diff --git a/Libraries/EventEmitter/mixInEventEmitter.js b/Libraries/EventEmitter/mixInEventEmitter.js
index 27b6726ed..d5db027bb 100644
--- a/Libraries/EventEmitter/mixInEventEmitter.js
+++ b/Libraries/EventEmitter/mixInEventEmitter.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 const EventEmitter = require('EventEmitter');
 const EventEmitterWithHolding = require('EventEmitterWithHolding');
 const EventHolder = require('EventHolder');
-const EventValidator = require('EventValidator');
 
 const invariant = require('fbjs/lib/invariant');
 const keyOf = require('fbjs/lib/keyOf');
@@ -119,7 +118,10 @@ const EventEmitterMixin = {
   __getEventEmitter: function() {
     if (!this.__eventEmitter) {
       let emitter = new EventEmitter();
-      emitter = EventValidator.addValidation(emitter, this.__types);
+      if (__DEV__) {
+        const EventValidator = require('EventValidator');
+        emitter = EventValidator.addValidation(emitter, this.__types);
+      }
 
       const holder = new EventHolder();
       this.__eventEmitter = new EventEmitterWithHolding(emitter, holder);