diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/PointerEventHelper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/PointerEventHelper.java
index 4ea2fd1ec5c..d8134bd1e3f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/PointerEventHelper.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/PointerEventHelper.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.uimanager.events;
 
+import android.view.InputDevice;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -22,8 +23,6 @@ public class PointerEventHelper {
   public static final String POINTER_TYPE_MOUSE = "mouse";
   public static final String POINTER_TYPE_UNKNOWN = "";
 
-  private static final int X_FLAG_SUPPORTS_HOVER = 0x01000000;
-
   public static enum EVENT {
     CANCEL,
     CANCEL_CAPTURE,
@@ -147,26 +146,7 @@ public class PointerEventHelper {
   }
 
   public static boolean supportsHover(MotionEvent motionEvent) {
-    // A flag has been set on the MotionEvent to indicate it supports hover
-    // See D36958947 on justifications for this.
-    // TODO(luwe): Leverage previous events to determine if MotionEvent
-    //  is from an input device that supports hover
-    boolean supportsHoverFlag = (motionEvent.getFlags() & X_FLAG_SUPPORTS_HOVER) != 0;
-    if (supportsHoverFlag) {
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    int toolType = motionEvent.getToolType(motionEvent.getActionIndex());
-    String pointerType = getW3CPointerType(toolType);
-
-    if (pointerType.equals(POINTER_TYPE_MOUSE)) {
-      return true;
-    } else if (pointerType.equals(POINTER_TYPE_PEN)) {
-      return true; // true?
-    } else if (pointerType.equals(POINTER_TYPE_TOUCH)) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    return false;
+    int source = motionEvent.getSource();
+    return source == InputDevice.SOURCE_MOUSE || source == InputDevice.SOURCE_CLASS_POINTER;
   }
 }