diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/UpdateProps.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/UpdateProps.ts
index 6f0b850fd05..2f0941c8f12 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/UpdateProps.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/UpdateProps.ts
@@ -5,26 +5,24 @@ import { processColorsInProps } from './Colors';
 import type { ShadowNodeWrapper, SharedValue, StyleProps } from './commonTypes';
 import type { AnimatedStyle } from './helperTypes';
 import type { Descriptor } from './hook/commonTypes';
+import type { ReanimatedHTMLElement } from './js-reanimated';
 import { _updatePropsJS } from './js-reanimated';
 import { isFabric, isJest, shouldBeUseWeb } from './PlatformChecker';
-import type { ViewRefSet } from './ViewDescriptorsSet';
 import { runOnUIImmediately } from './threads';
 
 let updateProps: (
   viewDescriptor: SharedValue<Descriptor[]>,
   updates: StyleProps | AnimatedStyle<any>,
-  maybeViewRef: ViewRefSet<any> | undefined,
   isAnimatedProps?: boolean
 ) => void;
 
 if (shouldBeUseWeb()) {
-  updateProps = (_, updates, maybeViewRef, isAnimatedProps) => {
+  updateProps = (viewDescriptors, updates, isAnimatedProps) => {
     'worklet';
-    if (maybeViewRef) {
-      maybeViewRef.items.forEach((item, _index) => {
-        _updatePropsJS(updates, item, isAnimatedProps);
-      });
-    }
+    viewDescriptors.value?.forEach((viewDescriptor) => {
+      const component = viewDescriptor.tag as ReanimatedHTMLElement;
+      _updatePropsJS(updates, component, isAnimatedProps);
+    });
   };
 } else {
   updateProps = (viewDescriptors, updates) => {
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ if (shouldBeUseWeb()) {
 export const updatePropsJestWrapper = (
   viewDescriptors: SharedValue<Descriptor[]>,
   updates: AnimatedStyle<any>,
-  maybeViewRef: ViewRefSet<any> | undefined,
   animatedStyle: MutableRefObject<AnimatedStyle<any>>,
   adapters: ((updates: AnimatedStyle<any>) => void)[]
 ): void => {
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ export const updatePropsJestWrapper = (
     ...updates,
   };
 
-  updateProps(viewDescriptors, updates, maybeViewRef);
+  updateProps(viewDescriptors, updates);
 };
 
 export default updateProps;
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ const createUpdatePropsManager = isFabric()
         ) {
           viewDescriptors.value.forEach((viewDescriptor) => {
             operations.push({
-              tag: viewDescriptor.tag,
+              tag: viewDescriptor.tag as number,
               name: viewDescriptor.name || 'RCTView',
               updates,
             });
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/ViewDescriptorsSet.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/ViewDescriptorsSet.ts
index 1e8858ff988..796c521d2c9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/ViewDescriptorsSet.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/ViewDescriptorsSet.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
-import { useRef } from 'react';
 import { makeMutable } from './core';
 import type { SharedValue } from './commonTypes';
 import type { Descriptor } from './hook/commonTypes';
-import { shouldBeUseWeb } from './PlatformChecker';
-
-export interface ViewRefSet<T> {
-  items: Set<T>;
-  add: (item: T) => void;
-  remove: (item: T) => void;
-}
 
 export interface ViewDescriptorsSet {
   shareableViewDescriptors: SharedValue<Descriptor[]>;
@@ -51,37 +43,3 @@ export function makeViewDescriptorsSet(): ViewDescriptorsSet {
   };
   return data;
 }
-
-const SHOULD_BE_USE_WEB = shouldBeUseWeb();
-
-export const useViewRefSet = SHOULD_BE_USE_WEB
-  ? useViewRefSetJS
-  : useViewRefSetNative;
-
-function useViewRefSetNative() {
-  // Stub native implementation.
-  return undefined;
-}
-
-function useViewRefSetJS<T>(): ViewRefSet<T> {
-  const ref = useRef<ViewRefSet<T> | null>(null);
-  if (ref.current === null) {
-    const data: ViewRefSet<T> = {
-      items: new Set(),
-
-      add: (item: T) => {
-        if (data.items.has(item)) {
-          return;
-        }
-        data.items.add(item);
-      },
-
-      remove: (item: T) => {
-        data.items.delete(item);
-      },
-    };
-    ref.current = data;
-  }
-
-  return ref.current;
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/InlinePropManager.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/InlinePropManager.ts
index f6b382aafd5..70df5cc53e2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/InlinePropManager.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/InlinePropManager.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@ import type {
 } from './commonTypes';
 import { flattenArray } from './utils';
 import { makeViewDescriptorsSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
-import type { ViewDescriptorsSet, ViewRefSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
+import type { ViewDescriptorsSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
 import { adaptViewConfig } from '../ConfigHelper';
 import updateProps from '../UpdateProps';
 import { stopMapper, startMapper } from '../mappers';
 import { isSharedValue } from '../isSharedValue';
-import { shouldBeUseWeb } from '../PlatformChecker';
-
-const SHOULD_BE_USE_WEB = shouldBeUseWeb();
 
