diff --git a/Libraries/Components/Touchable/ensureComponentIsNative.js b/Libraries/Components/Touchable/ensureComponentIsNative.js
deleted file mode 100644
index dbf166e4b05..00000000000
--- a/Libraries/Components/Touchable/ensureComponentIsNative.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @format
- * @flow
- */
-
-'use strict';
-
-const invariant = require('invariant');
-
-const ensureComponentIsNative = function(component: any) {
-  invariant(
-    component && typeof component.setNativeProps === 'function',
-    'Touchable child must either be native or forward setNativeProps to a ' +
-      'native component',
-  );
-};
-
-module.exports = ensureComponentIsNative;
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/UnimplementedViews/UnimplementedView.js b/Libraries/Components/UnimplementedViews/UnimplementedView.js
index 4d091bd660f..59725244cef 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/UnimplementedViews/UnimplementedView.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/UnimplementedViews/UnimplementedView.js
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ const StyleSheet = require('../../StyleSheet/StyleSheet');
  * View component and renders its children.
  */
 class UnimplementedView extends React.Component<$FlowFixMeProps> {
-  setNativeProps() {
-    // Do nothing.
-    // This method is required in order to use this view as a Touchable* child.
-    // See ensureComponentIsNative.js for more info
-  }
-
   render(): React.Node {
     // Workaround require cycle from requireNativeComponent
     const View = require('../View/View');
diff --git a/Libraries/Image/ImageBackground.js b/Libraries/Image/ImageBackground.js
index e6baa48012c..f9f694f6084 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/ImageBackground.js
+++ b/Libraries/Image/ImageBackground.js
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ const React = require('react');
 const StyleSheet = require('../StyleSheet/StyleSheet');
 const View = require('../Components/View/View');
 
-const ensureComponentIsNative = require('../Components/Touchable/ensureComponentIsNative');
-
 /**
  * Very simple drop-in replacement for <Image> which supports nesting views.
  *
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ class ImageBackground extends React.Component<$FlowFixMeProps> {
     // Work-around flow
     const viewRef = this._viewRef;
     if (viewRef) {
-      ensureComponentIsNative(viewRef);
       viewRef.setNativeProps(props);
     }
   }
diff --git a/jest/setup.js b/jest/setup.js
index 644d659241c..954d9fd76d2 100644
--- a/jest/setup.js
+++ b/jest/setup.js
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ jest
 
     return ReactNative;
   })
-  .mock('../Libraries/Components/Touchable/ensureComponentIsNative', () => () =>
-    true,
-  )
   // Mock modules defined by the native layer (ex: Objective-C, Java)
   .mock('../Libraries/BatchedBridge/NativeModules', () => ({
     AlertManager: {