diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.cpp
index 23dd8f8c60..9e20dd0563 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.cpp
@@ -230,16 +230,6 @@ SharedShadowNode FabricUIManager::cloneNodeWithNewChildrenAndProps(const SharedS
 void FabricUIManager::appendChild(const SharedShadowNode &parentShadowNode, const SharedShadowNode &childShadowNode) {
   isLoggingEnabled && LOG(INFO) << "FabricUIManager::appendChild(parentShadowNode: " << parentShadowNode->getDebugDescription(DebugStringConvertibleOptions {.format = false}) << ", childShadowNode: " << childShadowNode->getDebugDescription(DebugStringConvertibleOptions {.format = false}) << ")";
   const SharedComponentDescriptor &componentDescriptor = (*componentDescriptorRegistry_)[parentShadowNode];
-
-  // TODO: Remove this after we move this to JS side.
-  if (childShadowNode->getSealed()) {
-    auto childComponentDescriptor = (*componentDescriptorRegistry_)[childShadowNode];
-    auto clonedChildShadowNode = childComponentDescriptor->cloneShadowNode(childShadowNode);
-    auto nonConstClonedChildShadowNode = std::const_pointer_cast<ShadowNode>(clonedChildShadowNode);
-    componentDescriptor->appendChild(parentShadowNode, clonedChildShadowNode);
-    return;
-  }
-
   componentDescriptor->appendChild(parentShadowNode, childShadowNode);
 }
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/view/yoga/YogaLayoutableShadowNode.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/view/yoga/YogaLayoutableShadowNode.cpp
index 69ed311158..34b0f372fa 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/view/yoga/YogaLayoutableShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/view/yoga/YogaLayoutableShadowNode.cpp
@@ -94,12 +94,16 @@ void YogaLayoutableShadowNode::appendChild(SharedYogaLayoutableShadowNode child)
 
   auto yogaNodeRawPtr = &yogaNode_;
   auto childYogaNodeRawPtr = &child->yogaNode_;
-  yogaNodeRawPtr->insertChild(childYogaNodeRawPtr, yogaNodeRawPtr->getChildren().size());
 
-  if (childYogaNodeRawPtr->getOwner() == nullptr) {
-    child->ensureUnsealed();
-    childYogaNodeRawPtr->setOwner(yogaNodeRawPtr);
+  if (childYogaNodeRawPtr->getOwner() != nullptr) {
+    child = std::static_pointer_cast<const YogaLayoutableShadowNode>(cloneAndReplaceChild(child));
+    childYogaNodeRawPtr = &child->yogaNode_;
   }
+
+  child->ensureUnsealed();
+  childYogaNodeRawPtr->setOwner(yogaNodeRawPtr);
+
+  yogaNodeRawPtr->insertChild(childYogaNodeRawPtr, yogaNodeRawPtr->getChildren().size());
 }
 
 void YogaLayoutableShadowNode::layout(LayoutContext layoutContext) {