 function isInlineStyleTransform(transform: unknown): boolean {
   if (!Array.isArray(transform)) {
@@ -160,13 +157,10 @@ export class InlinePropManager implements IInlinePropManager {
       const shareableViewDescriptors =
         this._inlinePropsViewDescriptors.shareableViewDescriptors;
 
-      const maybeViewRef = SHOULD_BE_USE_WEB
-        ? ({ items: new Set([animatedComponent]) } as ViewRefSet<unknown>) // see makeViewsRefSet
-        : undefined;
       const updaterFunction = () => {
         'worklet';
         const update = getInlinePropsUpdate(newInlineProps);
-        updateProps(shareableViewDescriptors, update, maybeViewRef);
+        updateProps(shareableViewDescriptors, update);
       };
       this._inlineProps = newInlineProps;
       if (this._inlinePropsMapperId) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/PropsFilter.tsx b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/PropsFilter.tsx
index 3378bc21235..e1d9493989a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/PropsFilter.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/PropsFilter.tsx
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ export class PropsFilter implements IPropsFilter {
         const processedStyle: StyleProps = styles.map((style) => {
           if (style && style.viewDescriptors) {
             // this is how we recognize styles returned by useAnimatedStyle
-            // TODO - refactor, since `viewsRef` is only present on Web
-            style.viewsRef?.add(component);
             if (this._requiresNewInitials) {
               this._initialStyle = {
                 ...style.initial.value,
@@ -72,8 +70,6 @@ export class PropsFilter implements IPropsFilter {
           Object.keys(animatedProp.initial.value).forEach((initialValueKey) => {
             props[initialValueKey] =
               animatedProp.initial?.value[initialValueKey];
-            // TODO - refacotr, since `viewsRef` is only present on Web
-            animatedProp.viewsRef?.add(component);
           });
         }
       } else if (
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/commonTypes.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/commonTypes.ts
index 982c71b9db3..110cd86d263 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/commonTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/commonTypes.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type {
   StyleProps,
 } from '../commonTypes';
 import type { ViewConfig } from '../ConfigHelper';
-import type { ViewDescriptorsSet, ViewRefSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
+import type { ViewDescriptorsSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
 import type {
   BaseAnimationBuilder,
   EntryExitAnimationFunction,
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import type { SkipEnteringContext } from '../component/LayoutAnimationConfig';
 
 export interface AnimatedProps extends Record<string, unknown> {
   viewDescriptors?: ViewDescriptorsSet;
-  viewsRef?: ViewRefSet<unknown>;
   initial?: SharedValue<StyleProps>;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/createAnimatedComponent.tsx b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/createAnimatedComponent.tsx
index 6c3d81d4791..577b4a74e61 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/createAnimatedComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/createAnimatedComponent/createAnimatedComponent.tsx
@@ -239,11 +239,7 @@ export function createAnimatedComponent(
     }
 
     _detachStyles() {
-      if (IS_WEB && this._styles !== null) {
-        for (const style of this._styles) {
-          style.viewsRef.remove(this);
-        }
-      } else if (this._componentViewTag !== -1 && this._styles !== null) {
+      if (this._componentViewTag !== -1 && this._styles !== null) {
         for (const style of this._styles) {
           style.viewDescriptors.remove(this._componentViewTag);
         }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/commonTypes.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/commonTypes.ts
index c7fb9879bc5..a56ee922c23 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/commonTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/commonTypes.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ import type {
   ViewStyle,
   NativeScrollEvent,
 } from 'react-native';
-import type { ViewDescriptorsSet, ViewRefSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
+import type { ViewDescriptorsSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
 import type { AnimatedStyle } from '../helperTypes';
+import type { ReanimatedHTMLElement } from '../js-reanimated';
 
