diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/TouchEventEmitter.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/TouchEventEmitter.cpp
index c18a6282238..4b582c6ba47 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/TouchEventEmitter.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/TouchEventEmitter.cpp
@@ -64,19 +64,19 @@ void TouchEventEmitter::dispatchTouchEvent(
 }
 
 void TouchEventEmitter::onTouchStart(TouchEvent const &event) const {
-  dispatchTouchEvent("touchStart", event, EventPriority::SynchronousUnbatched);
+  dispatchTouchEvent("touchStart", event, EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched);
 }
 
 void TouchEventEmitter::onTouchMove(TouchEvent const &event) const {
-  dispatchTouchEvent("touchMove", event, EventPriority::SynchronousBatched);
+  dispatchTouchEvent("touchMove", event, EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched);
 }
 
 void TouchEventEmitter::onTouchEnd(TouchEvent const &event) const {
-  dispatchTouchEvent("touchEnd", event, EventPriority::SynchronousBatched);
+  dispatchTouchEvent("touchEnd", event, EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched);
 }
 
 void TouchEventEmitter::onTouchCancel(TouchEvent const &event) const {
-  dispatchTouchEvent("touchCancel", event, EventPriority::SynchronousBatched);
+  dispatchTouchEvent("touchCancel", event, EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched);
 }
 
 } // namespace react
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/events/EventDispatcher.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/events/EventDispatcher.cpp
index 793c003d328..dd08e2330ca 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/events/EventDispatcher.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/events/EventDispatcher.cpp
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include "RawEvent.h"
 #include "UnbatchedEventQueue.h"
 
-#define REACT_FABRIC_SYNC_EVENT_DISPATCHING_DISABLED
-
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
@@ -58,10 +56,6 @@ void EventDispatcher::dispatchStateUpdate(
 }
 
 const EventQueue &EventDispatcher::getEventQueue(EventPriority priority) const {
-#ifdef REACT_FABRIC_SYNC_EVENT_DISPATCHING_DISABLED
-  priority = EventPriority::AsynchronousBatched;
-#endif
-
   return *eventQueues_[(int)priority];
 }