diff --git a/Libraries/Components/View/View.js b/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
index 3f62f027c..ff2def0af 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var ReactNativeViewAttributes = require('ReactNativeViewAttributes');
 var StyleSheetPropType = require('StyleSheetPropType');
 var ViewStylePropTypes = require('ViewStylePropTypes');
 
-var createReactNativeComponentClass = require('createReactNativeComponentClass');
+var requireNativeComponent = require('requireNativeComponent');
 
 var stylePropType = StyleSheetPropType(ViewStylePropTypes);
 
@@ -316,11 +316,12 @@ var View = React.createClass({
   },
 });
 
-var RCTView = createReactNativeComponentClass({
-  validAttributes: ReactNativeViewAttributes.RCTView,
-  uiViewClassName: 'RCTView',
+var RCTView = requireNativeComponent('RCTView', View, {
+  nativeOnly: {
+    nativeBackgroundAndroid: true,
+  }
 });
-RCTView.propTypes = View.propTypes;
+
 if (__DEV__) {
   var viewConfig = RCTUIManager.viewConfigs && RCTUIManager.viewConfigs.RCTView || {};
   for (var prop in viewConfig.nativeProps) {
diff --git a/Libraries/ReactIOS/verifyPropTypes.js b/Libraries/ReactIOS/verifyPropTypes.js
index 02715c080..a7ccd210b 100644
--- a/Libraries/ReactIOS/verifyPropTypes.js
+++ b/Libraries/ReactIOS/verifyPropTypes.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var ReactNativeStyleAttributes = require('ReactNativeStyleAttributes');
-var View = require('View');
 
 export type ComponentInterface = ReactClass<any, any, any> | {
   name?: string;
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ function verifyPropTypes(
   var nativeProps = viewConfig.NativeProps;
   for (var prop in nativeProps) {
     if (!componentInterface.propTypes[prop] &&
-        !View.propTypes[prop] &&
         !ReactNativeStyleAttributes[prop] &&
         (!nativePropsToIgnore || !nativePropsToIgnore[prop])) {
       throw new Error(
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
index 12c691a61..ac0dfee0f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ public class ReactViewManager extends ViewGroupManager<ReactViewGroup> {
         color == null ? CSSConstants.UNDEFINED : (float) color);
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.COLLAPSABLE)
+  public void setCollapsable(ReactViewGroup view, boolean collapsable) {
+    // no-op: it's here only so that "collapsable" property is exported to JS. The value is actually
+    // handled in NativeViewHierarchyOptimizer
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String getName() {
     return REACT_CLASS;