diff --git a/React/Base/RCTRootView.m b/React/Base/RCTRootView.m
index db1ed02343..9870ebfaee 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTRootView.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTRootView.m
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ NSString *const RCTContentDidAppearNotification = @"RCTContentDidAppearNotificat
     _loadingViewFadeDelay = 0.25;
     _loadingViewFadeDuration = 0.25;
     _sizeFlexibility = RCTRootViewSizeFlexibilityNone;
-    self.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
 
     [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                              selector:@selector(bridgeDidReload)