diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverrides_RNOSS_Stable_Android.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverrides_RNOSS_Stable_Android.kt
index 502821902968a9..f47d8198fbd652 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverrides_RNOSS_Stable_Android.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/internal/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverrides_RNOSS_Stable_Android.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,5 @@ public class ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverrides_RNOSS_Stable_Android(
 
   override fun useTurboModules(): Boolean = bridgelessEnabled || turboModulesEnabled
 
-  override fun updateRuntimeShadowNodeReferencesOnCommit(): Boolean = true
-
   override fun useShadowNodeStateOnClone(): Boolean = true
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverridesOSSStable.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverridesOSSStable.h
index 8f3e23de5599b7..f165dda875312f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverridesOSSStable.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverridesOSSStable.h
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ class ReactNativeFeatureFlagsOverridesOSSStable
   bool useNativeViewConfigsInBridgelessMode() override {
     return true;
   }
-  bool updateRuntimeShadowNodeReferencesOnCommit() override {
-    return true;
-  }
   bool useShadowNodeStateOnClone() override {
     return true;
   }