diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/ListViewPagingExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/ListViewPagingExample.js
index 7d0ac98f2..b82f272c9 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/ListViewPagingExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/ListViewPagingExample.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  * AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
  * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  *
- * @provides ListViewPagingExample
  * @flow
  */
 'use strict';
@@ -27,11 +26,6 @@ var {
   View,
 } = React;
 
-var NativeModules = require('NativeModules');
-var {
-  UIManager,
-} = NativeModules;
-
 var PAGE_SIZE = 4;
 var THUMB_URLS = [
   'Thumbnails/like.png',
@@ -54,10 +48,6 @@ var Thumb = React.createClass({
   getInitialState: function() {
     return {thumbIndex: this._getThumbIdx(), dir: 'row'};
   },
-  componentWillMount: function() {
-    UIManager.setLayoutAnimationEnabledExperimental &&
-      UIManager.setLayoutAnimationEnabledExperimental(true);
-  },
   _getThumbIdx: function() {
     return Math.floor(Math.random() * THUMB_URLS.length);
   },
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
index 744279880..fddd70478 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.Callback;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.SoftAssertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.touch.JSResponderHandler;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation.LayoutAnimationController;
 
 /**
  * Delegate of {@link UIManagerModule} that owns the native view hierarchy and mapping between
@@ -68,9 +66,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation.LayoutAnimationController;
   private final ViewManagerRegistry mViewManagers;
   private final JSResponderHandler mJSResponderHandler = new JSResponderHandler();
   private final RootViewManager mRootViewManager = new RootViewManager();
-  private final LayoutAnimationController mLayoutAnimator = new LayoutAnimationController();
-
-  private boolean mLayoutAnimationEnabled;
 
   public NativeViewHierarchyManager(ViewManagerRegistry viewManagers) {
     mAnimationRegistry = new AnimationRegistry();
@@ -85,10 +80,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation.LayoutAnimationController;
     return mAnimationRegistry;
   }
 
-  public void setLayoutAnimationEnabled(boolean enabled) {
-    mLayoutAnimationEnabled = enabled;
-  }
-
   public void updateProperties(int tag, CatalystStylesDiffMap props) {
     UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
 
@@ -163,17 +154,8 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation.LayoutAnimationController;
       }
       if (parentViewGroupManager != null
           && !parentViewGroupManager.needsCustomLayoutForChildren()) {
-        updateLayout(viewToUpdate, x, y, width, height);
+        viewToUpdate.layout(x, y, x + width, y + height);
       }
-    } else {
-      updateLayout(viewToUpdate, x, y, width, height);
-    }
-  }
-
-  private void updateLayout(View viewToUpdate, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
-    if (mLayoutAnimationEnabled &&
-        mLayoutAnimator.shouldAnimateLayout(viewToUpdate)) {
-      mLayoutAnimator.applyLayoutUpdate(viewToUpdate, x, y, width, height);
     } else {
       viewToUpdate.layout(x, y, x + width, y + height);
     }
@@ -488,14 +470,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation.LayoutAnimationController;
     mJSResponderHandler.clearJSResponder();
   }
 
-  void configureLayoutAnimation(final ReadableMap config) {
-    mLayoutAnimator.initializeFromConfig(config);
-  }
-
-  void clearLayoutAnimation() {
-    mLayoutAnimator.reset();
-  }
-
   /* package */ void startAnimationForNativeView(
       int reactTag,
       Animation animation,
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index adfd7f3ff..59fd688e3 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -383,45 +383,12 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements
     mUIImplementation.showPopupMenu(reactTag, items, error, success);
   }
 
