diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index 875c4dc0041..9c0fe19eff8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -1709,14 +1709,10 @@ public class com/facebook/react/common/DebugServerException : java/lang/RuntimeE
 	public static fun parse (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/facebook/react/common/DebugServerException;
 }
 
-public abstract interface class com/facebook/react/common/HasJavascriptExceptionMetadata {
-	public abstract fun getExtraDataAsJson ()Ljava/lang/String;
-}
-
-public class com/facebook/react/common/JavascriptException : java/lang/RuntimeException, com/facebook/react/common/HasJavascriptExceptionMetadata {
+public class com/facebook/react/common/JavascriptException : java/lang/RuntimeException {
 	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;)V
-	public fun getExtraDataAsJson ()Ljava/lang/String;
-	public final fun setExtraDataAsJson (Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/facebook/react/common/JavascriptException;
+	public final fun getExtraDataAsJson ()Ljava/lang/String;
+	public final fun setExtraDataAsJson (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 }
 
 public final class com/facebook/react/common/LifecycleState : java/lang/Enum {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactNoCrashSoftException.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactNoCrashSoftException.java
index 960eefb3033..eef596686d5 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactNoCrashSoftException.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactNoCrashSoftException.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.bridge;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
 /**
  * Extends RuntimeException so that it may be caught by a {@link ReactSoftExceptionListener}. Any
  * {@link ReactSoftExceptionListener} that catches a ReactNoCrashSoftException should log it only
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ public class ReactNoCrashSoftException extends RuntimeException {
     super(e);
   }
 
-  public ReactNoCrashSoftException(String m, Throwable e) {
+  public ReactNoCrashSoftException(String m, @Nullable Throwable e) {
     super(m, e);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/HasJavascriptExceptionMetadata.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/HasJavascriptExceptionMetadata.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 15c065deb3b..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/HasJavascriptExceptionMetadata.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +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.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.common;
-
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-/** A JS exception carrying metadata. */
-public interface HasJavascriptExceptionMetadata {
-
-  @Nullable
-  String getExtraDataAsJson();
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/JavascriptException.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/JavascriptException.kt
index df15d4567f9..c961551373c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/JavascriptException.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/JavascriptException.kt
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip
  * to developers in a redbox.
  */
 @DoNotStrip
-public open class JavascriptException(jsStackTrace: String) :
-    RuntimeException(jsStackTrace), HasJavascriptExceptionMetadata {
-  private var extraDataAsJson: String? = null
-
-  override fun getExtraDataAsJson(): String? = extraDataAsJson
-
-  public fun setExtraDataAsJson(extraDataAsJson: String?): JavascriptException {
-    this.extraDataAsJson = extraDataAsJson
-    return this
-  }
+public open class JavascriptException(jsStackTrace: String) : RuntimeException(jsStackTrace) {
+  public var extraDataAsJson: String? = null
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/ExceptionsManagerModule.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/ExceptionsManagerModule.java
index afe1c1819d8..a0a18d77bc4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/ExceptionsManagerModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/ExceptionsManagerModule.java
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ public class ExceptionsManagerModule extends NativeExceptionsManagerSpec {
 
     String extraDataAsJson = ExceptionDataHelper.getExtraDataAsJson(data);
     if (isFatal) {
-      throw new JavascriptException(JSStackTrace.format(message, stack))
-          .setExtraDataAsJson(extraDataAsJson);
+      JavascriptException ex = new JavascriptException(JSStackTrace.format(message, stack));
+      ex.setExtraDataAsJson(extraDataAsJson);
+      throw ex;
     } else {
       FLog.e(ReactConstants.TAG, JSStackTrace.format(message, stack));
       if (extraDataAsJson != null) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostImpl.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostImpl.java
index 5f0432e24d4..06d0fadfc1c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostImpl.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/runtime/ReactHostImpl.java
@@ -924,14 +924,8 @@ public class ReactHostImpl implements ReactHost {
       String callingMethod, String message, @Nullable Throwable throwable) {
     final String method = "raiseSoftException(" + callingMethod + ")";
     log(method, message);
-    if (throwable != null) {
-      ReactSoftExceptionLogger.logSoftException(
-          TAG, new ReactNoCrashSoftException(method + ": " + message, throwable));
-      return;
-    }
-
     ReactSoftExceptionLogger.logSoftException(
-        TAG, new ReactNoCrashSoftException(method + ": " + message));
+        TAG, new ReactNoCrashSoftException(method + ": " + message, throwable));
   }
 
   private Executor getDefaultReactInstanceExecutor() {