diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributeProps.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributeProps.kt
index 4d6e8665be1..73d150d071c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributeProps.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributeProps.kt
@@ -134,17 +134,9 @@ public class TextAttributeProps private constructor() {
   public var fontFeatureSettings: String? = null
     private set
 
-  private var heightOfTallestInlineImage: Float = Float.NaN
-
+  @Deprecated("Use lineHeight instead", ReplaceWith("lineHeight"))
   public val effectiveLineHeight: Float
-    // Returns a line height which takes into account the requested line height
-    get() {
-      val useInlineViewHeight =
-          !lineHeight.isNaN() &&
-              !heightOfTallestInlineImage.isNaN() &&
-              heightOfTallestInlineImage > lineHeight
-      return if (useInlineViewHeight) heightOfTallestInlineImage else lineHeight
-    }
+    get() = lineHeight
 
   private fun setNumberOfLines(numberOfLines: Int) {
     this.numberOfLines = if (numberOfLines == 0) ReactConstants.UNSET else numberOfLines
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
index 2a9ec5cb045..49fec8ee3a2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
@@ -312,10 +312,8 @@ internal object TextLayoutManager {
                       textAttributes.textShadowRadius,
                       textAttributes.textShadowColor)))
         }
-        if (!textAttributes.effectiveLineHeight.isNaN()) {
-          ops.add(
-              SetSpanOperation(
-                  start, end, CustomLineHeightSpan(textAttributes.effectiveLineHeight)))
+        if (!textAttributes.lineHeight.isNaN()) {
+          ops.add(SetSpanOperation(start, end, CustomLineHeightSpan(textAttributes.lineHeight)))
         }
 
         if (ReactNativeFeatureFlags.enablePreparedTextLayout()) {
@@ -474,9 +472,8 @@ internal object TextLayoutManager {
               spanFlags)
         }
 
-        if (!fragment.props.effectiveLineHeight.isNaN()) {
-          spannable.setSpan(
-              CustomLineHeightSpan(fragment.props.effectiveLineHeight), start, end, spanFlags)
+        if (!fragment.props.lineHeight.isNaN()) {
+          spannable.setSpan(CustomLineHeightSpan(fragment.props.lineHeight), start, end, spanFlags)
         }
 
         if (ReactNativeFeatureFlags.enablePreparedTextLayout()) {