diff --git a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
index c7fec8f712..1a47f1b7ab 100644
--- a/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
+++ b/Libraries/NativeAnimation/RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager.m
@@ -28,21 +28,6 @@
 #import "RCTValueAnimatedNode.h"
 #import "RCTTrackingAnimatedNode.h"
 
-// We do some normalizing of the event names in RCTEventDispatcher#RCTNormalizeInputEventName.
-// To make things simpler just get rid of the parts we change in the event names we use here.
-// This is a lot easier than trying to denormalize because there would be multiple possible
-// denormalized forms for a single input.
-NSString *RCTNormalizeAnimatedEventName(NSString *eventName)
-{
-  if ([eventName hasPrefix:@"on"]) {
-    return [eventName substringFromIndex:2];
-  }
-  if ([eventName hasPrefix:@"top"]) {
-    return [eventName substringFromIndex:3];
-  }
-  return eventName;
-}
-
 @implementation RCTNativeAnimatedNodesManager
 {
   __weak RCTBridge *_bridge;
@@ -336,7 +321,7 @@ NSString *RCTNormalizeAnimatedEventName(NSString *eventName)
   RCTEventAnimation *driver =
     [[RCTEventAnimation alloc] initWithEventPath:eventPath valueNode:(RCTValueAnimatedNode *)node];
 
-  NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", viewTag, RCTNormalizeAnimatedEventName(eventName)];
+  NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", viewTag, eventName];
   if (_eventDrivers[key] != nil) {
     [_eventDrivers[key] addObject:driver];
   } else {
@@ -350,7 +335,7 @@ NSString *RCTNormalizeAnimatedEventName(NSString *eventName)
                           eventName:(nonnull NSString *)eventName
                     animatedNodeTag:(nonnull NSNumber *)animatedNodeTag
 {
-  NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", viewTag, RCTNormalizeAnimatedEventName(eventName)];
+  NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", viewTag, eventName];
   if (_eventDrivers[key] != nil) {
     if (_eventDrivers[key].count == 1) {
       [_eventDrivers removeObjectForKey:key];
@@ -372,7 +357,7 @@ NSString *RCTNormalizeAnimatedEventName(NSString *eventName)
     return;
   }
 
-  NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", event.viewTag, RCTNormalizeAnimatedEventName(event.eventName)];
+  NSString *key = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", event.viewTag, event.eventName];
   NSMutableArray<RCTEventAnimation *> *driversForKey = _eventDrivers[key];
   if (driversForKey) {
     for (RCTEventAnimation *driver in driversForKey) {
diff --git a/RNTester/js/examples/NativeAnimation/NativeAnimationsExample.js b/RNTester/js/examples/NativeAnimation/NativeAnimationsExample.js
index acec03baa0..2e1fcd22b7 100644
--- a/RNTester/js/examples/NativeAnimation/NativeAnimationsExample.js
+++ b/RNTester/js/examples/NativeAnimation/NativeAnimationsExample.js
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class InternalSettings extends React.Component<
 
 class EventExample extends React.Component<{}, $FlowFixMeState> {
   state = {
-    anim: new Animated.Value(0),
+    scrollX: new Animated.Value(0),
   };
 
   render() {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class EventExample extends React.Component<{}, $FlowFixMeState> {
             {
               transform: [
                 {
-                  rotate: this.state.anim.interpolate({
+                  rotate: this.state.scrollX.interpolate({
                     inputRange: [0, 1],
                     outputRange: ['0deg', '1deg'],
                   }),
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class EventExample extends React.Component<{}, $FlowFixMeState> {
           horizontal
           style={{height: 100, marginTop: 16}}
           onScroll={Animated.event(
-            [{nativeEvent: {contentOffset: {x: this.state.anim}}}],
+            [{nativeEvent: {contentOffset: {x: this.state.scrollX}}}],
             {useNativeDriver: true},
           )}>
           <View
@@ -259,13 +259,6 @@ class EventExample extends React.Component<{}, $FlowFixMeState> {
             <Text>Scroll me sideways!</Text>
           </View>
         </Animated.ScrollView>
-        <AnimatedSlider
-          maximumValue={200}
-          onValueChange={Animated.event(
-            [{nativeEvent: {value: this.state.anim}}],
-            {useNativeDriver: true},
-          )}
-        />
       </View>
     );
   }