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 0b7b7e1f0..cf3c56455 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -67,10 +67,8 @@ import com.facebook.react.touch.JSResponderHandler;
   private final JSResponderHandler mJSResponderHandler = new JSResponderHandler();
   private final RootViewManager mRootViewManager = new RootViewManager();
 
-  public NativeViewHierarchyManager(
-      AnimationRegistry animationRegistry,
-      ViewManagerRegistry viewManagers) {
-    mAnimationRegistry = animationRegistry;
+  public NativeViewHierarchyManager(ViewManagerRegistry viewManagers) {
+    mAnimationRegistry = new AnimationRegistry();
     mViewManagers = viewManagers;
     mTagsToViews = new SparseArray<>();
     mTagsToViewManagers = new SparseArray<>();
@@ -78,6 +76,10 @@ import com.facebook.react.touch.JSResponderHandler;
     mRootViewsContext = new SparseArray<>();
   }
 
+  public AnimationRegistry getAnimationRegistry() {
+    return mAnimationRegistry;
+  }
+
   public void updateProperties(int tag, CatalystStylesDiffMap props) {
     UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index 1512f305f..f8609dc61 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
 import com.facebook.csslayout.CSSLayoutContext;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.animation.Animation;
-import com.facebook.react.animation.AnimationRegistry;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.LifecycleEventListener;
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements
 
   private final NativeViewHierarchyManager mNativeViewHierarchyManager;
   private final EventDispatcher mEventDispatcher;
-  private final AnimationRegistry mAnimationRegistry = new AnimationRegistry();
   private final ShadowNodeRegistry mShadowNodeRegistry = new ShadowNodeRegistry();
   private final ViewManagerRegistry mViewManagers;
   private final CSSLayoutContext mLayoutContext = new CSSLayoutContext();
@@ -94,13 +92,10 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements
     super(reactContext);
     mViewManagers = new ViewManagerRegistry(viewManagerList);
     mEventDispatcher = new EventDispatcher(reactContext);
-    mNativeViewHierarchyManager = new NativeViewHierarchyManager(
-        mAnimationRegistry,
-        mViewManagers);
+    mNativeViewHierarchyManager = new NativeViewHierarchyManager(mViewManagers);
     mOperationsQueue = new UIViewOperationQueue(
         reactContext,
-        mNativeViewHierarchyManager,
-        mAnimationRegistry);
+        mNativeViewHierarchyManager);
     mNativeViewHierarchyOptimizer = new NativeViewHierarchyOptimizer(
         mOperationsQueue,
         mShadowNodeRegistry);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
index a931b5e0f..d118561be 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
@@ -456,10 +456,9 @@ public class UIViewOperationQueue {
 
   /* package */ UIViewOperationQueue(
       ReactApplicationContext reactContext,
-      NativeViewHierarchyManager nativeViewHierarchyManager,
-      AnimationRegistry animationRegistry) {
+      NativeViewHierarchyManager nativeViewHierarchyManager) {
     mNativeViewHierarchyManager = nativeViewHierarchyManager;
-    mAnimationRegistry = animationRegistry;
+    mAnimationRegistry = nativeViewHierarchyManager.getAnimationRegistry();
     mDispatchUIFrameCallback = new DispatchUIFrameCallback(reactContext);
   }