diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCExecutor.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCExecutor.cpp
index b12021d41..a657a72f1 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCExecutor.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCExecutor.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ static std::string executeJSCallWithJSC(
       "__fbBatchedBridge.", methodName, ".apply(null, ",
       folly::toJson(jsonArgs), ")");
   auto result = evaluateScript(ctx, String(js.c_str()), nullptr);
-  JSValueProtect(ctx, result);
   return Value(ctx, result).toJSONString();
 }
 
@@ -247,7 +246,6 @@ static JSValueRef nativeFlushQueueImmediate(
     return JSValueMakeUndefined(ctx);
   }
 
-  JSValueProtect(ctx, arguments[0]);
   std::string resStr = Value(ctx, arguments[0]).toJSONString();
 
   executor->flushQueueImmediate(resStr);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Value.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Value.cpp
index 0859ca452..0acbc38c8 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Value.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Value.cpp
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ Value::Value(Value&& other) :
   other.m_value = nullptr;
 }
 
-Value::~Value() {
-  if (m_value) {
-    JSValueUnprotect(m_context, m_value);
-  }
-}
-
 JSContextRef Value::context() const {
   return m_context;
 }
@@ -37,7 +31,6 @@ std::string Value::toJSONString(unsigned indent) const {
   JSValueRef exn;
   auto stringToAdopt = JSValueCreateJSONString(m_context, m_value, indent, &exn);
   if (stringToAdopt == nullptr) {
-    JSValueProtect(m_context, exn);
     std::string exceptionText = Value(m_context, exn).toString().str();
     throwJSExecutionException("Exception creating JSON string: %s", exceptionText.c_str());
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Value.h b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Value.h
index c237bda18..8a845ebfe 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Value.h
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Value.h
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ class Value : public noncopyable {
 public:
   Value(JSContextRef context, JSValueRef value);
   Value(Value&&);
-  ~Value();
 
   operator JSValueRef() const {
     return m_value;