diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
index 15ea0c6d4..f85236d48 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ public class ViewProps {
           return map.isNull(BORDER_RIGHT_WIDTH) || map.getDouble(BORDER_RIGHT_WIDTH) == 0d;
         case BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH:
           return map.isNull(BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH) || map.getDouble(BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH) == 0d;
-        case OVERFLOW:
-          return map.isNull(OVERFLOW) || map.getString(OVERFLOW) == "visible";
+        case OVERFLOW: // We do nothing with this right now.
+          return true;
         default:
           return false;
       }
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 74b14bae8..1915b6eb4 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
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup implements
 
   public ReactViewGroup(Context context) {
     super(context);
-    setClipChildren(false);
     mDrawingOrderHelper = new ViewGroupDrawingOrderHelper(this);
   }
 
@@ -639,7 +638,6 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup implements
   }
 
   public void setOverflow(String overflow) {
-    setClipChildren(mOverflow == "hidden");
     mOverflow = overflow;
     invalidate();
   }