-  @ReactMethod
-  public void setMainScrollViewTag(int reactTag) {
-    // TODO(6588266): Implement if required
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * LayoutAnimation API on Android is currently experimental. Therefore, it needs to be enabled
-   * explicitly in order to avoid regression in existing application written for iOS using this API.
-   *
-   * Warning : This method will be removed in future version of React Native, and layout animation
-   * will be enabled by default, so always check for its existence before invoking it.
-   *
-   * TODO(9139831) : remove this method once layout animation is fully stable.
-   *
-   * @param enabled whether layout animation is enabled or not
-   */
-  @ReactMethod
-  public void setLayoutAnimationEnabledExperimental(boolean enabled) {
-    mOperationsQueue.enqueueSetLayoutAnimationEnabled(enabled);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Configure an animation to be used for the native layout changes, and native views
-   * creation. The animation will only apply during the current batch operations.
-   *
-   * TODO(7728153) : animating view deletion is currently not supported.
-   * TODO(7613721) : callbacks are not supported, this feature will likely be killed.
-   *
-   * @param config the configuration of the animation for view addition/removal/update.
-   * @param success will be called when the animation completes, or when the animation get
-   *        interrupted. In this case, callback parameter will be false.
-   * @param error will be called if there was an error processing the animation
-   */
   @ReactMethod
   public void configureNextLayoutAnimation(
       ReadableMap config,
-      Callback success,
-      Callback error) {
-    mOperationsQueue.enqueueConfigureLayoutAnimation(config, success, error);
+      Callback successCallback,
+      Callback errorCallback) {
+    // TODO(6588266): Implement if required
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
index a8dc4aefd..ed507fd3e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.SoftAssertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.debug.NotThreadSafeViewHierarchyUpdateDebugListener;
 import com.facebook.systrace.Systrace;
@@ -323,32 +322,6 @@ public class UIViewOperationQueue {
     }
   }
 
-  private class SetLayoutAnimationEnabledOperation implements UIOperation {
-    private final boolean mEnabled;
-
-    private SetLayoutAnimationEnabledOperation(final boolean enabled) {
-      mEnabled = enabled;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void execute() {
-      mNativeViewHierarchyManager.setLayoutAnimationEnabled(mEnabled);
-    }
-  }
-
-  private class ConfigureLayoutAnimationOperation implements UIOperation {
-    private final ReadableMap mConfig;
-
-    private ConfigureLayoutAnimationOperation(final ReadableMap config) {
-      mConfig = config;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void execute() {
-      mNativeViewHierarchyManager.configureLayoutAnimation(mConfig);
-    }
-  }
-
   private final class MeasureOperation implements UIOperation {
 
     private final int mReactTag;
@@ -603,18 +576,6 @@ public class UIViewOperationQueue {
     mOperations.add(new RemoveAnimationOperation(animationID));
   }
 
-  public void enqueueSetLayoutAnimationEnabled(
-      final boolean enabled) {
-    mOperations.add(new SetLayoutAnimationEnabledOperation(enabled));
-  }
-
-  public void enqueueConfigureLayoutAnimation(
-      final ReadableMap config,
-      final Callback onSuccess,
-      final Callback onError) {
-    mOperations.add(new ConfigureLayoutAnimationOperation(config));
-  }
-
   public void enqueueMeasure(
       final int reactTag,
       final Callback callback) {
@@ -711,9 +672,6 @@ public class UIViewOperationQueue {
           mDispatchUIRunnables.get(i).run();
         }
         mDispatchUIRunnables.clear();
-
-        // Clear layout animation, as animation only apply to current UI operations batch.
-        mNativeViewHierarchyManager.clearLayoutAnimation();
       }
 
