diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
index acb3f2704..007480cd4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ public class ReactRootView extends SizeMonitoringFrameLayout implements RootView
   private @Nullable String mJSModuleName;
   private @Nullable Bundle mLaunchOptions;
   private @Nullable CustomGlobalLayoutListener mCustomGlobalLayoutListener;
-  private @Nullable OnGenericMotionListener mOnGenericMotionListener;
   private int mRootViewTag;
   private boolean mWasMeasured = false;
   private boolean mIsAttachedToInstance = false;
@@ -110,10 +109,6 @@ public class ReactRootView extends SizeMonitoringFrameLayout implements RootView
     EventDispatcher eventDispatcher = reactContext.getNativeModule(UIManagerModule.class)
       .getEventDispatcher();
     mJSTouchDispatcher.onChildStartedNativeGesture(androidEvent, eventDispatcher);
-    // Hook for containers or fragments to get informed of the on touch events to perform actions.
-    if (mOnGenericMotionListener != null) {
-      mOnGenericMotionListener.onGenericMotion(this, androidEvent);
-    }
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -131,10 +126,6 @@ public class ReactRootView extends SizeMonitoringFrameLayout implements RootView
     return true;
   }
 
-  public void setOnGenericMotionListener(OnGenericMotionListener listener) {
-    mOnGenericMotionListener = listener;
-  }
-
   private void dispatchJSTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
     if (mReactInstanceManager == null || !mIsAttachedToInstance ||
       mReactInstanceManager.getCurrentReactContext() == null) {