diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
index 77885923046..c71a130419b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
 import android.text.util.Linkify;
 import android.view.Gravity;
-import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -383,16 +382,6 @@ public class ReactTextView extends AppCompatTextView implements ReactCompoundVie
     return target;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
-    // The root view always assumes any view that was tapped wants the touch
-    // and sends the event to JS as such.
-    // We don't need to do bubbling in native (it's already happening in JS).
-    // For an explanation of bubbling and capturing, see
-    // http://javascript.info/tutorial/bubbling-and-capturing#capturing
-    return true;
-  }
-
   @Override
   protected boolean verifyDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
     if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {