diff --git a/React/Base/RCTBridge.h b/React/Base/RCTBridge.h
index e7f76ffba..4ef041318 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTBridge.h
+++ b/React/Base/RCTBridge.h
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
 @class RCTEventDispatcher;
 @class RCTPerformanceLogger;
 
-/**
- * This notification triggers a reload of all bridges currently running.
- * Deprecated, use RCTBridge::requestReload instead.
- */
-RCT_EXTERN NSString *const RCTReloadNotification DEPRECATED_ATTRIBUTE;
-
 /**
  * This notification fires when the bridge starts loading the JS bundle.
  */
@@ -203,7 +197,7 @@ RCT_EXTERN NSString *RCTBridgeModuleNameForClass(Class bridgeModuleClass);
 /**
  * Inform the bridge, and anything subscribing to it, that it should reload.
  */
-- (void)requestReload;
+- (void)requestReload __deprecated_msg("Call reload instead");
 
 /**
  * Says whether bridge has started recieving calls from javascript.
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTBridge.m b/React/Base/RCTBridge.m
index 4876bd2fd..80ef81ffa 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTBridge.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTBridge.m
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #import "RCTProfile.h"
 #import "RCTUtils.h"
 
-NSString *const RCTReloadNotification = @"RCTReloadNotification";
 NSString *const RCTJavaScriptWillStartLoadingNotification = @"RCTJavaScriptWillStartLoadingNotification";
 NSString *const RCTJavaScriptDidLoadNotification = @"RCTJavaScriptDidLoadNotification";
 NSString *const RCTJavaScriptDidFailToLoadNotification = @"RCTJavaScriptDidFailToLoadNotification";
@@ -200,7 +199,6 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)init)
    * This runs only on the main thread, but crashes the subclass
    * RCTAssertMainQueue();
    */
-  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
   [self invalidate];
 }
 
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)init)
   [commands registerKeyCommandWithInput:@"r"
                           modifierFlags:UIKeyModifierCommand
                                  action:^(__unused UIKeyCommand *command) {
-    [weakSelf requestReload];
+    [weakSelf reload];
   }];
 #endif
 }
@@ -273,7 +271,6 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)init)
 
 - (void)requestReload
 {
-  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:RCTReloadNotification object:self];
   [self reload];
 }
 
diff --git a/React/Modules/RCTDevMenu.m b/React/Modules/RCTDevMenu.m
index 35a8e96ae..43d59f340 100644
--- a/React/Modules/RCTDevMenu.m
+++ b/React/Modules/RCTDevMenu.m
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(show)
 
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(reload)
 {
-  [_bridge requestReload];
+  [_bridge reload];
 }
 
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(debugRemotely:(BOOL)enableDebug)
diff --git a/React/Modules/RCTExceptionsManager.m b/React/Modules/RCTExceptionsManager.m
index aff750182..55048e6c0 100644
--- a/React/Modules/RCTExceptionsManager.m
+++ b/React/Modules/RCTExceptionsManager.m
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(reportFatalException:(NSString *)message
   static NSUInteger reloadRetries = 0;
   if (!RCT_DEBUG && reloadRetries < _maxReloadAttempts) {
     reloadRetries++;
-    [_bridge requestReload];
+    [_bridge reload];
   } else {
     NSString *description = [@"Unhandled JS Exception: " stringByAppendingString:message];
     NSDictionary *errorInfo = @{ NSLocalizedDescriptionKey: description, RCTJSStackTraceKey: stack };
diff --git a/React/Modules/RCTRedBox.m b/React/Modules/RCTRedBox.m
index 8c78c377e..62c9a3c6a 100644
--- a/React/Modules/RCTRedBox.m
+++ b/React/Modules/RCTRedBox.m
@@ -451,8 +451,9 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(dismiss)
   [[[NSURLSession sharedSession] dataTaskWithRequest:request] resume];
 }
 
-- (void)reloadFromRedBoxWindow:(__unused RCTRedBoxWindow *)redBoxWindow {
-  [_bridge requestReload];
+- (void)reloadFromRedBoxWindow:(__unused RCTRedBoxWindow *)redBoxWindow
+{
+  [_bridge reload];
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/React/Profiler/RCTProfile.m b/React/Profiler/RCTProfile.m
index 4d022ca24..8ee0a410d 100644
--- a/React/Profiler/RCTProfile.m
+++ b/React/Profiler/RCTProfile.m
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #import "RCTProfile.h"
 
 #import <dlfcn.h>
-
 #import <libkern/OSAtomic.h>
 #import <mach/mach.h>
 #import <objc/message.h>
@@ -19,15 +18,15 @@
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 
 #import "RCTAssert.h"
-#import "RCTBridge.h"
 #import "RCTBridge+Private.h"
+#import "RCTBridge.h"
 #import "RCTComponentData.h"
 #import "RCTDefines.h"
+#import "RCTJSCExecutor.h"
 #import "RCTLog.h"
 #import "RCTModuleData.h"
-#import "RCTUtils.h"
 #import "RCTUIManager.h"
-#import "RCTJSCExecutor.h"
+#import "RCTUtils.h"
 
 NSString *const RCTProfileDidStartProfiling = @"RCTProfileDidStartProfiling";
 NSString *const RCTProfileDidEndProfiling = @"RCTProfileDidEndProfiling";
@@ -363,7 +362,7 @@ void RCTProfileUnhookModules(RCTBridge *bridge)
 
 + (void)reload
 {
-  [RCTProfilingBridge() requestReload];
+  [RCTProfilingBridge() reload];
 }
 
 + (void)toggle:(UIButton *)target