       ReactChoreographer.getInstance().postFrameCallback(
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/AbstractLayoutAnimation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/AbstractLayoutAnimation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c29d7ae0b..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/AbstractLayoutAnimation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import android.view.View;
-import android.view.animation.AccelerateDecelerateInterpolator;
-import android.view.animation.AccelerateInterpolator;
-import android.view.animation.Animation;
-import android.view.animation.DecelerateInterpolator;
-import android.view.animation.Interpolator;
-import android.view.animation.LinearInterpolator;
-
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
-import com.facebook.react.common.MapBuilder;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.IllegalViewOperationException;
-
-/**
- * Class responsible for parsing and converting layout animation data into native {@link Animation}
- * in order to animate layout when a valid configuration has been supplied by the application.
- */
-/* package */ abstract class AbstractLayoutAnimation {
-
-  // Forces animation to be playing 10x slower, used for debug purposes.
-  private static final boolean SLOWDOWN_ANIMATION_MODE = false;
-
-  abstract boolean isValid();
-
-  /**
-   * Create an animation object for the current animation type, based on the view and final screen
-   * coordinates. If the application-supplied configuraiton does not specify an animation definition
-   * for this types, or if the animation definition is invalid, returns null.
-   */
-  abstract @Nullable Animation createAnimationImpl(View view, int x, int y, int width, int height);
-
-  private static final Map<InterpolatorType, Interpolator> INTERPOLATOR = MapBuilder.of(
-      InterpolatorType.LINEAR, new LinearInterpolator(),
-      InterpolatorType.EASE_IN, new AccelerateInterpolator(),
-      InterpolatorType.EASE_OUT, new DecelerateInterpolator(),
-      InterpolatorType.EASE_IN_EASE_OUT, new AccelerateDecelerateInterpolator(),
-      InterpolatorType.SPRING, new SimpleSpringInterpolator());
-
-  private @Nullable Interpolator mInterpolator;
-  private int mDelayMs;
-
-  protected @Nullable AnimatedPropertyType mAnimatedProperty;
-  protected int mDurationMs;
-
-  public void reset() {
-    mAnimatedProperty = null;
-    mDurationMs = 0;
-    mDelayMs = 0;
-    mInterpolator = null;
-  }
-
-  public void initializeFromConfig(ReadableMap data, int globalDuration) {
-    mAnimatedProperty = data.hasKey("property") ?
-        AnimatedPropertyType.fromString(data.getString("property")) : null;
-    mDurationMs = data.hasKey("duration") ? data.getInt("duration") : globalDuration;
-    mDelayMs = data.hasKey("delay") ? data.getInt("delay") : 0;
-    mInterpolator = data.hasKey("type") ?
-        getInterpolator(InterpolatorType.fromString(data.getString("type"))) : null;
-
-    if (!isValid()) {
-      throw new IllegalViewOperationException("Invalid layout animation : " + data);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Create an animation object to be used to animate the view, based on the animation config
-   * supplied at initialization time and the new view position and size.
-   *
-   * @param view the view to create the animation for
-   * @param x the new X position for the view
-   * @param y the new Y position for the view
-   * @param width the new width value for the view
-   * @param height the new height value for the view
-   */
-   public final @Nullable Animation createAnimation(
-       View view,
-       int x,
-       int y,
-       int width,
-       int height) {
-    if (!isValid()) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    Animation animation = createAnimationImpl(view, x, y, width, height);
-    if (animation != null) {
-      int slowdownFactor = SLOWDOWN_ANIMATION_MODE ? 10 : 1;
-      animation.setDuration(mDurationMs * slowdownFactor);
-      animation.setStartOffset(mDelayMs * slowdownFactor);
-      animation.setInterpolator(mInterpolator);
-    }
-    return animation;
-  }
-
-  private static Interpolator getInterpolator(InterpolatorType type) {
-    Interpolator interpolator = INTERPOLATOR.get(type);
-    if (interpolator == null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing interpolator for type : " + type);
-    }
-    return interpolator;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/AnimatedPropertyType.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/AnimatedPropertyType.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 51a9d246c..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/AnimatedPropertyType.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-/**
- * Enum representing the different view properties that can be used when animating layout for
- * view creation.
- */
-/* package */ enum AnimatedPropertyType {
-  OPACITY("opacity"),
-  SCALE_XY("scaleXY");
-
-  private final String mName;
-
-  private AnimatedPropertyType(String name) {
-    mName = name;
-  }
-
-  public static AnimatedPropertyType fromString(String name) {
-    for (AnimatedPropertyType property : AnimatedPropertyType.values()) {
-      if (property.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
-        return property;
-      }
-    }
-    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported animated property : " + name);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String toString() {
