diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper.java
index 16fb9ae4aa7..e5783e3c5d5 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper.java
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ public class TouchEventCoalescingKeyHelper {
    * Stops tracking a new coalescing key corresponding to the gesture with this down time.
    */
   public static void removeCoalescingKey(long downTime) {
-    int currentValue = sDownTimeToCoalescingKey.get((int) downTime, -1);
-    if (currentValue == -1) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Tried to remove non-existent cookie");
-    }
     sDownTimeToCoalescingKey.delete((int) downTime);
   }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/RootViewTest.java b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/RootViewTest.java
index 679ce6eddee..2eb7f5ed87d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/RootViewTest.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/RootViewTest.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class RootViewTest {
         ArgumentCaptor.forClass(JavaOnlyArray.class);
 
     rootView.onTouchEvent(
-        MotionEvent.obtain(100, ts, MotionEvent.ACTION_UP, 0, 0, 0));
+        MotionEvent.obtain(50, ts, MotionEvent.ACTION_UP, 0, 0, 0));
     verify(eventDispatcher).dispatchEvent(upEventCaptor.capture());
     verifyNoMoreInteractions(eventDispatcher);