diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
index 13a485f412..527db52971 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
@@ -380,11 +380,6 @@ static UIImage *RCTResizeImageIfNeeded(UIImage *image,
     [NSURLProtocol setProperty:@"RCTImageLoader"
                         forKey:@"trackingName"
                      inRequest:mutableRequest];
-
-    // Add missing png extension
-    if (request.URL.fileURL && request.URL.pathExtension.length == 0) {
-      mutableRequest.URL = [request.URL URLByAppendingPathExtension:@"png"];
-    }
     if (_redirectDelegate != nil) {
       mutableRequest.URL = [_redirectDelegate redirectAssetsURL:mutableRequest.URL];
     }
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTUtils.m b/React/Base/RCTUtils.m
index 44e9516bf9..7a039ef89f 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTUtils.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTUtils.m
@@ -711,9 +711,6 @@ UIImage *__nullable RCTImageFromLocalAssetURL(NSURL *imageURL)
   if (!image) {
     // Attempt to load from the file system
     NSString *filePath = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[imageURL fileSystemRepresentation]];
-    if (filePath.pathExtension.length == 0) {
-      filePath = [filePath stringByAppendingPathExtension:@"png"];
-    }
     image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
   }