-    return mName;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/BaseLayoutAnimation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/BaseLayoutAnimation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d3d0f45a..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/BaseLayoutAnimation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-import android.view.View;
-import android.view.animation.Animation;
-import android.view.animation.ScaleAnimation;
-
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.IllegalViewOperationException;
-
-/**
- * Class responsible for default layout animation, i.e animation of view creation and deletion.
- */
-/* package */ abstract class BaseLayoutAnimation extends AbstractLayoutAnimation {
-
-  abstract boolean isReverse();
-
-  @Override
-  boolean isValid() {
-    return mDurationMs > 0 && mAnimatedProperty != null;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  Animation createAnimationImpl(View view, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
-    float fromValue = isReverse() ? 1.0f : 0.0f;
-    float toValue = isReverse() ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
-    if (mAnimatedProperty != null) {
-      switch (mAnimatedProperty) {
-        case OPACITY:
-          return new OpacityAnimation(view, fromValue, toValue);
-        case SCALE_XY:
-          return new ScaleAnimation(
-              fromValue,
-              toValue,
-              fromValue,
-              toValue,
-              Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT,
-              .5f,
-              Animation.RELATIVE_TO_PARENT,
-              .5f);
-        default:
-          throw new IllegalViewOperationException(
-              "Missing animation for property : " + mAnimatedProperty);
-      }
-    }
-    throw new IllegalViewOperationException("Missing animated property from animation config");
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/HandlesLayout.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/HandlesLayout.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f3c907e9..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/HandlesLayout.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-/**
- * Marker interface to indicate a given animation type takes care of updating the view layout.
- */
-/* package */ interface HandleLayout {
-
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/InterpolatorType.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/InterpolatorType.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f59675a8f..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/InterpolatorType.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-/**
- * Enum representing the different interpolators that can be used in layout animation configuration.
- */
-/* package */ enum InterpolatorType {
-  LINEAR("linear"),
-  EASE_IN("easeIn"),
-  EASE_OUT("easeOut"),
-  EASE_IN_EASE_OUT("easeInEaseOut"),
-  SPRING("spring");
-
-  private final String mName;
-
-  private InterpolatorType(String name) {
-    mName = name;
-  }
-
-  public static InterpolatorType fromString(String name) {
-    for (InterpolatorType type : InterpolatorType.values()) {
-      if (type.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
-        return type;
-      }
-    }
-    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported interpolation type : " + name);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String toString() {
-    return mName;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutAnimationController.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutAnimationController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d3522947f..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutAnimationController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import javax.annotation.concurrent.NotThreadSafe;
-
-import android.view.View;
-import android.view.animation.Animation;
-
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.UiThreadUtil;
-
-/**
- * Class responsible for animation layout changes, if a valid layout animation config has been
- * supplied. If not animation is available, layout change is applied immediately instead of
- * performing an animation.
- *
- * TODO(7613721): Invoke success callback at the end of animation and when animation gets cancelled.
- */
-@NotThreadSafe
-public class LayoutAnimationController {
-
-  private static final boolean ENABLED = true;
-
-  private final AbstractLayoutAnimation mLayoutCreateAnimation = new LayoutCreateAnimation();
-  private final AbstractLayoutAnimation mLayoutUpdateAnimation = new LayoutUpdateAnimation();
-  private boolean mShouldAnimateLayout;
-
-  public void initializeFromConfig(final @Nullable ReadableMap config) {
-    if (!ENABLED) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (config == null) {
-      reset();
-      return;
-    }
-
-    mShouldAnimateLayout = false;
-    int globalDuration = config.hasKey("duration") ? config.getInt("duration") : 0;
-    if (config.hasKey(LayoutAnimationType.CREATE.toString())) {
-      mLayoutCreateAnimation.initializeFromConfig(
-          config.getMap(LayoutAnimationType.CREATE.toString()), globalDuration);
-      mShouldAnimateLayout = true;
-    }
-    if (config.hasKey(LayoutAnimationType.UPDATE.toString())) {
-      mLayoutUpdateAnimation.initializeFromConfig(
-          config.getMap(LayoutAnimationType.UPDATE.toString()), globalDuration);
-      mShouldAnimateLayout = true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  public void reset() {
-    mLayoutCreateAnimation.reset();
-    mLayoutUpdateAnimation.reset();
-    mShouldAnimateLayout = false;
-  }
-
-  public boolean shouldAnimateLayout(View viewToAnimate) {
-    // if view parent is null, skip animation: view have been clipped, we don't want animation to
