diff --git a/Examples/Movies/MovieScreen.js b/Examples/Movies/MovieScreen.js
index 53c8879dc..8584d8753 100644
--- a/Examples/Movies/MovieScreen.js
+++ b/Examples/Movies/MovieScreen.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 var React = require('react-native');
 var {
-  ExpandingText,
   Image,
   PixelRatio,
   ScrollView,
@@ -40,10 +39,9 @@ var MovieScreen = React.createClass({
           </View>
         </View>
         <View style={styles.separator} />
-        <ExpandingText
-          truncLength={200}
-          text={this.props.movie.synopsis}
-        />
+        <Text>
+          {this.props.movie.synopsis}
+        </Text>
         <View style={styles.separator} />
         <Cast actors={this.props.movie.abridged_cast} />
       </ScrollView>
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/ExpandingTextExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/ExpandingTextExample.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a2f61fc8..000000000
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/ExpandingTextExample.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
- */
-'use strict';
-
-var React = require('react-native');
-var {
-  ExpandingText
-} = React;
-
-var LOREM = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, mea adipisci inimicus ex, paulo essent bonorum et ius, rebum deserunt mediocritatem ius ei.';
-
-exports.title = '<ExpandingText>';
-exports.description = 'Base component for rendering text that is truncated and can be expanded upon tap.';
-exports.examples = [
-{
-  title: 'Expanding text (truncLength=20)',
-  description: 'Setting the truncLength prop will cause the text to truncate to that character length',
-  render: function() {
-    return <ExpandingText truncLength={20} text={LOREM} />;
-  }
-}, {
-  title: 'Expanding text (truncLength=80)',
-  description: 'The higher the truncLength the more characters that will be shown by default',
-  render: function() {
-    return <ExpandingText truncLength={80} text={LOREM + LOREM} />;
-  }
-}, {
-  title: 'Expanding text with custom style',
-  description: 'You can style the text within the ExpandingText component',
-  render: function() {
-    return (
-      <ExpandingText
-        textStyle={{fontFamily: 'Verdana'}}
-        truncLength={80}
-        text={LOREM + LOREM}
-      />
-    );
-  }
-}, {
-  title: 'See More button with custom style' ,
-  description: 'You can also style just the See More button',
-  render: function() {
-    return (
-      <ExpandingText
-        seeMoreStyle={{color: 'red'}}
-        truncLength={80}
-        text={LOREM}
-      />
-    );
-  }
-}];
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.js
index ed9aa3c68..08558971f 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ var EXAMPLES = [
   require('./TextExample.ios'),
   require('./TimerExample'),
   require('./TextInputExample'),
-  require('./ExpandingTextExample'),
   require('./ImageExample'),
   require('./ListViewSimpleExample'),
   require('./ListViewPagingExample'),
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/ExpandingText.js b/Libraries/Text/ExpandingText.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 181e0a2b8..000000000
--- a/Libraries/Text/ExpandingText.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * @providesModule ExpandingText
- */
-'use strict';
-
-var React = require('React');
-var StyleSheet = require('StyleSheet');
-var Text = require('Text');
-var TouchableWithoutFeedback = require('TouchableWithoutFeedback');
-var View = require('View');
-
-var truncate = require('truncate');
-
-var styles = StyleSheet.create({
-  boldText: {
-    fontWeight: 'bold',
-  },
-});
-
-/**
- * A react component for displaying text which supports truncating
- * based on a set truncLength.
- *
- * In the following example, the text will truncate
- * to show only the first 17 characters plus '...' with a See More button to
- * expand the text to its full length.
- *
- * ```
- * render: function() {
- *   return <ExpandingText truncLength={20} text={EXAMPLE_TEXT} />;
- * },
- * ```
- */
-var ExpandingText = React.createClass({
-  propTypes: {
-    /**
-     * Text to be displayed. It will be truncated if the character length
-     * is greater than the `truncLength` property.
-     */
-    text: React.PropTypes.string,
-    /**
-     * The styles that will be applied to the text (both truncated and
-     * expanded).
-     */
-    textStyle: Text.propTypes.style,
-    /**
-     * The styles that will be applied to the See More button. Default
-     * is bold.
-     */
-    seeMoreStyle: Text.propTypes.style,
-    /**
-     * The caption that will be appended at the end, by default it is
-     * `'See More'`.
-     */
-    seeMoreText: React.PropTypes.string,
-    /**
-     * The maximum character length for the text that will
-     * be displayed by default. Note that ... will be
-     * appended to the truncated text which is counted towards
-     * the total truncLength of the default displayed string.
-     * The default is 130.
-     */
-    truncLength: React.PropTypes.number,
-  },
-
-  getDefaultProps: function() {
-    return {
-      truncLength: 130,
-      seeMoreText: 'See More',
-      seeMoreStyle: styles.boldText,
-    };
-  },
-
-  getInitialState: function() {
-    return {
-      truncated: true,
-    };
-  },
-
-  onTapSeeMore: function() {
-    this.setState({
-      truncated: !this.state.truncated,
-    });
-  },
-
-  isTruncated: function() {
-    return (
-      this.props.text.length > this.props.truncLength &&
-      this.state.truncated
-    );
-  },
-
-  getText: function() {
-    var text = this.props.text;
-    if (!this.isTruncated()) {
-      return text;
-    }
-
-    return truncate(text, this.props.truncLength) + ' ';
-  },
-
-  renderSeeMore: function() {
-    if (!this.isTruncated()) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    return (
-      <Text style={this.props.seeMoreStyle}>
-        {this.props.seeMoreText}
-      </Text>
-    );
-  },
-
-  render: function() {
-    return (
-      <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={this.onTapSeeMore}>
-        <View>
-          <Text style={this.props.textStyle}>
-            {this.getText()}
-            {this.renderSeeMore()}
-          </Text>
-        </View>
-      </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
-    );
-  }
-});
-
-module.exports = ExpandingText;
diff --git a/Libraries/react-native/react-native-interface.js b/Libraries/react-native/react-native-interface.js
index c37bbe685..82ceeb77e 100644
--- a/Libraries/react-native/react-native-interface.js
+++ b/Libraries/react-native/react-native-interface.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ declare module "react-native" {
   }
 
   declare var AppRegistry: ReactClass<any, any, any>;
-  declare var ExpandingText: ReactClass<any, any, any>;
   declare var Image: ReactClass<any, any, any>;
   declare var ListView: ReactClass<any, any, any>;
   declare var NavigatorIOS: ReactClass<any, any, any>;
diff --git a/Libraries/react-native/react-native.js b/Libraries/react-native/react-native.js
index 43dda595b..63690c4fa 100644
--- a/Libraries/react-native/react-native.js
+++ b/Libraries/react-native/react-native.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ var ReactNative = {
   // Components
   ActivityIndicatorIOS: require('ActivityIndicatorIOS'),
   DatePickerIOS: require('DatePickerIOS'),
-  ExpandingText: require('ExpandingText'),
   Image: require('Image'),
   ListView: require('ListView'),
   ListViewDataSource: require('ListViewDataSource'),