputStream()
-    val b64os = Base64OutputStream(baos, Base64.NO_WRAP)
-    val buffer = ByteArray(BUFFER_SIZE)
-    var bytesRead: Int
-    try {
-      while (inputStream.read(buffer).also { bytesRead = it } > -1) {
-        b64os.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead)
-      }
-    } finally {
-      closeQuietly(b64os) // this also closes baos and flushes the final content to it
-    }
-    return baos.toString()
-  }
-
   public companion object {
     public const val NAME: String = NativeImageStoreAndroidSpec.NAME
 
@@ -94,5 +64,21 @@ public class ImageStoreManager(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
         // shhh
       }
     }
+
+    @Throws(IOException::class)
+    internal fun convertInputStreamToBase64OutputStream(inputStream: InputStream): String {
+      val baos = ByteArrayOutputStream()
+      val b64os = Base64OutputStream(baos, Base64.NO_WRAP)
+      val buffer = ByteArray(BUFFER_SIZE)
+      var bytesRead: Int
+      try {
+        while (inputStream.read(buffer).also { bytesRead = it } > -1) {
+          b64os.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead)
+        }
+      } finally {
+        closeQuietly(b64os) // this also closes baos and flushes the final content to it
+      }
+      return baos.toString()
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/camera/ImageStoreManagerTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/camera/ImageStoreManagerTest.kt
index 8381d2470e4..9811ff79300 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/camera/ImageStoreManagerTest.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/camera/ImageStoreManagerTest.kt
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ class ImageStoreManagerTest {
   }
 
   private fun invokeConversion(inputStream: InputStream): String {
-    return ImageStoreManager(reactApplicationContext)
-        .convertInputStreamToBase64OutputStream(inputStream)
+    return ImageStoreManager.convertInputStreamToBase64OutputStream(inputStream)
   }
 
   private fun generateRandomByteString(length: Int): ByteArray {