 export type DependencyList = Array<unknown> | undefined;
 
 export interface Descriptor {
-  tag: number;
+  tag: number | ReanimatedHTMLElement;
   name: string;
   shadowNodeWrapper: ShadowNodeWrapper;
 }
@@ -96,10 +97,6 @@ export interface AnimatedStyleHandle<
     value: AnimatedStyle<Style>;
     updater: () => AnimatedStyle<Style>;
   };
-  /**
-   * @remarks `viewsRef` is only defined in Web implementation.
-   */
-  viewsRef: ViewRefSet<unknown> | undefined;
 }
 
 export interface JestAnimatedStyleHandle<
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/useAnimatedStyle.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/useAnimatedStyle.ts
index 6b74e82cba4..043d48d2b21 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/useAnimatedStyle.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/hook/useAnimatedStyle.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import type {
   Descriptor,
   JestAnimatedStyleHandle,
 } from './commonTypes';
-import type { ViewDescriptorsSet, ViewRefSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
-import { makeViewDescriptorsSet, useViewRefSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
+import type { ViewDescriptorsSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
+import { makeViewDescriptorsSet } from '../ViewDescriptorsSet';
 import { isJest, shouldBeUseWeb } from '../PlatformChecker';
 import type {
   AnimationObject,
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ function styleUpdater(
   viewDescriptors: SharedValue<Descriptor[]>,
   updater: WorkletFunction<[], AnimatedStyle<any>> | (() => AnimatedStyle<any>),
   state: AnimatedState,
-  maybeViewRef: ViewRefSet<any> | undefined,
   animationsActive: SharedValue<boolean>,
   isAnimatedProps = false
 ): void {
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ function styleUpdater(
       }
 
       if (updates) {
-        updateProps(viewDescriptors, updates, maybeViewRef);
+        updateProps(viewDescriptors, updates);
       }
 
       if (!allFinished) {
@@ -252,14 +251,14 @@ function styleUpdater(
     }
 
     if (hasNonAnimatedValues) {
-      updateProps(viewDescriptors, nonAnimatedNewValues, maybeViewRef);
+      updateProps(viewDescriptors, nonAnimatedNewValues);
     }
   } else {
     state.isAnimationCancelled = true;
     state.animations = [];
 
     if (!shallowEqual(oldValues, newValues)) {
-      updateProps(viewDescriptors, newValues, maybeViewRef, isAnimatedProps);
+      updateProps(viewDescriptors, newValues, isAnimatedProps);
     }
   }
   state.last = newValues;
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ function jestStyleUpdater(
   viewDescriptors: SharedValue<Descriptor[]>,
   updater: WorkletFunction<[], AnimatedStyle<any>> | (() => AnimatedStyle<any>),
   state: AnimatedState,
-  maybeViewRef: ViewRefSet<any> | undefined,
   animationsActive: SharedValue<boolean>,
   animatedStyle: MutableRefObject<AnimatedStyle<any>>,
   adapters: AnimatedPropsAdapterFunction[]
@@ -326,13 +324,7 @@ function jestStyleUpdater(
     });
 
     if (Object.keys(updates).length) {
-      updatePropsJestWrapper(
-        viewDescriptors,
-        updates,
-        maybeViewRef,
-        animatedStyle,
-        adapters
-      );
+      updatePropsJestWrapper(viewDescriptors, updates, animatedStyle, adapters);
     }
 
     if (!allFinished) {
@@ -358,13 +350,7 @@ function jestStyleUpdater(
   state.last = newValues;
 
   if (!shallowEqual(oldValues, newValues)) {
-    updatePropsJestWrapper(
-      viewDescriptors,
-      newValues,
-      maybeViewRef,
-      animatedStyle,
-      adapters
-    );
+    updatePropsJestWrapper(viewDescriptors, newValues, animatedStyle, adapters);
   }
 }
 
