diff --git a/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.mm b/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.mm
index 198469358..4da25b030 100644
--- a/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.mm
+++ b/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.mm
@@ -345,8 +345,7 @@ static void RCTInstallJSCProfiler(RCTBridge *bridge, JSContextRef context)
     NSString *cachesPath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) firstObject];
     RCTAssert(cachesPath != nil, @"cachesPath should not be nil");
     if (cachesPath) {
-      std::string path = std::string([cachesPath UTF8String]);
-      strongSelf->_jscWrapper->configureJSContextForIOS(strongSelf.context.ctx, path);
+      strongSelf->_jscWrapper->configureJSContextForIOS(strongSelf.context.ctx, [cachesPath UTF8String]);
     }
   }];
 
diff --git a/React/Executors/RCTJSCWrapper.h b/React/Executors/RCTJSCWrapper.h
index fc0ca29a3..612b45777 100644
--- a/React/Executors/RCTJSCWrapper.h
+++ b/React/Executors/RCTJSCWrapper.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #import <JavaScriptCore/JavaScriptCore.h>
 
 #import "RCTDefines.h"
-#import <string>
 
 typedef JSStringRef (*JSValueToStringCopyFuncType)(JSContextRef, JSValueRef, JSValueRef *);
 typedef JSStringRef (*JSStringCreateWithCFStringFuncType)(CFStringRef);
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ typedef JSStringRef (*JSValueCreateJSONStringFuncType)(JSContextRef, JSValueRef,
 typedef bool (*JSValueIsUndefinedFuncType)(JSContextRef, JSValueRef);
 typedef bool (*JSValueIsNullFuncType)(JSContextRef, JSValueRef);
 typedef JSValueRef (*JSEvaluateScriptFuncType)(JSContextRef, JSStringRef, JSObjectRef, JSStringRef, int, JSValueRef *);
-typedef void (*configureJSContextForIOSFuncType)(JSContextRef ctx, const std::string &cacheDir);
+typedef void (*configureJSContextForIOSFuncType)(JSContextRef ctx, const char *cacheDir);
 
 typedef struct RCTJSCWrapper {
   JSValueToStringCopyFuncType JSValueToStringCopy;