diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
index 2afbfc30851..483958049fe 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
@@ -542,22 +542,6 @@ public class UIImplementation {
     mOperationsQueue.enqueueFindTargetForTouch(reactTag, targetX, targetY, callback);
   }
 
-  /**
-   *  Check if the first shadow node is the descendant of the second shadow node
-   */
-  public void viewIsDescendantOf(
-      final int reactTag,
-      final int ancestorReactTag,
-      final Callback callback) {
-    ReactShadowNode node = mShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(reactTag);
-    ReactShadowNode ancestorNode = mShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(ancestorReactTag);
-    if (node == null || ancestorNode == null) {
-      callback.invoke(false);
-      return;
-    }
-    callback.invoke(node.isDescendantOf(ancestorNode));
-  }
-
   /**
    * Determines the location on screen, width, and height of the given view relative to the root
    * view and returns the values via an async callback.
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index 8f3d64d0f8b..356d6f84be0 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -629,13 +629,6 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule
         callback);
   }
 
-  /** Check if the first shadow node is the descendant of the second shadow node */
-  @ReactMethod
-  public void viewIsDescendantOf(
-      final int reactTag, final int ancestorReactTag, final Callback callback) {
-    mUIImplementation.viewIsDescendantOf(reactTag, ancestorReactTag, callback);
-  }
-
   @Override
   @ReactMethod
   public void setJSResponder(int reactTag, boolean blockNativeResponder) {