diff --git a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
index fbdcf3474..bc4db361e 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
@@ -461,10 +461,7 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder)
   [super layoutSubviews];
   RCTAssert(self.subviews.count == 1, @"we should only have exactly one subview");
   RCTAssert([self.subviews lastObject] == _scrollView, @"our only subview should be a scrollview");
-
-  CGPoint originalOffset = _scrollView.contentOffset;
   _scrollView.frame = self.bounds;
-  _scrollView.contentOffset = originalOffset;
 
   [RCTView autoAdjustInsetsForView:self
                     withScrollView:_scrollView