diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm
index 15a1173a324..3906df778bc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #import <React/RCTConversions.h>
 #import <React/RCTFollyConvert.h>
 #import <React/RCTI18nUtil.h>
-#import <React/RCTInitializeUIKitProxies.h>
 #import <React/RCTMountingManager.h>
 #import <React/RCTSurfaceDelegate.h>
 #import <React/RCTSurfaceRootView.h>
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
                        initialProperties:(NSDictionary *)initialProperties
 {
   if (self = [super init]) {
-    RCTInitializeUIKitProxies();
     _surfacePresenter = surfacePresenter;
 
     _surfaceHandler =
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/platform/ios/ReactCommon/RCTHost.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/platform/ios/ReactCommon/RCTHost.mm
index 974a37b31e7..24616334d34 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/platform/ios/ReactCommon/RCTHost.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/runtime/platform/ios/ReactCommon/RCTHost.mm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #import <React/RCTBridgeModule.h>
 #import <React/RCTConvert.h>
 #import <React/RCTFabricSurface.h>
+#import <React/RCTInitializeUIKitProxies.h>
 #import <React/RCTInspectorDevServerHelper.h>
 #import <React/RCTInspectorNetworkHelper.h>
 #import <React/RCTInspectorUtils.h>
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ class RCTHostHostTargetDelegate : public facebook::react::jsinspector_modern::Ho
                                              mode:(DisplayMode)displayMode
                                 initialProperties:(NSDictionary *)properties
 {
+  RCTInitializeUIKitProxies();
   RCTFabricSurface *surface = [[RCTFabricSurface alloc] initWithSurfacePresenter:self.surfacePresenter
                                                                       moduleName:moduleName
                                                                initialProperties:properties];