diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTRootView.m b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTRootView.m
index 5acd5f03c4c951..8938f4197e4d2a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTRootView.m
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/RCTRootView.m
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
 
 NSString *const RCTContentDidAppearNotification = @"RCTContentDidAppearNotification";
 
-@interface RCTUIManager (RCTRootView)
-
-- (NSNumber *)allocateRootTag;
-
-@end
-
 @implementation RCTRootView {
   RCTBridge *_bridge;
   NSString *_moduleName;