diff --git a/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/Initialization/InitializeJavaScriptAppEngine.js b/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/Initialization/InitializeJavaScriptAppEngine.js
index 4060528c1..93e97e60b 100644
--- a/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/Initialization/InitializeJavaScriptAppEngine.js
+++ b/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/Initialization/InitializeJavaScriptAppEngine.js
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ function setUpWebSockets() {
 }
 
 function setUpProfile() {
-  console.profile = console.profile || GLOBAL.nativeTraceBeginSection || function () {};
-  console.profileEnd = console.profileEnd || GLOBAL.nativeTraceEndSection || function () {};
   if (__DEV__) {
     require('BridgeProfiling').swizzleReactPerf();
   }
diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/BridgeProfiling.js b/Libraries/Utilities/BridgeProfiling.js
index 8ff7583cd..c543eb7e2 100644
--- a/Libraries/Utilities/BridgeProfiling.js
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/BridgeProfiling.js
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ var BridgeProfiling = {
     if (_enabled) {
       profileName = typeof profileName === 'function' ?
         profileName() : profileName;
-      console.profile(TRACE_TAG_REACT_APPS, profileName);
+      global.nativeTraceBeginSection(TRACE_TAG_REACT_APPS, profileName);
     }
   },
 
   profileEnd() {
     if (_enabled) {
-      console.profileEnd(TRACE_TAG_REACT_APPS);
+      global.nativeTraceEndSection(TRACE_TAG_REACT_APPS);
     }
   },