diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
index 2aba728a52d..757b17f8d13 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ static uint64_t monotonicTimeGetCurrentNanoseconds(void)
 @synthesize maxConcurrentLoadingTasks = _maxConcurrentLoadingTasks;
 @synthesize maxConcurrentDecodingTasks = _maxConcurrentDecodingTasks;
 @synthesize maxConcurrentDecodingBytes = _maxConcurrentDecodingBytes;
-@synthesize turboModuleRegistry = _turboModuleRegistry;
 
 RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
 
@@ -645,20 +644,14 @@ static UIImage *RCTResizeImageIfNeeded(UIImage *image,
                                      progressBlock:(RCTImageLoaderProgressBlock)progressHandler
                                    completionBlock:(void (^)(NSError *error, id imageOrData, NSURLResponse *response))completionHandler
 {
-  // Check if networking module is available
-  if (RCT_DEBUG && ![_bridge respondsToSelector:@selector(networking)]
-      && ![_turboModuleRegistry moduleForName:"Networking"]) {
+  RCTNetworking *networking = [_moduleRegistry moduleForName:"Networking"];
+  if (RCT_DEBUG && !networking) {
     RCTLogError(@"No suitable image URL loader found for %@. You may need to "
                 " import the RCTNetwork library in order to load images.",
                 request.URL.absoluteString);
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  RCTNetworking *networking = [_moduleRegistry moduleForName:"Networking"];
-  if (!networking) {
-    networking = [_turboModuleRegistry moduleForName:"Networking"];
-  }
-
   // Check if networking module can load image
   if (RCT_DEBUG && ![networking canHandleRequest:request]) {
     RCTLogError(@"No suitable image URL loader found for %@", request.URL.absoluteString);