diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
index 731a87cac..f2f739b23 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
   private boolean mContainsImages;
   private int mDefaultGravityHorizontal;
   private int mDefaultGravityVertical;
-  private boolean mTextIsSelectable;
-  private float mLineHeight = Float.NaN;
   private int mTextAlign = Gravity.NO_GRAVITY;
   private int mNumberOfLines = ViewDefaults.NUMBER_OF_LINES;
   private TextUtils.TruncateAt mEllipsizeLocation = TextUtils.TruncateAt.END;
@@ -129,12 +127,6 @@ public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
     return target;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void setTextIsSelectable(boolean selectable) {
-    mTextIsSelectable = selectable;
-    super.setTextIsSelectable(selectable);
-  }
-
   @Override
   protected boolean verifyDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
     if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {