diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java
index d60cfdaed..4ea5d143b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricReconciler.java
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ public class FabricReconciler {
       indicesToRemove[indicesToRemoveIndex++] = j;
       if (!addedTags.contains(nodeToRemove.getReactTag())) {
         tagsToDelete.add(nodeToRemove.getReactTag());
+        // TODO: T26729293 since we are not cloning ReactShadowNode's we need to "manually" remove
+        // from the ReactShadowTree when one of the nodes is deleted in JS.
+        nodeToRemove.getParent().removeChildAt(j);
       }
     }