diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/tests/LayoutAnimationTest.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/tests/LayoutAnimationTest.cpp
index 36ae2687edd..e9f1b905c72 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/tests/LayoutAnimationTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/tests/LayoutAnimationTest.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static void testShadowNodeTreeLifeCycleLayoutAnimations(
                 ShadowNode::ListOfShared{singleRootChildNode})}));
 
     // Building an initial view hierarchy.
-    auto viewTree = buildStubViewTreeWithoutUsingDifferentiator(*emptyRootNode);
+    auto viewTree = StubViewTree(ShadowView(*emptyRootNode));
     viewTree.mutate(
         calculateShadowViewMutations(*emptyRootNode, *currentRootNode));
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/tests/ShadowTreeLifeCycleTest.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/tests/ShadowTreeLifeCycleTest.cpp
index 6b75117b89c..086fe3459e2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/tests/ShadowTreeLifeCycleTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/mounting/tests/ShadowTreeLifeCycleTest.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void testShadowNodeTreeLifeCycle(
                 ShadowNode::ListOfShared{singleRootChildNode})}));
 
     // Building an initial view hierarchy.
-    auto viewTree = buildStubViewTreeWithoutUsingDifferentiator(*emptyRootNode);
+    auto viewTree = StubViewTree(ShadowView(*emptyRootNode));
     viewTree.mutate(
         calculateShadowViewMutations(*emptyRootNode, *currentRootNode));