diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
index 37a79ac274a..b045cd8984f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/Event.java
@@ -40,15 +40,6 @@ public abstract class Event<T extends Event> {
   private long mTimestampMs;
   private int mUniqueID = sUniqueID++;
 
-  // Android native Event times use 'uptimeMillis', and historically we've used `uptimeMillis`
-  // throughout this Event class as the coalescing key for events, and for other purposes.
-  // To get an accurate(ish) absolute UNIX time for the event, we store the initial clock time here.
-  // uptimeMillis can then be added to this to get an accurate UNIX time.
-  // However, we still default to uptimeMillis: you must explicitly request UNIX time if you want
-  // that; see `getUnixTimestampMs`.
-  public static final long sInitialClockTimeUnixOffset =
-      SystemClock.currentTimeMillis() - SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
-
   protected Event() {}
 
   @Deprecated
@@ -82,9 +73,7 @@ public abstract class Event<T extends Event> {
     // At some point it would be great to pass the SurfaceContext here instead.
     mUIManagerType = (surfaceId == -1 ? UIManagerType.DEFAULT : UIManagerType.FABRIC);
 
-    // This is a *relative* time. See `getUnixTimestampMs`.
     mTimestampMs = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
-
     mInitialized = true;
   }
 
@@ -106,11 +95,6 @@ public abstract class Event<T extends Event> {
     return mTimestampMs;
   }
 
-  /** @return the time at which the event happened as a UNIX timestamp, in milliseconds. */
-  public final long getUnixTimestampMs() {
-    return sInitialClockTimeUnixOffset + mTimestampMs;
-  }
-
   /** @return false if this Event can *never* be coalesced */
   public boolean canCoalesce() {
     return true;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchesHelper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchesHelper.java
index b67f6e3eff0..187e6121160 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchesHelper.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchesHelper.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class TouchesHelper {
       touch.putDouble(LOCATION_Y_KEY, PixelUtil.toDIPFromPixel(locationY));
       touch.putInt(TARGET_SURFACE_KEY, surfaceId);
       touch.putInt(TARGET_KEY, reactTarget);
-      touch.putDouble(TIMESTAMP_KEY, event.getUnixTimestampMs());
+      touch.putDouble(TIMESTAMP_KEY, event.getTimestampMs());
       touch.putDouble(POINTER_IDENTIFIER_KEY, motionEvent.getPointerId(index));
       touches.pushMap(touch);
     }