diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/JavaScriptModuleRegistration.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/JavaScriptModuleRegistration.java
index 5e20f0970..27d3f435c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/JavaScriptModuleRegistration.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/JavaScriptModuleRegistration.java
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ class JavaScriptModuleRegistration {
 
   public int getMethodId(Method method) {
     final Integer id = mMethodsToIds.get(method);
-    Assertions.assertNotNull(id, "Unknown method: " + method.getName());
+    if (id == null) {
+      Assertions.assertUnreachable("Unknown method: " + method.getName());
+    }
     return id.intValue();
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/SoftAssertions.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/SoftAssertions.java
index f5d1f7a47..4b0396e0c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/SoftAssertions.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/SoftAssertions.java
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
  */
 public class SoftAssertions {
 
+  /**
+   * Throw {@link AssertionException} with a given message. Use this method surrounded with
+   * {@code if} block with assert condition in case you plan to do string concatenation to produce
+   * the message.
+   */
+  public static void assertUnreachable(String message) {
+    throw new AssertionException(message);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Asserts the given condition, throwing an {@link AssertionException} if the condition doesn't
    * hold.
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
index 035560322..a41b7f726 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ import com.facebook.react.animation.AnimationListener;
 import com.facebook.react.animation.AnimationRegistry;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.SoftAssertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.touch.JSResponderHandler;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 
 /**
  * Delegate of {@link UIManagerModule} that owns the native view hierarchy and mapping between
@@ -420,9 +418,10 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 
   public void removeRootView(int rootViewTag) {
     UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
-    SoftAssertions.assertCondition(
-        mRootTags.get(rootViewTag),
-        "View with tag " + rootViewTag + " is not registered as a root view");
+    if (!mRootTags.get(rootViewTag)) {
+        SoftAssertions.assertUnreachable(
+            "View with tag " + rootViewTag + " is not registered as a root view");
+    }
     View rootView = mTagsToViews.get(rootViewTag);
     dropView(rootView);
     mRootTags.delete(rootViewTag);
@@ -455,9 +454,10 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
   }
 
   public void setJSResponder(int reactTag, boolean blockNativeResponder) {
-    SoftAssertions.assertCondition(
-        !mRootTags.get(reactTag),
-        "Cannot block native responder on " + reactTag + " that is a root view");
+    if (mRootTags.get(reactTag)) {
+      SoftAssertions.assertUnreachable(
+          "Cannot block native responder on " + reactTag + " that is a root view");
+    }
     ViewParent viewParent = blockNativeResponder ? mTagsToViews.get(reactTag).getParent() : null;
     mJSResponderHandler.setJSResponder(reactTag, viewParent);
   }