-    // resume when view is re-attached to parent, which is the standard android animation behavior.
-    return mShouldAnimateLayout && viewToAnimate.getParent() != null;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Update layout of given view, via immediate update or animation depending on the current batch
-   * layout animation configuration supplied during initialization.
-   *
-   * @param view the view to update layout of
-   * @param x the new X position for the view
-   * @param y the new Y position for the view
-   * @param width the new width value for the view
-   * @param height the new height value for the view
-   */
-  public void applyLayoutUpdate(View view, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
-    UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
-
-    // Determine which animation to use : if view is initially invisible, use create animation.
-    // If view is becoming invisible, use delete animation. Otherwise, use update animation.
-    // This approach is easier than maintaining a list of tags for recently created/deleted views.
-    AbstractLayoutAnimation layoutAnimation = (view.getWidth() == 0 || view.getHeight() == 0) ?
-        mLayoutCreateAnimation :
-        mLayoutUpdateAnimation;
-
-    Animation animation = layoutAnimation.createAnimation(view, x, y, width, height);
-    if (animation == null || !(animation instanceof HandleLayout)) {
-      view.layout(x, y, x + width, y + height);
-    }
-    if (animation != null) {
-      view.startAnimation(animation);
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutAnimationType.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutAnimationType.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f3d9d7fd..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutAnimationType.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-/**
- * Enum representing the different animation type that can be specified in layout animation config.
- */
-/* package */ enum LayoutAnimationType {
-  CREATE("create"),
-  UPDATE("update");
-
-  private final String mName;
-
-  private LayoutAnimationType(String name) {
-    mName = name;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String toString() {
-    return mName;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutCreateAnimation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutCreateAnimation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a989e625c..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutCreateAnimation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-/**
- * Class responsible for handling layout view creation animation, applied to view whenever a
- * valid config was supplied for the layout animation of CREATE type.
- */
-/* package */ class LayoutCreateAnimation extends BaseLayoutAnimation {
-
-  @Override
-  boolean isReverse() {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutUpdateAnimation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutUpdateAnimation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8189716f7..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/LayoutUpdateAnimation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import android.view.View;
-import android.view.animation.Animation;
-import android.view.animation.TranslateAnimation;
-
-/**
- * Class responsible for handling layout update animation, applied to view whenever a valid config
- * was supplied for the layout animation of UPDATE type.
- */
-/* package */ class LayoutUpdateAnimation extends AbstractLayoutAnimation {
-
-  // We are currently not enabling translation GPU-accelerated animated, as it creates odd
-  // artifacts with native react scrollview. This needs to be investigated.
-  private static final boolean USE_TRANSLATE_ANIMATION = false;
-
-  @Override
-  boolean isValid() {
-    return mDurationMs > 0;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  @Nullable Animation createAnimationImpl(View view, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
-    boolean animateLocation = view.getX() != x || view.getY() != y;
-    boolean animateSize = view.getWidth() != width || view.getHeight() != height;
-    if (!animateLocation && !animateSize) {
-      return null;
-    } else if (animateLocation && !animateSize && USE_TRANSLATE_ANIMATION) {
-      // Use GPU-accelerated animation, however we loose the ability to resume interrupted
-      // animation where it was left off. We may be able to listen to animation interruption
-      // and set the layout manually in this case, so that next animation kicks off smoothly.
-      return new TranslateAnimation(view.getX() - x, 0, view.getY() - y, 0);
-    } else {
-      // Animation is sub-optimal for perf, but scale transformation can't be use in this case.
-      return new PositionAndSizeAnimation(view, x, y, width, height);
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/OpacityAnimation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/OpacityAnimation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a7ad69002..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/OpacityAnimation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-import android.view.View;
-import android.view.animation.Animation;
-import android.view.animation.Transformation;
-
-/**
- * Animation responsible for updating opacity of a view. It should ideally use hardware texture
- * to optimize rendering performances.
- */
-/* package */ class OpacityAnimation extends Animation {
-
-  static class OpacityAnimationListener implements AnimationListener {
-
-    private final View mView;
-    private boolean mLayerTypeChanged = false;
-
-    public OpacityAnimationListener(View view) {