@@ -423,7 +409,6 @@ export function useAnimatedStyle<Style extends DefaultStyle>(
   adapters?: AnimatedPropsAdapterWorklet | AnimatedPropsAdapterWorklet[] | null,
   isAnimatedProps = false
 ): AnimatedStyleHandle<Style> | JestAnimatedStyleHandle<Style> {
-  const viewsRef: ViewRefSet<unknown> | undefined = useViewRefSet();
   const animatedUpdaterData = useRef<AnimatedUpdaterData>();
   let inputs = Object.values(updater.__closure ?? {});
   if (SHOULD_BE_USE_WEB) {
@@ -506,7 +491,6 @@ For more, see the docs: \`https://docs.swmansion.com/react-native-reanimated/doc
           shareableViewDescriptors,
           updater,
           remoteState,
-          viewsRef,
           areAnimationsActive,
           jestAnimatedStyle,
           adaptersArray
@@ -519,7 +503,6 @@ For more, see the docs: \`https://docs.swmansion.com/react-native-reanimated/doc
           shareableViewDescriptors,
           updaterFn,
           remoteState,
-          viewsRef,
           areAnimationsActive,
           isAnimatedProps
         );
@@ -547,8 +530,8 @@ For more, see the docs: \`https://docs.swmansion.com/react-native-reanimated/doc
 
   if (!animatedStyleHandle.current) {
     animatedStyleHandle.current = isJest()
-      ? { viewDescriptors, initial, viewsRef, jestAnimatedStyle }
-      : { initial, viewsRef, viewDescriptors };
+      ? { viewDescriptors, initial, jestAnimatedStyle }
+      : { viewDescriptors, initial };
   }
 
   return animatedStyleHandle.current;
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/js-reanimated/index.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/js-reanimated/index.ts
index e750c25736a..6b8f17f10f2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/js-reanimated/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/js-reanimated/index.ts
@@ -53,17 +53,15 @@ export interface ReanimatedHTMLElement extends HTMLElement {
 export const _updatePropsJS = (
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-redundant-type-constituents
   updates: StyleProps | AnimatedStyle<any>,
-  viewRef: {
-    _component?: (JSReanimatedComponent | ReanimatedHTMLElement) & {
-      getAnimatableRef?: () => JSReanimatedComponent | ReanimatedHTMLElement;
-    };
+  viewRef: (JSReanimatedComponent | ReanimatedHTMLElement) & {
+    getAnimatableRef?: () => JSReanimatedComponent | ReanimatedHTMLElement;
   },
   isAnimatedProps?: boolean
 ): void => {
-  if (viewRef._component) {
-    const component = viewRef._component.getAnimatableRef
-      ? viewRef._component.getAnimatableRef()
-      : viewRef._component;
+  if (viewRef) {
+    const component = viewRef.getAnimatableRef
+      ? viewRef.getAnimatableRef()
+      : viewRef;
     const [rawStyles] = Object.keys(updates).reduce(
       (acc: [StyleProps, AnimatedStyle<any>], key) => {
         const value = updates[key];
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/layoutReanimation/web/componentStyle.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/layoutReanimation/web/componentStyle.ts
index f2f82c3d70e..1318da8e1b1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/layoutReanimation/web/componentStyle.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/layoutReanimation/web/componentStyle.ts
@@ -20,15 +20,12 @@ export const snapshots = new WeakMap<HTMLElement, ReanimatedSnapshot>();
 
 export function makeElementVisible(element: HTMLElement, delay: number) {
   if (delay === 0) {
-    _updatePropsJS(
-      { visibility: 'initial' },
-      { _component: element as ReanimatedHTMLElement }
-    );
+    _updatePropsJS({ visibility: 'initial' }, element as ReanimatedHTMLElement);
   } else {
     setTimeout(() => {
       _updatePropsJS(
         { visibility: 'initial' },
-        { _component: element as ReanimatedHTMLElement }
+        element as ReanimatedHTMLElement
       );
     }, delay * 1000);
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/layoutReanimation/web/componentUtils.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/layoutReanimation/web/componentUtils.ts
index 417f7aa10be..02b0f377185 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/layoutReanimation/web/componentUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/layoutReanimation/web/componentUtils.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export function setElementAnimation(
     if (animationConfig.animationType === LayoutAnimationType.ENTERING) {
       _updatePropsJS(
         { visibility: 'initial' },
-        { _component: element as ReanimatedHTMLElement }
+        element as ReanimatedHTMLElement
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/platformFunctions/setNativeProps.web.ts b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/platformFunctions/setNativeProps.web.ts
index 7e749b5e5ae..4170b317edb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/platformFunctions/setNativeProps.web.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-reanimated/src/platformFunctions/setNativeProps.web.ts
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ export function setNativeProps<T extends Component>(
   updates: StyleProps
 ) {
   const component = animatedRef() as ReanimatedHTMLElement;
-  _updatePropsJS(updates, { _component: component });
+  _updatePropsJS(updates, component);
 }