diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
index eed89a0aa568..ad2862f246c2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
-import android.widget.TextView;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView;
 import androidx.core.view.AccessibilityDelegateCompat;
@@ -47,12 +46,10 @@
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.style.BorderStyle;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.style.LogicalEdge;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.style.Overflow;
-import com.facebook.react.util.AndroidVersion;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.internal.span.CanvasEffectSpan;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.internal.span.ReactFragmentIndexSpan;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.internal.span.ReactTagSpan;
 import com.facebook.yoga.YogaMeasureMode;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
 @Nullsafe(Nullsafe.Mode.LOCAL)
 public class ReactTextView extends AppCompatTextView implements ReactCompoundView {
@@ -63,10 +60,6 @@ public class ReactTextView extends AppCompatTextView implements ReactCompoundVie
   // https://github.com/aosp-mirror/platform_frameworks_base/blob/master/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java#L854
   private static final int DEFAULT_GRAVITY = Gravity.TOP | Gravity.START;
 
-  // TextView.setUseBoundsForWidth (API 35+). Looked up reflectively because some internal targets
-  // compile against an SDK older than 35 (see AndroidVersion).
-  private static final @Nullable Method SET_USE_BOUNDS_FOR_WIDTH = resolveSetUseBoundsForWidth();
-
   private int mNumberOfLines;
   private @Nullable TextUtils.TruncateAt mEllipsizeLocation;
   private boolean mAdjustsFontSizeToFit;
@@ -87,17 +80,6 @@ public ReactTextView(Context context) {
     initView();
   }
 
-  private static @Nullable Method resolveSetUseBoundsForWidth() {
-    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < AndroidVersion.VERSION_CODE_VANILLA_ICE_CREAM) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    try {
-      return TextView.class.getMethod("setUseBoundsForWidth", boolean.class);
-    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
-      return null;
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Keeps this view's line breaking on the same basis as TextLayoutManager's measurement.
    *
@@ -109,13 +91,8 @@ public ReactTextView(Context context) {
    * one.
    */
   private void matchLineBreakingToMeasurement() {
-    if (SET_USE_BOUNDS_FOR_WIDTH == null) {
-      return;
-    }
-    try {
-      SET_USE_BOUNDS_FOR_WIDTH.invoke(this, false);
-    } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
-      FLog.w(ReactConstants.TAG, "Could not disable useBoundsForWidth on ReactTextView", e);
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.VANILLA_ICE_CREAM) {
+      setUseBoundsForWidth(false);
     }
   }