-      mView = view;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation) {
-      if (mView.hasOverlappingRendering() &&
-          mView.getLayerType() == View.LAYER_TYPE_NONE) {
-        mLayerTypeChanged = true;
-        mView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_HARDWARE, null);
-      }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
-      if (mLayerTypeChanged) {
-        mView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_NONE, null);
-      }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation animation) {
-      // do nothing
-    }
-  }
-
-  private final View mView;
-  private final float mStartOpacity, mDeltaOpacity;
-
-  public OpacityAnimation(View view, float startOpacity, float endOpacity) {
-    mView = view;
-    mStartOpacity = startOpacity;
-    mDeltaOpacity = endOpacity - startOpacity;
-
-    setAnimationListener(new OpacityAnimationListener(view));
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void applyTransformation(float interpolatedTime, Transformation t) {
-    mView.setAlpha(mStartOpacity + mDeltaOpacity * interpolatedTime);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean willChangeBounds() {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/PositionAndSizeAnimation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/PositionAndSizeAnimation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2adf81a6b..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/PositionAndSizeAnimation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-import android.view.View;
-import android.view.animation.Animation;
-import android.view.animation.Transformation;
-
-/**
- * Animation responsible for updating size and position of a view. We can't use scaling as view
- * content may not necessarily stretch. As a result, this approach is inefficient because of
- * layout passes occurring on every frame.
- * What we might want to try to do instead is use a combined ScaleAnimation and TranslateAnimation.
- */
-/* package */ class PositionAndSizeAnimation extends Animation implements HandleLayout {
-
-  private final View mView;
-  private final float mStartX, mStartY, mDeltaX, mDeltaY;
-  private final int mStartWidth, mStartHeight, mDeltaWidth, mDeltaHeight;
-
-  public PositionAndSizeAnimation(View view, int x, int y, int width, int height) {
-    mView = view;
-
-    mStartX = view.getX();
-    mStartY = view.getY();
-    mStartWidth = view.getWidth();
-    mStartHeight = view.getHeight();
-
-    mDeltaX = x - mStartX;
-    mDeltaY = y - mStartY;
-    mDeltaWidth = width - mStartWidth;
-    mDeltaHeight = height - mStartHeight;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void applyTransformation(float interpolatedTime, Transformation t) {
-    float newX = mStartX + mDeltaX * interpolatedTime;
-    float newY = mStartY + mDeltaY * interpolatedTime;
-    float newWidth = mStartWidth + mDeltaWidth * interpolatedTime;
-    float newHeight = mStartHeight + mDeltaHeight * interpolatedTime;
-    mView.layout(
-        Math.round(newX),
-        Math.round(newY),
-        Math.round(newX + newWidth),
-        Math.round(newY + newHeight));
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean willChangeBounds() {
-    return true;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/SimpleSpringInterpolator.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/SimpleSpringInterpolator.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9696fe90a..000000000
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/layoutanimation/SimpleSpringInterpolator.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
-
-package com.facebook.react.uimanager.layoutanimation;
-
-import android.view.animation.Interpolator;
-
-/**
- * Simple spring interpolator
- */
-//TODO(7613736): Improve spring interpolator with friction and damping variable support
-/* package */  class SimpleSpringInterpolator implements Interpolator {
-
-  private static final float FACTOR = 0.5f;
-
-  @Override
-  public float getInterpolation(float input) {
-    return (float)
-        (1 + Math.pow(2, -10 * input) * Math.sin((input - FACTOR / 4) * Math.PI * 2 / FACTOR));
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
index 9e2728db4..134b6492b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.graphics.drawable.LayerDrawable;
-import android.view.animation.Animation;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -287,15 +286,7 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup implements
     boolean intersects = clippingRect
         .intersects(sHelperRect.left, sHelperRect.top, sHelperRect.right, sHelperRect.bottom);
     boolean needUpdateClippingRecursive = false;
-    // We never want to clip children that are being animated, as this can easily break layout :
-    // when layout animation changes size and/or position of views contained inside a listview that
-    // clips offscreen children, we need to ensure that, when view exits the viewport, final size
-    // and position is set prior to removing the view from its listview parent.
-    // Otherwise, when view gets re-attached again, i.e when it re-enters the viewport after scroll,
-    // it won't be size and located properly.
-    Animation animation = child.getAnimation();
-    boolean isAnimating = animation != null && !animation.hasEnded();
-    if (!intersects && child.getParent() != null && !isAnimating) {
+    if (!intersects && child.getParent() != null) {
       // We can try saving on invalidate call here as the view that we remove is out of visible area
       // therefore invalidation is not necessary.
       super.removeViewsInLayout(idx - clippedSoFar, 1);